Weather Story

Snowy Saturday Ahead

Weekend Winter Storm

Weekend Travel Timeline

How Much Snow?

Snow showers will enter western IL overnight tonight, with widespread snow and stiff southeast winds during the day tomorrow. After a brief warm up and possible brief transition to rain/snow mix during the evening, winds will switch around to the west and gust to 35+ mph overnight into Sunday. Aside from a few isolated flurries, Sunday will be blustery but dry. There may still be drifting across some roadways, so use caution if driving even after the snow is finished falling.

A Winter Storm Warning has been issued for central IL from tonight through Saturday night where there is high confidence for impactful snow, and a Winter Weather Advisory has been issued for southeast IL where there will be portions of the storm falling as rain or a wet mix of rain and snow.

Traveling for the Thanksgiving holiday? Here is an approximate timeline of impacts with the impending winter storm.

Heavy snow of 6 to 12 inches is expected in much of west-central IL tonight through Saturday night. The higher amounts will be closer to the I-74 corridor. East-central IL has more uncertainty in amounts, with a heavier, wetter snow, and possible change to rain.