Today is forecast to be nearly the same temperature as yesterday.
Forecast for Jasper
Updated: 3:33 PM CST on December 23, 2009
Flood Watch in effect through Thursday evening...
Tonight
Rain likely in the evening...then occasional rain and a chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows 40 to 45. East winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of precipitation 90 percent.
Thursday
Rain and a chance of thunderstorms. Rain may be heavy at times. Highs in the upper 40s. Windy. Southeast winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts to around 35 mph. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
Rain in the evening...then a chance of rain after midnight. Rain may be heavy at times in the evening. Lows in the upper 30s. Windy. Southeast winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts to around 35 mph. Chance of precipitation 90 percent.
Christmas Day
Blustery...colder...cloudy. Chance of rain in the morning. Highs in the upper 30s. Temperature falling through the 30s in the afternoon. South winds 20 to 25 mph. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
Friday Night
Blustery...colder. Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 20s. Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph in the evening.
Saturday
Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow showers. Highs in the lower 30s.
... Flood Watch remains in effect through Thursday evening...
The Flood Watch continues for
* portions of central Illinois... east central Illinois and southeast Illinois... including the following areas... in central Illinois... Cass... Christian... De Witt... Fulton... Knox... Logan... Macon... Marshall... Mason... McLean... Menard... Morgan... Moultrie... Peoria... Piatt... Sangamon... Schuyler... Scott... Shelby... Stark... Tazewell and Woodford. In east central Illinois... Champaign... Clark... Coles... Cumberland... Douglas... Edgar and Vermilion. In southeast Illinois... Clay... Crawford... Effingham... Jasper... Lawrence and Richland.
* Through Thursday evening
* expect periods of moderate to locally heavy rainfall with isolated thunderstorms. Rainfall amounts of 2 to 3 inches will be possible... with some locally higher amounts.
* The latest soil temperatures across central Illinois indicate the frost depth at between 3 to 5 inches. The combination of the expected rainfall coupled with the frozen topsoil will help to produce significant runoff into area rivers... creeks and streams.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
A Flood Watch means there is a potential for flooding based on current forecasts.
You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible flood warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared to take action should flooding develop.
Record Report
Statement as of 04:43 PM CST on December 23, 2009
... Record daily maximum rainfall set at Springfield IL...
a record rainfall of 1.28 inch(es) was set at Springfield IL today. This breaks the old record of 1.06 set in 1921.