Cold air dominates most of the continental U.S. today and will continue to into tomorrow with high temperatures 15 degrees below average in the Northeast and 10-25 degrees below average in the South. Meanwhile a low- pressure system brewing in the Southwest will track up to the Great Lakes by Monday afternoon changing from rain or a wintry mix in the South to snow once it hits the Midwest with some areas accumulating snow up to 6 inches. The real concern for the next few days will be the wind chill making temperatures feel close -20°F in the Northern Plains and Northeast! The following graphic shows what temperatures will feel like with the wind chill for this Sunday. All I can say is BURRRR!
As the cold air continues to sit over Champaign-Urbana this weekend we will see a high on Sunday of only 30 °F with a frigid low of 9°F! Despite the cold the clouds continue to stay away with sunny skies throughout the day and a WNW wind at 8-17mph. However, we’re not in the clear just yet as another round of snow is due to hit us around Monday afternoon and continue until after midnight. Cloud cover will be mostly cloudy and overcast for the day. Regarding the temperatures for Monday we will continue to hang out in the 3os with a daytime high of 33°F and a low of 17°F with S winds at 6-13mph.
My forecasted high and low were too cold for both Sunday and Monday as Sunday's high got up to 36°F, while the low only dropped down to 14°F, 5 degrees off from my prediction. However, I was correct with the winds coming from the WNW with wind speeds between 8-17 mph. My Monday forecast was much better than Sunday's with my predicted high 3 degrees too cold and my low just 1 degree to warm. We did see in fact snow showers on Monday with mostly cloudy to overcast skies. My forecasted wind direction was accurate, but the average wind speed was slightly greater than my forecast at 11.8 mph.
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