Cloudy skies with periods of snow showers throughout the day. Temperatures are steady and in the mid-30s. Winds are light and wind chills not really a factor. Up to an inch of snow accumulations possible.

Low
28

WNW
5-10
mph

Cloudy skies tonight with periods of snow into the early morning hours. Up to an inch of additional snow accumulation possible overnight. Winds get a little breezy and temperatures fall steadily. 1.15 inches of snow possible on the ground by Wednesday morning.

Day 2 Wednesday, January 07

High
35

W
10-14
mph

Mostly cloudy skies with some sun trying to break through. Winds become a little gusty, wind gusts in the low 20 mph range. Wind chills in the low 20s. Cold but not really cold temperature wise.

Low
20

WNW
14-11
mph

Mostly cloudy skies overnight with a few snow flurries possible after midnight. Very breezy winds expected with wind chill down in the upper teens. Bitterly cold temperatures expected into the early morning hours.

Day 3 Thursday, January 08

High
38

WNW
11-8
mph

Decreasing cloudiness throughout the day. The sun makes a pretty good comeback. So we should warm up a little bit as winds also decrease. The winds begin to shift to the South.

Low
28

SSE
8-9
mph

Mainly clear skies overnight and not as cold. Light breezy winds from the South decrease our temperatures steadily. Clouds move back in on Friday, with another cold front, gusty winds and some snow flurries Friday night.

This is my three day forecast made periodically . Any current weather comments or changes are made in RED .
The objective to the 3 day forecast is to make my best forecast and also keep you current .
I use the same computer models as the meteorologist.The weather does change and my goal is to be close .
I also want to provide you with an interactive personal weather page. These weather maps are my favorite all on one page .

Allow firewalls or pop ups - java for this site (safe). Many of the links are from the government and official weather sites. Some of the weather sites do have some advertising. If you have any problems with any of the links or sites that I direct you to, please let me know. I hope to make this your one-stop weather site with my forecast, and your own place to make your own prediction. You can contact me and tell me I'm way off base or we can discuss any weather related information.

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Weather station is up & running . All Back Yard Weather data from Staunton IL is posted to the Weather Underground Web site .The only time It should be down is when the potential for LIGHTNING is in our area.Click above - then Historic Graphs for weather data , graphs & weather related information for Staunton IL & surrounding areas .

Here is an illustration of the ingredients that take place for winter storms. As we go through this winter we may see several opportunities for this to happen. There is an old folklore that when we get our first measurable snowfall, we'll have that many. Our first measurable snowfall was on November 30, 2008.

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*SOURCES: Accuweather 2008, National Weather Service , NOAA , Navy FNMOC , University of Wyoming Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences & Enviroment Canada

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