Light snow covers Champaign-Urbana

Snow covered West Side Park in Champaign on January 15, 2022.

This post was updated Saturday at 11:15 a.m. It will be updated as the National Weather Service updates its forecasts.

URBANA – Meteorologists are predicting Central Illinois will receive measurable snowfall on Friday afternoon and evening.

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory from Friday at 6:00 p.m. until Saturday at noon for portions of central and west central Illinois. The cities of Galesburg, Havana, Jacksonville and Springfield are included in the advisory. The Weather Service says the area could receive between 2-4 inches of snow, resulting in slippery road conditions. 

In the Champaign-Urbana area, meteorologists say snow will fall between Friday at 10:00 p.m. and Saturday at 7:00 a.m. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Reginald Hardwick

Reginald Hardwick is the News & Public Affairs Director at Illinois Public Media. He oversees daily newscasts and online stories. He also manages The 21st Show, a live, weekday talk show that airs on 7 NPR stations throughout Illinois. He is the executive producer of IPM's annual environmental TV special "State of Change." And he is the co-creator of Illinois Soul, IPM's Black-focused audio service that launched in February 2024. Before arriving at IPM in 2019, he served as News Director at WKAR in East Lansing and spent 17 years as a TV news producer and manager at KXAS, the NBC-owned station in Dallas/Fort Worth. Reginald is the recipient of three Edward R. Murrow regional awards, seven regional Emmy awards, and multiple honors from the National Association of Black Journalists. Born in Vietnam, Reginald grew up in Colorado and is a graduate of the University of Northern Colorado. Email: rh14@illinois.edu Twitter: @RNewsWILL