Central Illinois weather is looking very up-and-down as we get closer to the Christmas holiday.

Ed Shimon at the National Weather Service in Lincoln indicates cold weather will dominate Dec. 15-19, but getting into Christmas week, a warm up is expected with some rain, even severe weather, possible.

Looking towards the new year holiday week, Shimon indicates more precipitation is on the way, but it will depend on where central Illinois ends up on the temperature scale, whether it is wintry precipitation or just rain.

According to Shimon, the end of December is going to be pretty wet. Every couple of days, there will be some form of precipitation. 

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