>>Possibility for Severe Weather Tuesday Night

Warm and muggy conditions will bring the possibility of more severe weather in central Illinois midweek.

Ed Shimon at the National Weather Service in Lincoln told the Hart Media Group on the WHOW Morning Show on Monday the next few days will be above normal for temperatures, setting up the possibility for severe weather around midnight on Wednesday.

Shimon indicates Wednesday will definitely have rain, and the storms from Tuesday night could carry into the morning commute with more rain expected the rest of the day.

According to Shimon, Thursday and Friday will remain warm. There isn't an immediate cool-down coming to central Illinois until the weekend.

Just this week in central Illinois, we could be looking at over two inches of rainfall. Shimon says it will be a huge relief to the ongoing drought concerns stemming from the dry winter months.

There will be a brief cool-down into early next week. We'll have more with Shimon in the days ahead on next week's forecast, the rest of the spring, and an update on the drought. 

Get more weather data and forecasts at weather.gov/Lincoln.