Posted: 10:56 PM Our colleagues from the National Weather Service in Chicago/Romeoville are making their annual trip North to educate us on severe thunderstorms and tornadoes!

Posted: 10:55 PM The Lee County Office of Emergency Management is hosting a weather spotter training presented by the National Weather Service on April 11.

Posted: 11:11 PM Another 80° in the books Sunday, trouncing temperatures in Phoenix by nearly 30°, and more remain in sight!

Posted: 11:45 PM Record warmth continues for several more days, but will this lead to a sweltering summer? History gives us few hints.

Posted: 4:31 PM The state of Illinois is asking the federal government to reverse an agency's decision to deny aid to five tornado-ravaged counties in southern Illinois.

Posted: 11:13 PM In house research shows that a warm winter does not necessarily guarantee a warm spring or summer, but the chances are still very much there!

Posted: 10:55 PM The first 70s in almost five months are to arrive Tuesday, with the potential for one or more 80° temperatures right behind!

Posted: 10:54 PM It's been 139 days since our last 70° temperatures, but that streak will end very soon, and with authority!

Posted: 8:30 PM There's no shortage of talking points regarding our weather this weekend and into early next week! Warmth will be a central key in much of the weather discussion here for the next several days!

Updated: 6:20 PM Weather in northern Illinois can vary greatly, and the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow (CoCoRaHS) volunteer weather program is looking for weather observers to measure precipitation from their own backyards across Lee and surrounding counties.

Posted: 11:19 PM The second half of a two day cooldown takes place Friday, with sharp warming to begin immediately thereafter!

Posted: 11:03 PM Authorities in southern Illinois say the death toll from the tornado that devastated Harrisburg last week has risen to seven.

Posted: 10:36 PM Though the snow has quit falling, the impacts of Friday's winter storm will continue to be felt for some time to come.

Updated: 6:25 PM See what areas are under a snow emergency at WIFR.com

Posted: 11:52 PM A late winter/early spring winter storm is heading for the Stateline Friday!

Posted: 1:48 PM Relatives of tornado victims in southern Illinois are bracing for another storm system as they pick through the rubble of their loved ones' homes.

Posted: 11:15 PM Recently concluded meteorological winter finishes at a frantic pace with another 50°, while February concludes on a dangerously frantic pace when it comes to severe weather.

Updated: 11:54 PM Gov. Pat Quinn has declared a disaster area in a southern Illinois city after a tornado left six people dead and at least 100 people injured.

Posted: 11:36 PM March is Severe Weather Preparedness Month in Illinois

Posted: 10:58 PM A system expected to traverse the Plains, the Midwest, and the Great Lakes will bring everything from a foot or more of snow to unseasonable warmth to severe thunderstorms over the next two days.

Updated: 11:56 PM The City of Rockford Public Works Department is declaring a citywide Snow Emergency beginning Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 9:00pm.

Posted: 10:41 PM Heavy, wet snow, perhaps containing thunder on the way overnight into early Friday.

Posted: 11:21 PM New models are showing a few noteworthy changes in our potential winter storm Thursday.

Posted: 10:07 PM The most significant winter weather event of the year is possible in the Stateline Thursday and Thursday night.

Posted: 11:04 PM The vast majority of us weren't awake to see the snow early Tuesday morning, while those of us who did see it only saw it cover the ground for a matter of hours!