Chuck Collins

Peoria

Chief Meteorologist at WEEK-TV (Peoria, IL)

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Mostly dry holiday weekend forecast

2 weeks ago | 25newsnow.com | Chuck Collins

Mostly dry holiday weekend forecastMemorial Day is the unofficial start of summer and the swimming season, but temperatures will be a few degrees below normal. Highs on Saturday, Sunday and Monday will be around 70 (normal high is 78). Saturday should be totally dry but there’s a slight chance for a few stray showers Sunday and Monday. The next best chance of rain will be Tuesday. Long term, highs will climb into the lower 80s late next week.
Breezy, damp, rainy and chilly

2 weeks ago | 25newsnow.com | Chuck Collins

Breezy, damp, rainy and chillySunshine will be at a premium the next several days. Short term, we’ll have cloudy, breezy, chilly and rainy weather through Thursday. We should see some sun Friday, but the holiday weekend looks mostly cloudy and cool with rain chances Saturday night through Tuesday. Temperatures remain flat the first part of next week but there are indications the 80s could return the following weekend.
You’ll need your sweatshirt the next several days

2 weeks ago | 25newsnow.com | Chuck Collins

You’ll need your sweatshirt the next several daysMemorial Day weekend is the unofficial start of the swimming season but that won’t be the case this year. A departing storm system will bring chilly air now through early next week. Highs on Wednesday will be in the upper 50s and highs through the weekend will be in the upper 60s. Unfortunately, we’ll see occasional nuisance showers Wednesday through the weekend. It won’t be a total washout, but it won’t totally be sunny either.
Active thunderstorms through Tuesday evening

2 weeks ago | 25newsnow.com | Chuck Collins

Active thunderstorms through Tuesday eveningA slow-moving storm system will trigger occasional showers and thunderstorms through late Tuesday. There’s a chance of isolated severe cells but nothing widespread. There’s also a potential for heavy rain with most of the area receiving 2 inches or more. We need the rain, our moisture deficit since the first of the year is 4 and a half inches.
Day turns into night during McLean County dust storm

3 weeks ago | 25newsnow.com | Chuck Collins

Dry soil and strong winds(First Alert Weather)The dust storm reduced visibility to near zero with State Police calling it a “Life Threatening” driving situation. Interstates 55 and 74 in the county were closed for a short time until the dust cleared. Dry soil and high winds(First Alert Weather)During the height of the storm, there was a wind gust of 59 miles per hour at Central Illinois Regional Airport.
Much cooler on the weekend

3 weeks ago | 25newsnow.com | Chuck Collins

Much cooler on the weekendLet’s review. It was 93 on Thursday, 88 on Friday, but highs on the weekend will be between 70 and 75 with plenty of sunshine. But keep in mind a normal high is 75, so we were too warm the past few days. Enjoy the dry weekend because we will see several chances of rain Monday through Wednesday and I hope enjoyed the warm weather because highs next week will be in the 60s and could only see upper 50s on Wednesday.
Bloomington-Normal hit hard by large hail

3 weeks ago | 25newsnow.com | Chuck Collins

Bloomington-Normal hit hard by large hailSome folks didn’t get thunderstorms but those who did found themselves with the loud noise of large hail. McLean county was hardest hit with nearly 2 dozen large hail reports with most of them from Bloomington-Normal. Hail diameters ranged from quarter sized to ping pong ball sized. There were a couple of damaging winds reports including 65 mile per hour winds in Chenoa and 60 miles per hour winds in Peoria.
Steamy, maybe stormy Thursday

3 weeks ago | 25newsnow.com | Chuck Collins

Steamy, maybe stormy ThursdayHere’s what we know and don’t know. We know Thursday will be hot and humid with a near record high of 93. What we don’t know is the severe weather situation. Thursday, we have a “Boom or Bust” situation. The atmosphere is like gun powder but there’s not much of a trigger. The atmosphere is also “Capped” which means warm air aloft could inhibit air from rising high enough to produce thunderstorms.
Angry looking landspout in Central Illinois

3 weeks ago | 25newsnow.com | Chuck Collins

Angry looking landspout in Central IllinoisWe don’t see them often but they’re something to behold, landspouts. They’re part of the tornado family but they aren’t associated with severe weather. Many Stark County residents saw a large and scary looking one a couple of miles south of Toulon Tuesday afternoon. Landspouts have weak rotation at the bottom but the cloud they come from doesn’t rotate like a tornado. The bottom of a landspouts is dark, but the top is translucent.
A taste of July weather late week

3 weeks ago | 25newsnow.com | Chuck Collins

A taste of July weather late weekOur weather will feature several “Big Things” this week. Short-term, we could see a few isolated showers & storms Tuesday afternoon, then it starts heating up and getting muggy with highs in the upper 80s Wednesday and low 90s on Thursday (Peoria’s record high on Thursday is 93). There’s also a chance for scattered severe storms Thursday, but the situation will be “Boom or Bust” as all the ingredients may not be in play.