Good morning! I'm Aaron Jolly. And welcome to the Illinois Weather Podcast. It's Tuesday, February 24th. Step outside right now and you're feeling 20 degrees. Enjoy that for about five minutes.. Because today's temperature is about to launch like a rocket. We're talking a 30 degree swing by this afternoon. But that warmth rides in on some serious wind. And the National Weather Service is flagging elevated fire danger across central and southern Illinois. If you had plans to burn brush today, shelve them. Folks, down in central Illinois, you're getting the wildest ride. Springfield and Decatur wake up at 20 degrees and hit 51 by 4 P.M. That's a February day pretending to be April. Winds gust to 21 miles an hour around noon. Feels like someone left the oven door open. Tonight only drops to 30. But Wednesday night into Thursday, a rain and snow mix s ...