More school snow days? Another round of winter weather bearing down on metro-east

Yahoo

16-02-2025

Winter weather delivered students at metro-east schools an extended holiday vacation in January. It could do the same the three-day President's Day weekend.
The National Weather Service St. Louis office has issued a Winter Weather Watch for most of the St. Louis region, including 12 counties in southwestern Illinois.
In addition to high temperatures in the mid-teens, lows near zero, and dangerous wind chills, the National Weather Service is calling for 4 to 7 inches of snow in Belleville on Tuesday and Tuesday night.
St. Clair, Madison, Monroe, Washington, and Clinton counties are included in the winter watch area, where a dusting of snow already fell into Sunday morning.
Snow totals are forecast lower in northern parts of the region. One to 3 inches could fall in Bethalto and 2 to 4 in Edwardsville. Collinsville can anticipate 3 to 6 inches, according to the National Weather Service.
To south of Belleville, however, Waterloo and Red Bud could see as much as 10 inches of snow by Wednesday.
Here's the daily forecast for Belleville, according to the National Weather Service:
A 40 percent chance of snow, mainly before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 22. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming light and variable.
A 30 percent chance of snow after midnight. Cloudy, with a low around 11. Northeast wind 5 to 9 mph.
Snow likely, mainly after noon. Cloudy and cold, with a high near 17. Northeast wind 9 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.
Tuesday Night Snow. Low around 9. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 3 to 5 inches possible.
A 30 percent chance of snow before noon. Mostly cloudy and cold, with a high near 17.
Sunshine should return by Thursday, but only with a high of 16 degrees.