Daily Weather | Fri, Jul 18th, 2025

Here is your Champaign-Urbana Forecast from Chambana Weather Meteorologist Andrew Pritchard... For today, mostly sunny with a high of 85 degrees. Northeast wind 5 mph... Tonight, partly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms after Midnight and a low of 70 degrees. South wind 5 mph... Tomorrow, partly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms and a high of 88 degrees. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph... Tomorrow night, partly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms and a low of 72 degrees. Southwest wind 5 mph... And for Sunday, mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms and a high of 85 degrees. Northeast wind 5 mph.

TGIF! We’ll enjoy a sunny Friday before we head into a stormy weekend across central Illinois. More than one round of showers and storms is possible on Saturday and Sunday, perhaps becoming severe at times. Typical of mid-summer severe thunderstorm risks, we won’t have great confidence on timing and impacts until we get a bit closer. For now, models suggest a mid-day round of storms on Saturday with a potential late-evening round 2. Similarly on Sunday, more than one round of storms is possible through the day and into the night. A hot, muggy, periodically stormy pattern builds across the area next week.

Saturday Severe Weather Risk:

No Weather Forecasts Today - Thursday

Good Morning!

This is a scheduled post to let you all know that I’m taking a little break to unwind with the family this week and won’t be sending weather forecasts Monday - Thursday, July 14-17.

While I don’t anticipate any significant severe weather during the next four days, I’ll relay any critical weather updates that may arise.

Normal weather forecast emails will resume on Friday morning, July 18th.

In the interim, I recommend the local forecast for Champaign-Urbana from the National Weather Service Central Illinois Office: https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=40.112458&lon=-88.207457

Talk to you Friday!

• Meteorologist Andrew Pritchard

Daily Weather | Fri, Jul 11th, 2025

Here is your Champaign-Urbana Forecast from Chambana Weather Meteorologist Andrew Pritchard... For today, mostly sunny with a chance of a thunderstorm late in the day and a high of 92 degrees. South wind 5 to 15 mph... Tonight, partly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms and a low of 72 degrees. South wind 5 to 10 mph... Tomorrow, partly cloudy with a chance of a thunderstorm and a high of 88 degrees. Southwest wind 10 mph... Tomorrow night, mostly cloudy with a low of 69 degrees. West wind 5 to 10 mph... And for Sunday, mostly sunny with a chance of a thunderstorm and a high of 86 degrees. Northwest wind 5 mph.

TGIF! We’re looking at a hot, sunny, and muggy Friday with a low chance for thunderstorms increasing late today into the overnight hours. Can’t rule out a stray storm on Saturday or Sunday, with a hot, muggy, at-time-stormy pattern continuing into next week.

I’ll be on vacation with the family next week - I’ll relay any critical weather information related to heat/storms as needed but will be pausing morning forecast emails Monday - Thursday, July 14-17. Thanks for understanding!

Daily Weather | Thu, Jul 10th, 2025

Here is your Champaign-Urbana Forecast from Chambana Weather Meteorologist Andrew Pritchard... For today, mostly sunny with a slight chance of a thunderstorm and a high of 89 degrees. South wind 5 mph... Tonight, partly cloudy with a low of 68 degrees. South wind 5 mph... Tomorrow, mostly sunny and hot with a chance of thunderstorms late in the day and a high of 92 degrees. South wind 5 to 10 mph... Tomorrow night, partly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms and a low of 72 degrees. South wind 5 to 10 mph... And for Saturday, partly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms and a high of 89 degrees. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph.

Good Thursday morning! Much of today and tomorrow will be sunny, hot, and muggy, but a late day shower or thunderstorm can’t be completely ruled out. The best chance for thunderstorms in our area will be Friday night into the day on Saturday as a frontal boundary passes through the area. We’ll have to watch for at least a low risk for severe weather during that time as potential storm clusters form and move into the area. We’ll turn sunny and a bit cooler Sunday into early next week, but storms return to the forecast by mid-week. (incorrect date on the first graphic, it is indeed July 10th.

Daily Weather | Wed, Jul 9th, 2025

Here is your Champaign-Urbana Forecast from Chambana Weather Meteorologist Andrew Pritchard... For today, partly cloudy with a slight chance of a thunderstorm and a high of 87 degrees. Northwest wind 5 mph... Tonight, partly cloudy with a low of 65 degrees. Northwest wind 5 mph... Tomorrow, mostly sunny with a high of 88 degrees. South wind 5 mph... Tomorrow night, partly cloudy with a low of 68 degrees. South wind 5 mph... And for Friday, partly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms late in the day and a high of 90 degrees. South wind 5 to 10 mph.

Good Wednesday morning! We’ll probably be dry today, but a pop-up shower or storm can’t be completely ruled out later this afternoon or evening. Sunny and hot tomorrow, with periods of storminess returning over the weekend. Looks like much of Friday should be sunny and dry locally, but storms are possible Friday night into Saturday and Sunday.