Winter Storm Moving Through

A low pressure system moving in from the southwest has already spread moderate snowfall across much of the area. Strong winds are limiting visibilities with snowfall rates as high as 2"/hour in the southwest. A WINTER STORM WARNING is in effect west of the Illinois River with a WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY for the counties directly east of the river until 6 pm tonight. Snowfall totals will be as high as 5-8" in the warning area and around 3-5" under the advisory. The main band will pull north this morning followed by scattered light snow showers this afternoon. We'll see chances for snow continuing tonight and tomorrow, with temperatures remaining steady around the freezing mark into Wednesday. The system will slowly move east on Thursday with just a few flurries possible into the end of the week. Temperatures will slowly drop back into the upper 20s and low 30s by the weekend. Sunday and Monday are looking sunny before our next storm system brings a chance of wintry mix and snow next Tuesday. Temperatures are expected in the mid 30s for the beginning of next week.