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Weather Alert

Weather Alert

...Gusty Thunderstorms with Small Hail and Cold Air Funnel Clouds
through Early Tonight...

Gusty thunderstorms capable of producing cold air funnel clouds
and small hail are forecast through early tonight. These cold air
funnels are developing underneath thunderstorms that are moving
across the area. Underneath these showers...spinning columns of
air that look like tornadoes may continue to develop. These
funnels usually are very brief and rarely touch the ground. If
these funnels do touch down...they most likely will not cause
damage to life or property.

Cold air funnels are due to very cool air aloft...warm moist air
near the ground...and are usually in association with a strong
area of low pressure in the upper levels of the atmosphere. Due to
little or no wind shear...they are usually weak and very brief.

Early wintry mix Monday turns to rain for the remainder of the week

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Unsettled week ahead
maxuser

Carterville, IL (WSIL) -- Enjoy the sun while you can still see it today and on Sunday as a very unsettled pattern approaches for your new work week. 

Icy Monday Morning

We are clear and cold for tonight into tomorrow as clouds begin to build in from the west. Cold arctic airmasses are fairly tough to move so I do expect that locations along the Illinois-Kentucky border and to the NW will experience an initial period of sleet and or freezing rain for your day on Monday. Even if amounts remain light, (as we expect them to be) any amount of ice is very dangerous for travel. Make sure you are keeping a close eye on the forecast as we get closer to Monday. 

After that everyone should turn over to a miserable cold rain that remains on and off through the entire week. 

On the bright side, high temperatures after Monday get into the 40s and even 50s as we head towards the end of the week and low temperatures remain above freezing. 

Overall, cold and calm until an early icy mix on Monday starts our very unsettled but much warmer week ahead.Â