767  
FXUS63 KILX 200827  
AFDILX  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL  
227 AM CST MON JAN 20 2025  
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
- FRIGID COLD WEATHER CONTINUES THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT, WITH DAILY  
HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS OR TEENS, LOWS NEAR OR  
BELOW ZERO, AND MINIMUM WIND CHILL VALUES OF -10 TO -25  
DEGREES.  
 
- A WARMING TREND STARTS WEDNESDAY. BY THE WEEKEND, HIGHS WILL  
REACH THE UPPER 30S TO MID 40S.  
 
- THE UPCOMING WEEK WILL BE MOSTLY DRY, ALTHOUGH SOME SCATTERED  
FLURRIES ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON, AND THERE IS A  
SLIGHT CHANCE FOR LIGHT SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. SNOW  
ACCUMULATIONS ARE UNLIKELY.  
 

 
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
ISSUED AT 227 AM CST MON JAN 20 2025  
 
A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL PUSH THROUGH CENTRAL IL TODAY. AS IT MAKES  
ITS WAY ACROSS, IT WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS AND ISOLATED SNOW  
SHOWERS/FLURRIES WITH IT. LOOKING OUTSIDE, A DUSTING MAY BE SEEN BUT  
ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MINIMAL (< 0.5 INCH). TIMING OF THIS QUICK  
WAVE LOOKS TO BE THIS EVENING (00Z-06Z).  
 
THE HEADLINE FOR THE DAY, HOWEVER, IS THE EXTREME COLD TEMPERATURES.  
THERE IS A COLD WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THIS MORNING UNTIL  
NOON. WIND CHILLS ARE RANGING FROM -10 TO -20 ACROSS CENTRAL AND  
SOUTHEASTERN IL THIS MORNING. WE WILL SEE A "WARM UP" THIS  
AFTERNOON. THE HIGHS WILL BE IN THE TEENS, RATHER THAN SINGLE  
DIGITS, WITH WIND CHILLS CLOSER TO ZERO DURING THE AFTERNOON. AS  
THE SUN SINKS THIS EVENING, WIND CHILLS WILL DROP BACK BELOW -10  
DEGREES. ANOTHER COLD WEATHER ADVISORY WILL GO INTO EFFECT AT 03Z  
(9PM). WE WILL SEE LOWS OF -7 TO 4 DEGREES AND WIND CHILLS OF -20  
TO  
-10. THERE IS AROUND A 60% CHANCE OF SEEING WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS -  
25 DEGREES OVERNIGHT NORTH OF I-74.  
 
WIND CHILLS SHOULD START RELAXING SOME TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WE WILL  
HAVE ONE MORE BITTER COLD NIGHT, TUESDAY NIGHT, BEFORE A WARMING  
TREND STARTS. LIGHT, WESTERLY WINDS WILL BACK SOUTHERLY (AND  
BREEZIER) TUESDAY NIGHT AS THE HIGH PRESSURE CENTER SHIFTS OFF TO  
OUR EAST, ALLOWING WAA TO KICK IN. HIGHS WEDNESDAY WILL SHOW  
IMPROVEMENT, WITH VALUES IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOW 30S. BY SATURDAY,  
HIGHS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 30S TO MID 40S. LOWS WILL BE IN THE 20S  
FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK, ALTHOUGH, THURSDAY NIGHT MIGHT DROP  
INTO THE UPPER TEENS.  
 
WITH THE INCREASE WAA WEDNESDAY AND A FRONTAL PASSAGE, THERE IS A  
SLIGHT CHANCE (20-30% CHANCE) OF SOME SNOW SHOWERS OVERNIGHT  
WEDNESDAY. ACCUMULATIONS AREN'T EXPECTED TO CAUSE ANY IMPACTS AT  
THIS TIME. AFTER THURSDAY MORNING, THE NEXT CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION  
COMES OVER THE WEEKEND, SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. WITH TEMPERATURES  
BEING MOSTLY ABOVE FREEZING, THE P-TYPE WILL MOSTLY BE RAIN.  
HOWEVER, SINCE IT WILL BE COMING THROUGH OVERNIGHT, TEMPERATURES ARE  
TO DROP INTO THE 20S. SO A SHORT PERIOD OVERNIGHT OF SNOW IS  
POSSIBLE.  
 
COPPLE  
 

 
   
AVIATION
 
(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z MONDAY NIGHT)  
ISSUED AT 1104 PM CST SUN JAN 19 2025  
 
CLEAR SKIES WILL DOMINATE THE CENTRAL IL TERMINALS INTO MIDDAY  
MONDAY. PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS AGAIN AHEAD OF A SURFACE TROUGH  
DROPPING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST DURING THE AFTERNOON, BRINGING  
GUSTY WEST WINDS BACK TO THE AREA. SCATTERED MID LEVEL CLOUDS WILL  
INCREASE IN COVERAGE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE TROUGH, THOUGH  
CEILINGS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AT VFR LEVELS.  
 
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ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
COLD WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL NOON CST TODAY FOR ILZ027>031-  
036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073.  
 
COLD WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST TUESDAY  
FOR ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073.  
 

 
 

 
 
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