Meteorologist Darren Leeds

Meteorologist Darren Leeds

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04/27/2026

Facebook Live isn’t working this evening. Trying to get it fixed so I can go over everything expect Monday. Stay tuned!

04/24/2026

We are watching a line of storms moving through Iowa and Missouri on Thursday evening that will impact Central Illinois by early Friday morning.

The line of storms still looks like it'll weaken as it moves into our area. Our only storm threat will be damaging winds up to 60 MPH, but the tornado and hail threats are nonexistent.

Saturday and Sunday both look like beautiful days to get outside, whether it’s for work or pleasure.

Significant severe weather is possible on Monday.



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04/23/2026

Thursday, April 23, 2:35PM

Waxing Crescent Moon over Staunton, Illinois on Wednesday night.
📷: Chris Pritchett



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Photos from Meteorologist Darren Leeds's post 04/23/2026

Wednesday, April 22, 8:40PM

We've got what looks to be a very active start to our day on Friday. Showers and thunderstorms will make their way into the region around 4-5AM. Expect to see heavy rain and potential for storm winds to reach up to 60 MPH. Storms do appear to weaken as they make their way to the eastern side of the state, but it's going to be a wet and windy morning.



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