A significant pattern change is in the process of occurring across the Northern Hemisphere, with the effects starting to become visible in the local region at this time. Thus far this season, we have been dealing with consistently mild temperatures, sometimes very mild. This has not only been the case…
Heads up if you are traveling Friday night into Saturday morning and afternoon. Dense Fog Advisories are out across portions of western and northern Illinois, spreading into Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas and much of the midwest. Dense Fog will likely spread across other portions of the state as moisture begins streaming…
(3:00PM Friday, November 17th, 2023) The latest NOAA drought monitor update, valid Tuesday, November 14th, 2023, shows that portions of Illinois continue to experience abnormally dry (D0) to moderate drought (D1) conditions. Conditions have maintained or worsened a bit across the state during recent times, due to a lack of…
(3:30PM Thursday, November 3rd, 2023) The latest NOAA drought monitor update valid Tuesday, October 31st, 2023, shows that much of Illinois continues to experience abnormally dry (D0) to severe drought (D2) conditions. Conditions have maintained or improved across the state during recent times, due to an increase in periods of…
(2:30PM Thursday, October 26th, 2023) The latest NOAA drought monitor update valid Tuesday, October 24th, 2023, shows that much of Illinois continues to experience abnormally dry (D0) to severe drought (D2) conditions. Conditions have been maintained or have slightly improved recently across the state, with a bit of rainfall in…
(12:30PM Friday, October 13th, 2023) The latest NOAA drought monitor update valid Tuesday, October 10th, 2023, shows that much of Illinois continues to experience abnormally dry (D0) to severe drought (D2) conditions. Conditions have been maintained recently across the state due to the lack of consistent and/or widespread rainfall. The…
(5:00PM Thursday, October 5th, 2023) The latest NOAA drought monitor update valid Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023, shows that much of Illinois continues to experience abnormally dry (D0) to severe drought (D2) conditions. Consistent and/or widespread rainfall has been sort of hit or miss across the state over the past two…
(9:00PM Thursday, September 28th 2023) The latest NOAA drought monitor update valid Tuesday, September 26th, 2023 shows that much of Illinois continues to experience abnormally dry (D0) to severe drought (D2) conditions. Consistent and/or widespread rainfall has been sort of hit or miss across the state over the past month…
(4:00PM Thur, September 14th 2023) The latest NOAA drought monitor update valid Tuesday September 12th, 2023 shows that much of Illinois continues to experience abnormally dry (D0) to extreme drought (D3) conditions. While conditions greatly improved across the state from late June through the middle of August, the lack of…
(3:00PM Fri, September 1st 2023) The latest NOAA drought monitor update valid Tuesday August 29th, 2023 shows that much of Illinois continues to experience abnormally dry (D0) to severe drought (D2) conditions. While conditions have greatly improved across the state over the past two months or so, the lack of…
