Thursday, January 26 and Friday, January 27

Nationally, there has been a roller coaster of weather with tornadoes in the South and blizzard warnings in the Pacific Northwest. Five tornadoes have already been reported in eastern Texas and western Louisiana as severe thunderstorms rolled through today. This upper level low has been producing a mix of thunderstorms to rain showers and wintry mixes as it moved up into the Midwest. This system will continue to track to the Northeast tomorrow bringing rain and wintry mixes through the Southeast up into the Eastern Great Lakes.

Rain continues along the East Coast for Friday, while all severe thunderstorm threats end after Friday morning. The Pacific Northwest continues to see snow and rain tomorrow with winter weather advisories and even blizzard warnings, but high pressure moves over the area by Friday keeping conditions dry for the most part.

For Champaign-Urbana, a Winter Weather Advisory is in effect until 6am Thursday morning for snow, sleet and light icing. Road conditions are bad due to melting and refreezing of precipitation on the ground. There is a slight chance of freezing rain/rain in the early morning hours turning into rain before noon. Clouds clear out around noon and we will see partly sunny skies to mostly sunny skies with temperatures increasing to a high of 42 °F with an overnight low of 26 °F winds from the N/NW between 3-10 mph. Friday morning clouds move back in staying partly cloudy throughout the day, but temperatures still rebound with a high of 42°F during the day and a low of 27°F with a W wind at 5-10mph. Friday night also has a chance of a wintry mix as temperatures drop overnight.