Tuesday Chase Cancelled - Storms Locally Tonight

I definitely made the right decision to cancel the chase into central Illinois today. Central Illinois was selected as the chase location for a couple of reasons. It did appear the the lower 1/3 of Illinois would see clouds for most of the day and that would restrict heating. The middle 1/3 looked to be clear allowing sunshine to create heat and better instability. The only variable would be moisture and I was banking on enough of it combined with the sun to get things fired up by 3 PM.

Fast forward to this morning and the clouds covered the chase area and even extended over into Indiana. Precipitation in the form of rain has moved in to Illinois over the morning keeping temperatures down. The dewpoints also have not risen to an acceptable level. It looks like nothing everyone expected yesterday will come to fruition today.

We will still see a fast moving squall line set up hit the west edge of Indiana sometime around 8 PM and clear the state a few hours after midnight. Some strong winds and hail look to be the real threat with a possible tornado.

Stay tuned for a later update and some information about an uncoming outbreak for Thursday and Friday.