Tuesday night was highlighted by widespread severe weather in central Illinois.

On the other side of these storms is a cool down, and with more precipitation. Ed Shimon at the National Weather Service in Lincoln told the Hart Media Group that more rain is on the way on Wednesday.

The cool weather is going to stick around. Shimon indicates the 8-14 day outlooks show cooler than normal temperatures before a warm-up at the end of the month. The above-normal precipitation signal sticks around for most of the spring.

Still to come with Shimon this week, with all the rain of the last 24 hours, the drought should ease a bit in central Illinois. We'll hear more from Shimon on that at the Hart Media Group.

Get the latest in weather forecasts and severe weather recaps at weather.gov/lincoln.