The damp, drizzly weather predicted Wednesday is what’s left of a disturbance responsible for downpours in parts of the state Tuesday. As much as 1.46” fell at Moline and 1.28” at Quincy. The heaviest of that rain has passed largely south of Chicago. By the deep layer of moist air in its wake is likely to make it difficult for cloudiness to clear in any important way through Thursday morning.
A storm walloping the West with flooding rains in Los Angeles and coastal California while burying that region’s mountains under as much as 2-3 feet of wet, early season snow whipped by 30-50 mph winds, lifts into the Plains Thursday. Strong, well organized southerly winds beneath its eastern flank promise a return of 70s here Friday—a respectable warm-up at a time of the year known to feature flurries.
-Tom Skilling
