The National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky, has some weather information for us showing a soggy outlook for the rest of the week; instead of a white Christmas, looks like we're going to have brown.
What it's doing right now.
Here's the information for most of South and Central counties in the coverage area:
JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON- WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE- HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH- WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES- LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL- UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN- MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER- RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- 342 AM CST MON DEC 21 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OR TWO IS FORECAST FOR SMALL PART OF THE SOUTHEAST MISSOURI FOOTHILLS AND TOWARD THE I-64 CORRIDOR THIS MORNING. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO FORECAST FOR THE SOUTHEAST MISSOURI DELTA AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF WEST KENTUCKY THIS EVENING. ANY THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE ALONG SOME LOCATIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. PLEASE REFER TO FLOOD WARNINGS FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST FOR TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING, THEN AGAIN FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA IN A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR MAINLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE PRIMARY HAZARD WOULD BE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE COMPLETELY RULED OUT OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST KENTUCKY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD FOR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE ALONG SOME LOCATIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. PLEASE REFER TO FLOOD WARNINGS FOR DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
Here's the information for North Counties, this out of Lincoln, Illinois NWS:
CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-DE WITT- DOUGLAS-EDGAR-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-LOGAN-MACON-MCLEAN-MENARD- MOULTRIE-PIATT-RICHLAND-SANGAMON-SHELBY-VERMILION- 1038 AM CST MON DEC 21 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO MIDDAY WITH SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. AT THIS TIME THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK THAT SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF I-55. GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WOULD BE THE MOST LIKELY SEVERE THREAT WITH ANY STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.