Slight Risk for Severe Weather Monday

The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has issued a slight risk for severe weather across the QCA for Monday. Thunderstorms are most likely to develop early Monday morning then again in the afternoon. The main threats would be hail and strong winds if these storms are to become severe on Monday. My current thinking is that if severe storms are too develop they will be isolated and not everyone will experience them.

A Beautiful Mother's Day

I went out for a quick walk this morning and snapped some pictures along the way. If you have any weather photos send them to us at weather@cbs4qc.com

Two Reports of Tornadoes in Illinois

There were two reports of tornadoes in East Central Illinois early Saturday evening. One tornado was 5 miles West of Paxton, IL and it was reported at 405 PM CT. Another tornado was reported at 608 PM CT and it was observed 2 miles Southeast of Allerton, IL. There were no reports of casualties or damage with either of these storms. There were also reports of some hail and strong winds in East Central Illinois.

A Warm Saturday Afternoon!

It was a warm Saturday afternoon across the QCA. The Quad Cities saw the mecury climb into the mid 70s while locations to the South and Southwest approached 80°! However, it was a bit cooler to the North and Northeast of the QCA. Places like Clinton and Galena sat in the 60s for much of the afternoon. Those locations were cooler this afternoon due to cloud cover. So will the warm weather stick around for a while? I will have your full forecast beginning tonight @ 6 and then on 10 @ Ten in High Definition on CBS4 NEWS!

Mother's Day Forecast

Most of Mother's Day looks good at this point, with a chance for showers/storms arriving by night...Happy Mother's Day and make sure you check out Chris Gilson's forecast on Saturday for an update to the holiday weekend forecast!

Rain Chances Fading

Our chance for rain is going down significantly in the QC...most of the showers have missed us today, and Friday looks very nice too! Here's a snapshot from our ESP:Live Doppler Radar and a pic of the sunset tonight...

More Mild Days...

It's looking more and more like spring outside, and the next 7 days look spring-like also! We'll see a little bit of a cooldown on Thursday, before a nice warmup for the weekend and early next week!

Check it Out!

Not a great quality picture (I took the pic with my cell phone) but you get the idea!

Freeze Warning!

It looks like it'll be cold enough tonight to warrant a FREEZE WARNING for most of the area! Temperatures should dip into the upper 20s and lower 30s for most of the QCA. In the Quad Cities the record low tonight is 28° and we should bottom out right around 29°! Any way you slice it, it will be a tough for night for sensitive plants that are left uncovered and outside!

A Cold Start...

We got off to a cold start today around the QCA, and there's more cold weather coming up tonight. It looks like most of the area will be under a FROST ADVISORY for the 2nd straight night!