Warm, partly sunny Thursday for Chicago area
Clouds increase tonight with showers, possibly by daybreak.
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Clouds increase tonight with showers, possibly by daybreak.
While the far southwestern suburbs hover around 80 degrees, Chicago's temperatures fall into the 50s by late afternoon.
A chance for showers and storms on Tuesday with highs in the upper 60s and low 70s.
A tornado watch was issued for much of the evening for some counties adjacent to the Chicago area, but has been dropped.
Chicago weather Friday will see temperatures soar near 80 degrees before the warm, wet air mass collides with a cold front that could produce severe thunderstorms.
An isolated strong storm may wander into our area overnight tonight, mainly north of I-88, but most will remain dry, mild, and windy as south winds prime the atmosphere for Friday's storm threat.
A strong geomagnetic storm means the Northern Lights could be visible north of Chicago near the Illinois-Wisconsin border and in parts of Michigan Wednesday night.
We are tracking a cold front slated to move through Tuesday morning with a few quick rain showers, then cooler breezes to follow through midweek.
Dry weather mainly continues until the next chance of spring storms is late next week.
Sunshine and warmer temperatures return this weekend.
Cooler-than-average temperatures continue in the 40s Thursday
Scattered snow showers much of the day on Monday.
A Wind Advisory was in effect until midnight Wednesday night as winds have been gusting 40 to 50 mph.
Morning wind chill temperatures drop to the single-digits early Saturday, then high temperatures remain below freezing.
Rain will be mostly light, though some downpours and thunderstorms are possible, especially south of Chicago.