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Weather Alert

Weather Alert

...Gusty Thunderstorms with Small Hail and Cold Air Funnel Clouds
through Early Tonight...

Gusty thunderstorms capable of producing cold air funnel clouds
and small hail are forecast through early tonight. These cold air
funnels are developing underneath thunderstorms that are moving
across the area. Underneath these showers...spinning columns of
air that look like tornadoes may continue to develop. These
funnels usually are very brief and rarely touch the ground. If
these funnels do touch down...they most likely will not cause
damage to life or property.

Cold air funnels are due to very cool air aloft...warm moist air
near the ground...and are usually in association with a strong
area of low pressure in the upper levels of the atmosphere. Due to
little or no wind shear...they are usually weak and very brief.

Friday is the last day of rain, turning summer-like next week

  • Meteorologist

    Nick is the weekday morning meteorologist at News 3. He joined WSIL in June of 2011 soon after graduating from the University of Missouri.

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WSIL -- Showers and storms are likely this morning with pockets of heavy rain and quite a bit of lightning and thunder.

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As a cold front tracks east, cooler air will begin working in this afternoon, sending temperatures back into the upper 50s.

A few light hit and miss showers remain possible during the afternoon and even into the early evening. Tonight, the rain FINALLY ends.

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Saturday, winds will be pretty breezy from the north, but skies will begin to clear by the afternoon and temperatures will bounce up to around 70º.

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Sunday, Mother's Day, looks very pleasant with temperatures in the mid 70s.

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The heat is on next week. Temperatures zoom into the upper 80s Monday with 90s Tuesday and Wednesday. The heat index may even be near 95º!