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3 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Nathan Kitchens
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — A cold front sweeping through Central Illinois will bring a severe storm threat with in Friday evening. The front will put on the brakes and keep Illinois in an unsettled pattern through Easter Sunday. Key TakeawaysSevere threat Friday evening 5 p.m. to midnightLarge hail and damaging wind the primary threatsConditional severe threat for Sunday eveningThe Storm Prediction Center has much of Illinois in the level 2 (slight) severe threat for Friday evening.
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3 weeks ago |
centralillinoisproud.com | Nathan Kitchens
by: Nathan Kitchens Posted: Apr 18, 2025 / 11:09 AM CDT Updated: Apr 18, 2025 / 11:10 AM CDT PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — A cold front sweeping through Central Illinois will bring a severe storm threat with in Friday evening. The front will put on the brakes and keep Illinois in an unsettled pattern through Easter Sunday.
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1 month ago |
centralillinoisproud.com | Nathan Kitchens
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Temperatures in Central Illinois have been anything but consistent over the past several weeks. One day you are wearing shorts, the next day you find yourself grabbing the winter coat yet again. When will temperatures finally start to level out? The ups and downs are all a normal part of the seasonal transition in the Midwest. For April so far, temperatures have taken a chilly turn. In the first nine days of the month, all but one day have been colder than average.
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1 month ago |
centralillinoisproud.com | Nathan Kitchens
by: Nathan Kitchens Posted: Mar 28, 2025 / 10:52 AM CDT Updated: Mar 28, 2025 / 10:58 AM CDT PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — It already feels like it’s been an active storm season, and we are just getting started. A strong storm system sweeping through this weekend will bring our next threat for severe storms.
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1 month ago |
yahoo.com | Nathan Kitchens
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — It already feels like it’s been an active storm season, and we are just getting started. A strong storm system sweeping through this weekend will bring our next threat for severe storms.
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No doubt we have seen a trend this spring of drier conditions north of I-72 in Illinois. Peoria has been very dry for May so far. Meanwhile, it's the opposite downstate where the rain has struggled to shut off. #ILwx https://t.co/iXIbeXwEAc

A "rex block" pattern for the weekend. Warm and sunny weather in the Midwest, cooler and stormy in the South. https://t.co/JctUqv1FRQ

It looks like somebody took a pencil and drew lines across the sky! These are actually condensation trails from aircraft. We have just the right combo of cold air and humidity aloft. This is just heated exhaust from aircraft that cools and condenses into thin cloud streaks. https://t.co/FAhdV3Qjh7