The winter storm that dumped five inches of snow on Charleston Monday night and Tuesday is not expected to stick around today.

Light flurries are only expected periodically today and more snow showers will arrive in the area Friday, local weather observer Dalias Price said Tuesday afternoon.

He estimates Charleston will receive about two inches of snow during Friday’s precipitation. So far this winter, Charleston has received 13 inches of snow.

“Normally, we get 17 inches of snow in winter,” Price said.

Wednesday the temperatures are expected to rise to highs of 20 to 25 degrees, with partly cloudy skies. Lows for Wednesday night could reach 10 degrees, said Lucy Phlamer from the National Weather Service.

“There has been a delay of cold weather spilling out of Canada, but it finally got here,” Price said. “The moisture blowing in from Mexico provided the source for the five inches.”

The University Police Department had reported no accidents during Tuesday, when roads were slick with snow and ice.

“Roads have been OK, 85-90 percent clear,” Quincy Combs of the Charleston Street Department said Tuesday.

“Everything been pretty well, no real problems. The temperature got pretty cold and made it a little more difficult to remove snow,” Combs said. “It’s the wind out of city limits that is causing problems.”

The Illinois Department of Transportation reported Thursday afternoon Interstate 57 from Effingham to Champaign being “clear with slippery spots, 75 percent snow or ice covered.”

Blowing and drifting snow on area roadways is to be expected, the National Weather Service reported Tuesday.

For more weather information, students can go to www.eiu.edu/weather/index.html.