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7-day forecast for southeast Missouri, southern Illinois, western Kentucky, and western Tennessee.
This is a BLEND for the region. See the detailed region by region forecast further down in this post.
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Monday to Monday
1. Are accumulating snow or ice in the forecast? Monitor. I am watching Friday into Tuesday. Models do show the potential of accumulating snow. Monitor updates moving forward. Confidence is low.
2. Is lightning in the forecast? Unlikely.
3. Are severe thunderstorms in the forecast? Not at this time.
* The NWS officially defines a severe thunderstorm as a storm with 58 mph wind or greater, 1″ hail or larger, and/or tornadoes
4. Is flash flooding in the forecast? Not at this time.
6. Will the wind chill dip below 10 degrees above zero? Yes. Next Saturday night into Monday. Below zero wind chills possible during the AM hours. Below ten degrees Sunday during the day. Perhaps Monday, as well.
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February 1, 2021
How confident am I that this days forecast will verify? High Confidence
Monday Forecast: Intervals of clouds and sun. Windy.
What is the chance of precipitation? SE MO ~ 0% IL ~ 0% KY ~ 0% TN ~ 0%
Temperature range: MO Bootheel 38° to 42° SE MO 34° to 38° South IL 35° to 40° Northwest KY (near Indiana border) 35° to 40° West KY 38° to 40° NW TN 38° to 42°
Wind direction and speed: Northwest 10 to 20 mph. Gusty.
Wind chill or heat index (feels like) temperature forecast: 20° to 30°
Coverage of precipitation: None
What impacts are anticipated from the weather? None
Should I cancel my outdoor plans? No
UV Index: 2. Low
Sunrise: 6:58 AM
Sunset: 5:19 PM
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Monday night Forecast: Partly cloudy. Some clearing overnight.
What is the chance of precipitation? SE MO ~ 0% IL ~ 0% KY ~ 0% TN ~ 0%
Temperature range: MO Bootheel 24° to 26° SE MO 23° to 26° South IL 23° to 26° Northwest KY (near Indiana border) 24° to 26° West KY 24° to 26° NW TN 24° to 26°
Wind direction and speed: North 5 to 10 mph with gusts to 15 mph.
Wind chill or heat index (feels like) temperature forecast: 18° to 24°
Coverage of precipitation: None
What impacts are anticipated from the weather? None
Should I cancel my outdoor plans? No
Moonrise: 9:46 PM
Moonset: 9:34 AM
The phase of the moon: Waning Gibbous
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February 2, 2021
How confident am I that this days forecast will verify? High Confidence
Tuesday Forecast: Becoming mostly sunny. A few clouds.
What is the chance of precipitation? SE MO ~ 0% IL ~ 0% KY ~ 0% TN ~ 0%
Temperature range: MO Bootheel 40° to 42° SE MO 38° to 42° South IL 38° to 42° Northwest KY (near Indiana border) 40° to 42° West KY 40° to 42° NW TN 40° to 44°
Wind direction and speed: North 5 to 10 mph
Wind chill or heat index (feels like) temperature forecast: 36° to 40°
Coverage of precipitation: None
What impacts are anticipated from the weather? None
Should I cancel my outdoor plans? No
UV Index: 2. Low
Sunrise: 6:57 AM
Sunset: 5:21 PM
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Tuesday night Forecast: Increasing clouds.
What is the chance of precipitation? SE MO ~ 0% IL ~ 0% KY ~ 0% TN ~ 0%
Temperature range: MO Bootheel 24° to 26° SE MO 22° to 25° South IL 22° to 25° Northwest KY (near Indiana border) 22° to 25° West KY 22° to 25° NW TN 23° to 26°
Wind direction and speed: North 5 mph
Wind chill or heat index (feels like) temperature forecast: 20° to 25°
Coverage of precipitation: None
What impacts are anticipated from the weather? None
Should I cancel my outdoor plans? No
Moonrise: 10:56 PM
Moonset: 10:04 AM
The phase of the moon: Waning Gibbous
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February 3, 2021
How confident am I that this days forecast will verify? Medium Confidence
Wednesday Forecast: Increasing clouds.
What is the chance of precipitation? SE MO ~ 0% IL ~ 0% KY ~ 0% TN ~ 0%
Temperature range: MO Bootheel 46° to 48° SE MO 44° to 48° South IL 44° to 48° Northwest KY (near Indiana border) 44° to 48° West KY 44° to 48° NW TN 46° to 48°
Wind direction and speed: South 5 to 10 mph
Wind chill or heat index (feels like) temperature forecast: 42° to 48°
Coverage of precipitation: None
What impacts are anticipated from the weather? None
Should I cancel my outdoor plans? No
UV Index: 2. Low
Sunrise: 6:55 AM
Sunset: 5:23 PM
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Wednesday night Forecast: Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers developing.
What is the chance of precipitation? SE MO ~ 30% IL ~ 30% KY ~ 30% TN ~ 30%
Temperature range: MO Bootheel 35° to 40° SE MO 34° to 38° South IL 34° to 38° Northwest KY (near Indiana border) 34° to 38° West KY 35° to 40° NW TN 38° to 42°
Wind direction and speed: South 6 to 12 mph
Wind chill or heat index (feels like) temperature forecast: 32° to 38°
Coverage of precipitation: Widely scattered
What impacts are anticipated from the weather? Wet roadways
Should I cancel my outdoor plans? No, but check the radar.
Moonrise: 6:00 PM
Moonset: 10:36 AM
The phase of the moon: Waning Gibbous
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February 5, 2021
How confident am I that this days forecast will verify? Medium Confidence
Thursday Forecast: Cloudy. A chance of rain.
What is the chance of precipitation? SE MO ~ 40% IL ~ 40% KY ~ 40% TN ~ 40%
Temperature range: MO Bootheel 50° to 52° SE MO 46° to 50° South IL 46° to 50° Northwest KY (near Indiana border) 46° to 48° West KY 48° to 52° NW TN 50° to 54°
Wind direction and speed: South 10 to 20 mph.
Wind chill or heat index (feels like) temperature forecast: 40° to 48°
Coverage of precipitation: Scattered
What impacts are anticipated from the weather? Wet roadways.
Should I cancel my outdoor plans? Check radars.
UV Index: 2. Low
Sunrise: 6:55 AM
Sunset: 5:24 PM
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Thursday night Forecast: Cloudy. A chance of rain showers. Rain may taper off as snow showers.
What is the chance of precipitation? SE MO ~ 40% IL ~ 40% KY ~ 40% TN ~ 40%
Temperature range: MO Bootheel 34° to 38° SE MO 30° to 34° South IL 30° to 35° Northwest KY (near Indiana border) 34° to 38° West KY 35° to 40° NW TN 34° to 38°
Wind direction and speed: Southwest becoming west 10 to 20 mph.
Wind chill or heat index (feels like) temperature forecast: 32° to 38°
Coverage of precipitation: Scattered
What impacts are anticipated from the weather? Wet roadways
Should I cancel my outdoor plans? Check radars.
Moonrise: 12:00 AM
Moonset: 11:07 AM
The phase of the moon: Last quarter
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There is little or no confidence in the Friday through Monday portion of the forecast.
Models are chaotic with everything from snow and ice to severe thunderstorms. Expect changes to the forecast.
Monitor updates.
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February 6, 2021
How confident am I that this days forecast will verify? Low Confidence
Friday Forecast: Intervals of clouds and sun.
What is the chance of precipitation? SE MO ~ 0% IL ~ 0% KY ~ 0% TN ~ 0%
Temperature range: MO Bootheel 46° to 48° SE MO 40° to 45° South IL 40° to 45° Northwest KY (near Indiana border) 40° to 45° West KY 42° to 45° NW TN 46° to 48°
Wind direction and speed: West northwest 10 to 20 mph
Wind chill or heat index (feels like) temperature forecast: 35° to 44°
Coverage of precipitation: None
What impacts are anticipated from the weather? None
Should I cancel my outdoor plans? No
UV Index: 2. Low
Sunrise: 6:54 AM
Sunset: 5:25 PM
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Friday night Forecast: Partly cloudy. A snow shower is possible.
What is the chance of precipitation? SE MO ~ 20% IL ~ 20% KY ~ 20% TN ~ 20%
Temperature range: MO Bootheel 24° to 26° SE MO 20° to 25° South IL 20° to 25° Northwest KY (near Indiana border) 22° to 25° West KY 24° to 26° NW TN 24° to 26°
Wind direction and speed: North northwest 7 to 14 mph
Wind chill or heat index (feels like) temperature forecast: 15° to 25°
Coverage of precipitation: Scattered
What impacts are anticipated from the weather? Monitor
Should I cancel my outdoor plans? No
Moonrise: 1:15 AM
Moonset: 11:44 AM
The phase of the moon: Waning Crescent
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February 7, 2021
How confident am I that this days forecast will verify? Low Confidence
Saturday Forecast: Becoming cloudy with snow showers possible. Turning sharply colder. Falling temperatures. Windy.
What is the chance of precipitation? SE MO ~ 20% IL ~ 20% KY ~ 20% TN ~ 20%
Temperature range: MO Bootheel 34° to 36° SE MO 32° to 35° South IL 32° to 35° Northwest KY (near Indiana border) 32° to 35° West KY 32° to 35° NW TN 46° to 48°
Wind direction and speed: North northwest 10 to 20 mph
Wind chill or heat index (feels like) temperature forecast: 20° to 35°
Coverage of precipitation: Scattered
What impacts are anticipated from the weather? Monitor
Should I cancel my outdoor plans? No
UV Index: 2. Low
Sunrise: 6:54 AM
Sunset: 5:26 PM
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Saturday night Forecast: Mostly cloudy. A chance of a snow shower.
What is the chance of precipitation? SE MO ~ 20% IL ~ 20% KY ~ 20% TN ~ 20%
Temperature range: MO Bootheel 20° to 25° SE MO 16° to 22° South IL 16° to 24° Northwest KY (near Indiana border) 18° to 22° West KY 20° to 24° NW TN 20° to 25°
Wind direction and speed: North 5 to 10 mph
Wind chill or heat index (feels like) temperature forecast: 15° to 25°
Coverage of precipitation: Widely scattered
What impacts are anticipated from the weather? Monitor
Should I cancel my outdoor plans? Monitor updates
Moonrise: 2:26 AM
Moonset: 12:27 PM
The phase of the moon: Waning Crescent
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February 8, 2021
How confident am I that this days forecast will verify? Low Confidence
Sunday Forecast: Mostly cloudy. Bitterly cold. Snow showers possible.
What is the chance of precipitation? SE MO ~ 20% IL ~ 20% KY ~ 20% TN ~ 20%
Temperature range: MO Bootheel 24° to 28° SE MO 20° to 25° South IL 18° to 24° Northwest KY (near Indiana border) 22° to 25° West KY 22° to 25° NW TN 24° to 26°
Wind direction and speed: North 6 to 12 mph with gusts to 25 mph
Wind chill or heat index (feels like) temperature forecast: -5° to 15°
Coverage of precipitation: Scattered
What impacts are anticipated from the weather? Cold
Should I cancel my outdoor plans? No
UV Index: 2. Low
Sunrise: 6:53 AM
Sunset: 5:27 PM
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Sunday night Forecast: Mostly cloudy. Cold.
What is the chance of precipitation? SE MO ~ 0% IL ~ 0% KY ~ 0% TN ~ 0%
Temperature range: MO Bootheel 14° to 16° SE MO 8° to 14° South IL 8° to 14° Northwest KY (near Indiana border) 10° to 14° West KY 10° to 15° NW TN 14° to 16°
Wind direction and speed: North 5 to 10 mph with higher gusts
Wind chill or heat index (feels like) temperature forecast: -5° to 15°
Coverage of precipitation: None
What impacts are anticipated from the weather? None
Should I cancel my outdoor plans? No
Moonrise: 3:35 AM
Moonset: 1:17 PM
The phase of the moon: Waning Crescent
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The AM AG weather report will return in late winter and early spring (when growing season returns).
Please refer to the long range video until that time.
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Graphic-cast
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Illinois
During active weather check my handwritten forecast towards the top of the page.
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Kentucky
During active weather check my handwritten forecast towards the top of the page.
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Tennessee
During active weather check my handwritten forecast towards the top of the page.
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Today through February 6th. Severe weather is not anticipated.
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Today’s outlook (below).
Light green is where thunderstorms may occur but should be below severe levels.
Dark green is a level one risk. Yellow is a level two risk. Orange is a level three (enhanced) risk. Red is a level four (moderate) risk. Pink is a level five (high) risk.
One is the lowest risk. Five is the highest risk.
A severe storm is one that produces 58 mph wind or higher, quarter size hail, and/or a tornado.
The tan states are simply a region that SPC outlined on this particular map. Just ignore that.
The black outline is our local area.
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Tomorrow’s severe weather outlook.
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The images below are from the WPC. Their totals are a bit lower than our current forecast. I wanted to show you the comparison.
24-hour precipitation outlook.
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48-hour precipitation outlook.
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72-hour precipitation outlook.
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Weather advice:
No concerns through Wednesday night. Bitterly cold air arrives Saturday night into next week. I will monitor snow chances.
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Weather Discussion
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- Dry Monday through Wednesday morning.
- Rain chances return Thursday and Thursday night.
- Sharply colder by Saturday and especially Sunday.
- Watching snow potential as colder air arrives late weekend into next week. Low confidence.
No weather concerns through Wednesday night.
Our next system arrives Thursday and Thursday night. A cold front with some showers. I am not anticipating heavy rain.
Rain totals of 0.00″ to 0.25″. Little or snow snow accumulation. As always, monitor updates.
You can see that system on the GFS model.
Rain would occur NW of there too. Just one time stamp that I am showing you. It would move west to east across the entire region.
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Colder air sinks into the region Friday into the weekend.
For now, I have Friday and Saturday mostly dry. Perhaps a few snow showers along the incoming arctic front. Confidence has been lower in this portion of the forecast.
I continue to tell everyone that confidence in the long range is lower than normal.
The coldest air will arrive Saturday night into early next week.
Sunday will be bitterly cold with highs in the upper teens to middle 20s. Wind chills values of 5 above to 15 above. Brrr.
Sunday night lows may dip into the upper single digits to middle teens. Wind chill temperatures will be even colder. Bundle up weather.
Let me show you some maps.
Temperatures Saturday will rapidly fall behind the arctic front. GFS model shows that nicely.
9 AM Saturday temps
3 PM Saturday temperatures
6 PM Saturday temperatures
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Animation (click images to enlarge)
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A band of snow is possible along the bitterly cold front. That is typical for a front like this. A band of precipitation.
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Then we watch next Monday or Tuesday for another system. GFS likes this for winter weather. We shall see. Stay tuned.
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New February outlook
E/BN extremely below normal.
M/BN is much below normal
EC equal chances
AN above normal
M/AN much above normal
E/AN extremely above normal.
February Temperature Outlook (preliminary)
February Precipitation Outlook (preliminary)
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Again, as a reminder, these are models. They are never 100% accurate. Take the general idea from them.
What should I take from these?
- The general idea and not specifics. Models usually do well with the generalities.
- The time-stamp is located in the upper left corner.
- The EC European weather model is in Zulu time.
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What am I looking at?
You are looking at different models. Meteorologists use many different models to forecast the weather. All models are wrong. Some are more wrong than others. Meteorologists have to make a forecast based on the guidance/models.
I show you these so you can see what the different models are showing as far as precipitation. If most of the models agree, then the confidence in the final weather forecast increases.
You can see my final forecast at the top of the page.
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This animation is the Storm Prediction Center WRF model.
This animation shows you what radar might look like as the next system pulls through the region. It is a future-cast radar.
Time-stamp upper left. Click the animation to enlarge it.
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This animation is the Hrrr short-range model.
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This animation is the 3K NAM American Model.
This animation shows you what radar might look like as the next system pulls through the region. It is a future-cast radar.
Time-stamp upper left. Click the animation to enlarge it.
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This next animation is the lower-resolution NAM American Model.
This animation shows you what radar might look like as the system pulls through the region. It is a future-cast radar.
Time-stamp upper left. Click the animation to enlarge it.
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This next animation is the GFS American Model.
This animation shows you what radar might look like as the system pulls through the region. It is a future-cast radar.
Time-stamp upper left. Click the animation to enlarge it.
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This next animation is the EC European Weather model.
This animation shows you what radar might look like as the system pulls through the region. It is a future-cast radar.
Time-stamp upper left. Click the animation to enlarge it.
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Average high temperatures for this time of the year are around 44 degrees.
Average low temperatures for this time of the year are around 27 degrees.
Average precipitation during this time period ranges from 0.70″ to 1.00″
Yellow and orange colors are above average temperatures. Red is much above average. Light blue and blue are below-average temperatures. Green to purple colors represents much below-average temperatures.
This outlook covers February 1st through February 7th
Click on the image to expand it.
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The precipitation forecast is PERCENT OF AVERAGE. Brown is below average. Green is above average. Blue is much above average.
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Average low temperatures for this time of the year are around 30 degrees
Average precipitation during this time period ranges from 0.70″ to 1.00″
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This outlook covers February 8th through February 14th
Click on the image to expand it.
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The precipitation forecast is PERCENT OF AVERAGE. Brown is below average. Green is above average. Blue is much above average.
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EC = Equal chances of above or below average
BN= Below average
M/BN = Much below average
AN = Above average
M/AN = Much above average
E/AN = Extremely above average
Average low temperatures for this time of the year are around 28 degrees
Average precipitation during this time period ranges from 1.40″ to 2.00″
This outlook covers February 12th through February 25th
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Precipitation outlook
LONG RANGE DISCUSSION
Key Points: This was written by the BAMwx team. I don’t edit it.
THIS WILL RETURN IN THE SPRING. DURING THE GROWING SEASON.
Winter Outlook
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December through February Temperature Outlook (preliminary)
December through February Precipitation Outlook (preliminary)
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E/BN extremely below normal.
M/BN is much below normal
EC equal chances
AN above normal
M/AN much above normal
E/AN extremely above normal.
February Temperature Outlook (preliminary)
February Precipitation Outlook (preliminary)
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And the preliminary March outlooks
Temperature departures
Precipitation
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