The snow which fell in our area Saturday night and early Sunday has been followed by a Dense Fog Advisory. It took effect at 6 p.m. Sunday and is scheduled to expire at noon Monday. The National Weather Service is cautioning motorists that the possibility of freezing fog could make for hazardous driving conditions. In addition to low visibility, ice could form on untreated surfaces, such as bridge decks and overpasses. But road crews have been out treating those locations.
The snow painted some beautiful winter scenes across east central Illinois and western Indiana. Snowfall amounts varied across central sections of Illinois. The National Weather Service at Lincoln said Monticello and Decatur recorded 8 inches of snow. Six inches fell near Clinton, and nearly four-and-a-quarter inches was measured near Bismarck. Hoopeston checked in with three inches, and 3.1 inches was reported at Ogden. The National Weather Service said 2.3 inches of snow fell near Champaign, and 2.6 inches was measured northwest of Sidell. Just under three-and-a-half inches of snow was reported to the Weather Service just over three miles northwest of Danville.
The snow and some gusty winds also caused some wide spread power failures across parts of central Illinois and Indiana. Crews had most of the power back on by early Sunday afternoon.
High temperatures Monday are expected to be near 40 with mostly cloudy skies once the dense fog diminishes. The next chance of snow appears to be Thursday, but the forecast says there is only a slight chance of snow then.
