Marginal risk for severe weather in the forecast today

The storm perdiction center still has Southern Illinois under a marginal risk of severe weather for today.  During the overnight hours the risk was upgraded to a slight but was backed down.

Grant Dade, KFVS 12 Chief Meteorologist issued the following statement on social media this morning:

Good morning and sort of good news. Temperatures are five degrees cooler in most areas this morning than expected last night. This could limit our severe weather threat later today. With that said, all the models I have looked over this morning still warm us into the upper 60’s and low 70’s with the all important dew point reaching the lower 60’s. If this does happen I still expect there to be a window of opportunity for strong to severe storms to develop between 2 and 7 pm. The official slight risk we were under has been lowered again to a marginal risk from the storm prediction center because there is some doubt to whether low 60 dew points will make it back into our area. But if that moisture can make it back north like most models indicate, there will be a few storms. Stay weather aware today.

Here is the hazardous weather outlook from the National Weather Service.

.DAY ONE…Today and Tonight thunderstorms are possible over all or part of the outlook area today through this evening. A few storms may become severe this afternoon and evening with damaging winds being the primary hazard, otherwise locally heavy downpours and lightning will be the primary hazards.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…Sunday through Friday thunderstorms are possible over all or part of the outlook area Sunday, Monday through Monday evening, then Wednesday night into Thursday. Locally heavy downpours, gusty winds, and lightning will be the primary hazards.

We will keep you updated on the situation throughout the afternoon.