SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT 1/30/20 POTENTIAL FOR WINTRY PRECIPITATION FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY, THE NEXT STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL TAKE AIM ON THE REGION FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY BRINGING SEVERAL ROUNDS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION. WHILE SOME LIGHT SNOW OR A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY,THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE GREATEST PROBABILITY OF SNOWFALL WILL BE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 72 WHERE ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. THE HIGHER SNOW TOTALS LOOK TO BE NORTH OF A LINE FROM RUSHVILLE TO BLOOMINGTON. FARTHER SOUTH ACROSS PORTIONS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS,IT APPEARS THERE WILL BE A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WITH MINOR ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. SOUTH OF I-70 MAY SEE PERIODS OF ALL RAIN,REDUCING THE CHANCES OF ICE OR SNOW ACCUMULATION. BECAUSE THE PRECIPITATION TYPE IS HIGHLY SENSITIVE TO MINOR CHANGES IN THE TEMPERATURES,THERE IS GREATER THAN NORMAL UNCERTAINTY WITH THIS EVENT. RESIDENTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS FOR THE MOST UP TO DATE INFORMATION ON THE UPCOMING WINTRY PRECIPITATION.
Posted on: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 13:45:49 +0000
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