Winter Storm to Bring Harzardous Travel from the Plains to the Northeast through this Weekend

A sprawling winter storm will create hazardous travel conditions from the Plains into the Northeastern U.S. through this weekend. Areas of moderate to heavy snow are forecast over much of the Upper Midwest, Great Lakes, and the interior Northeast and northern New England. Freezing rain is expected from the southern Plains into the Mid Mississippi Valley, and the Mid Atlantic region. Read More >

Hazardous Weather Conditions

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Current conditions at

Jacksonville Municipal Airport (KIJX)

Lat: 39.77°NLon: 90.24°WElev: 614ft.

Unknown Precip

27°F

-3°C

Humidity	73%
Wind Speed	E 20 mph
Barometer	30.53 in
Dewpoint	19°F (-7°C)
Visibility	7.00 mi
Wind Chill	13°F (-11°C)
Last update	17 Jan 11:15 am CST

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Extended Forecast for

2 Miles E South Jacksonville IL

Flood Watch January 17, 06:00pm until January 18, 12:00pm

Winter Weather Advisory January 17, 12:00pm until January 18, 12:00am

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Flood Watch

Winter Weather Advisory

Today

Wintry Mix
High: 32 °F
Tonight

Wintry Mix
then Rain
Low: 31 °F⇑
Saturday

Breezy.
Chance
Rain/Snow
then Mostly
Cloudy
High: 41 °F⇓
Saturday
Night

Partly Cloudy
and Blustery
then Partly
Cloudy
Low: 8 °F
Sunday

Mostly Sunny
High: 15 °F
Sunday
Night

Mostly Cloudy
Low: 3 °F
M.L.King
Day

Mostly Sunny
High: 18 °F
Monday
Night

Mostly Clear
Low: 6 °F
Tuesday

Sunny
High: 30 °F

Detailed Forecast

Today

Snow before 4pm, then snow and sleet between 4pm and 5pm, then snow, freezing rain, and sleet after 5pm. High near 32. Southeast wind 14 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. Total daytime snow and sleet accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.

Tonight

Rain, freezing rain and sleet, possibly mixed with snow, becoming all rain after 10pm. Temperature rising to around 38 by 5am. Southeast wind 11 to 17 mph becoming south southwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Saturday

A chance of rain before 10am, then a slight chance of snow between 10am and noon. Cloudy, with a temperature falling to around 18 by 5pm. Wind chill values between 1 and 11. Breezy, with a southwest wind 15 to 23 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 36 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around 8. Wind chill values between -6 and 3. Blustery, with a west northwest wind 16 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph.

Sunday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 15. Northwest wind 14 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Sunday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 3. Northwest wind 10 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

M.L.King Day

Mostly sunny, with a high near 18. Northwest wind 7 to 9 mph.

Monday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 6.

Tuesday

Sunny, with a high near 30.

Tuesday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around 15.