Gradual clearing and a high near 50 Friday; overnight low around 30 in Champaign-Urbana
The National Weather Service forecast calls for cloudy skies clearing through the day and a mostly clear night.
CHAMPAIGN - Cloudy skies should gradually clear Friday with a high near 50, according to the National Weather Service forecast for Champaign, which also covers Urbana and Savoy.
At 5:53 a.m. at University of Illinois Willard Airport (KCMI), conditions were overcast and 43 degrees, with a north wind at 18 mph and a wind chill of 35.
For Friday, Nov. 6, the forecast calls for cloudy conditions through midmorning, then gradual clearing, a high near 50, and a north-northwest wind of 7 to 13 mph with gusts as high as 21 mph.
Tonight is mostly clear with a low around 30 and a north-northwest wind of 3 to 5 mph.
No watches, warnings or advisories were active for Champaign County zone ILZ045 as of the weather service's 6:37 a.m. alert-feed update.
Sources: National Weather Service point forecast for Champaign; NWS active alerts for zone ILZ045. Forecast last update 5:16 a.m. CST Nov. 6.