Election Day Weather: Cloudy, Light Rain, Winds Increasing As Polls Close

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Increasing chance for rain over the next 24 hours. Less than one-half inch is expected by midnight. Cloudy with a high of 52°F at about 4:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. Winds from the East about 10 mph will bring a cold lake breeze most of the day. Winds will increase to about 15 mph when the polls close at 7:00 p.m. Winds will also start gusting to about 20 mph at that time.

Radar show some precipitation images growing over the northwest suburbs. Most of the heavy precipitation is in a wide area north of the Illinois-Wisconsin border.

Over one inch of rain is possible between 7:00 a.m. Wednesday and 7:00 a.m. Thursday.

Today
Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 53. East wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 10pm. Areas of dense fog after 1am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 38. North northeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Wednesday
Showers and thunderstorms. Patchy dense fog before 1pm. High near 44. Northeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.


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