Bloomington-Normal, Il Wx

Welcome back! This still feels odd blogging, but here we go!

Some background to Bloomington-Normal, Il, it is actually two college towns that have grown into each other, Bloomington is the southern city and is home to Illinois Wesleyan University, the Titans. Normal is to the north and east, and is home to Illinois State University, the Redbirds. Also, Bloomington is the headquarters for State Farm Insurance. In terms of weather, Bloomington is in Central Illinois, and in the praires of America. Flat, and windy would be a fairly accurate description. Green energy has developed in the area due to this, with wind farms sprouting up on the northwest side.

Things have cooled down to very wintry temperatures. As an upper level trough moves through late Tuesday evening into Tuesday night, the winds will pick up out of the northwest to around 15-20 mph, with gusts that could reach 30 mph. The winds I believe will prevent temperatures from dropping too drastically, but expect the low to be in the mid-teens. Things are not going to be warming very this week at all. There is another small system looking to come through Wednesday night into Thursday, and another from Friday into Saturday. This rapid fire of systems is not allowing temperatures to warm up, and while sunny for Wednesday, I do not expect temperature to get much above freezing, if at all; so bundle up for tomorrow. Clouds and a little snow will be coming in late Wednesday and into Thursday, so anticipate some snow showers, but I doubt there will be much in terms of accumulation. If there is any accumulation, look for it to be north of Bloomington, and possibly even north of Pontiac. Thursday is going to be very cold as well, as the front passes late morning, early afternoon. The high could easily be Thursday morning, and the temps drop off the rest of the day. The national weather service sees the system on Friday as one with a better potential for snow accumulation. Friday's snow should not arrive until later Friday evening and into Saturday morning. I do not think there will be much upper support for the cold air. All in all, its gonna be a cold and wintry few days ahead in Bloomington, my advice? Find a fireplace, an animal to cuddle with, hot chocolate, and a good book.

Tuesday night: Cold. 16 F.
Wednesday: Mostly Clear, 31 F.
Wednesday night: Cloudy, 21 F.
Thursday: high in the AM, cloudy. 30% snow showers. Little to no accumulation. 23 F.
Thursday night: Frigid, 11 F.
Friday: Sunny,  Cold 24 F.
Friday night: Cold with 40% snow showers, 20 F.
Satruday: Lingering snow showers, 30%. Still cold. 29 F.