forecast

The upcoming winter should be an interesting one for both Missouri & Illinois if this newly updated outlook is correct.

Something has changed over the span of a couple weeks. Unless my memory has failed me, Illinois was included in an area Farmer's Almanac said that along with Missouri was in for a more or less ordinary winter. Now, the Land of Lincoln has a forecast described as a 'wet winter whirlwind'.

I am not an alarmist and it's not exactly breaking news anyway that Illinois sees a lot of tornadoes every Spring. However, it might bear watching 2024 in particular as past weather patterns might indicate the Land of Lincoln might be in the danger zone for twister development.

Here's what to expect when it comes to extreme heat and heavy rain this summer.

Precipitatin is on the way, but will it be snow?

Goodbye single digits, and hello warmer December weather!

A hard freeze is on the way...and snow too?

When it comes to Illinois, there's one month that takes the reigns as the coldest and snowiest month of the year.

You can't always count on Aunt Judy's "Snow Knee" to forecast the weather. Here are some other things to look out for.

Whenever I think about the weather predictions offered up annually in the Old Farmer's Almanac, I think about a piece I read years ago that said something to the effect of their forecasting being to meteorology what astrology is to astronomy.