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Chicagoland weather radar shows showers and thunderstorms moving north-northeast near the Mississippi River.
Satellite images show cloudy conditions over most of the midwest with elevated convective clouds over Iowa and southern Minnesota.
NWS POINT FORECAST …
DETAILED FORECAST
Today
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 11am and 3pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 77. South wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a slight chance of showers between 8pm and 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Wednesday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 78. West southwest wind 10 to 15 mph.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 58. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 60.
Friday
Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 82. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Friday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely. Cloudy, with a low around 57.
Saturday
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Cloudy, with a high near 59.
Saturday Night
A chance of showers. Cloudy, with a low around 46.
Sunday
A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 59.
Sunday Night
A slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50.
Monday
A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 69.
AIRPORT WEATHER OBSERVATIONS …
| Location | Time (cdt) |
Sky/Weather | Temp. (ºF) |
Dewpt. (ºF) |
Humidity (%) |
Wind (mph) |
Pressure (in) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago/O’Hare | 07:51 | Overcast | 68 | 64 | 87 | S 12 | 29.93 | |
| Chicago Midway Airport | 07:53 | Overcast | 71 | 65 | 81 | S 12 | 29.94 | |
| Chicago Executive Airport | 07:52 | Overcast | 69 | 64 | 84 | S 14 | 29.95 | |
| Chicago / West Chicago, Dupage Airport | 07:52 | Fog/Mist | 68 | 64 | 87 | S 10 | 29.93 | |
| Aurora Municipal Airport | 07:52 | Overcast with Haze | 69 | 64 | 84 | SE 13 | 29.92 | |
| Gary Chicago International | 07:45 | Mostly Cloudy | 72 | 66 | 83 | S 12 | 29.96 | |
| Kenosha Regional Airport | 07:53 | Overcast | 70 | 66 | 87 | S 10 | 29.93 | |
| Chicago / Waukegan, Waukegan Regional Airport | 07:55 | Overcast | 66 | 63 | 90 | SE 8 | 29.93 | |
| Lansing Municipal Airport | 08:15 | Overcast | 70 | 64 | 79 | S 13 | 29.95 | |
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CHICAGO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT …
| D a t e |
Time (cdt) |
Wind (mph) |
Vis. (mi.) |
Weather | Sky Cond. | Temperature (ºF) | Relative Humidity |
Wind Chill (°F) |
Heat Index (°F) |
Pressure | Precipitation (in.) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air | Dwpt | 6 hour | altimeter (in) |
sea level (mb) |
1 hr | 3 hr | 6 hr | ||||||||||
| Max. | Min. | ||||||||||||||||
| 26 | 07:52 | S 14 | 10.00 | Overcast | OVC013 | 69 | 64 | 84% | NA | NA | 29.95 | 1013.7 | |||||
| 26 | 06:52 | S 13 | 7.00 | Overcast | OVC011 | 69 | 64 | 71 | 67 | 84% | NA | NA | 29.95 | 1013.7 | |||
| 26 | 05:52 | S 9 | 8.00 | Overcast | OVC011 | 68 | 64 | 87% | NA | NA | 29.94 | 1013.4 | |||||
| 26 | 04:52 | S 9 | 10.00 | Fair | CLR | 67 | 64 | 91% | NA | NA | 29.94 | 1013.5 | |||||
| 26 | 03:52 | S 10 | 10.00 | Fair | CLR | 68 | 64 | 87% | NA | NA | 29.94 | 1013.4 | |||||
| 26 | 02:52 | S 9 | 10.00 | Fair | CLR | 69 | 63 | 81% | NA | NA | 29.93 | 1013.2 | |||||
| 26 | 01:52 | S 10 | 10.00 | Fair | CLR | 70 | 62 | 76% | NA | NA | 29.94 | 1013.2 | |||||
| 26 | 00:52 | S 10 | 10.00 | Fair | CLR | 70 | 60 | 78 | 65 | 71% | NA | NA | 29.95 | 1013.7 | |||
| 25 | 23:52 | S 6 | 10.00 | Fair | CLR | 68 | 58 | 70% | NA | NA | 29.95 | 1014.0 | |||||
| 25 | 22:52 | S 5 | 10.00 | Fair | CLR | 66 | 59 | 78% | NA | NA | 29.96 | 1014.4 | |||||
| 25 | 21:52 | Calm | 10.00 | Fair | CLR | 68 | 60 | 76% | NA | NA | 29.95 | 1013.8 | |||||
| 25 | 20:52 | S 5 | 10.00 | Fair | CLR | 70 | 58 | 66% | NA | NA | 29.93 | 1013.0 | |||||
| 25 | 19:52 | SW 8 | 10.00 | Fair | CLR | 77 | 57 | 50% | NA | 79 | 29.91 | 1012.3 | |||||
| 25 | 18:52 | S 15 | 10.00 | Fair | CLR | 78 | 59 | 79 | 72 | 52% | NA | 79 | 29.92 | 1012.8 | |||
| 25 | 17:52 | SW 16 G 24 | 10.00 | Fair | CLR | 78 | 59 | 52% | NA | 79 | 29.92 | 1012.7 | |||||
| 25 | 16:52 | SW 12 G 23 | 10.00 | Partly Cloudy | FEW045 SCT060 | 78 | 60 | 54% | NA | 79 | 29.92 | 1012.8 | |||||
| 25 | 15:52 | SW 13 G 26 | 10.00 | Mostly Cloudy | SCT042 BKN049 BKN060 | 77 | 61 | 58% | NA | 79 | 29.91 | 1012.5 | |||||
| 25 | 14:52 | SW 15 G 23 | 10.00 | Partly Cloudy | SCT040 | 76 | 60 | 58% | NA | 78 | 29.90 | 1012.0 | |||||
| 25 | 13:52 | SW 17 G 26 | 10.00 | Partly Cloudy | FEW037 FEW046 SCT060 | 75 | 61 | 62% | NA | NA | 29.89 | 1011.8 | |||||
| 25 | 12:52 | SW 13 | 10.00 | Mostly Cloudy | FEW025 SCT045 BKN055 | 72 | 64 | 73 | 68 | 76% | NA | NA | 29.90 | 1012.0 | 0.02 | 0.07 | |
| 25 | 11:52 | SW 15 | 10.00 | Overcast | FEW014 BKN030 OVC055 | 70 | 64 | 82% | NA | NA | 29.89 | 1011.8 | |||||
| 25 | 10:52 | S 15 G 23 | 7.00 | Light Rain | SCT055 BKN070 OVC090 | 68 | 65 | 90% | NA | NA | 29.87 | 1011.2 | 0.05 | ||||
| 25 | 09:52 | SW 18 G 32 | 10.00 | Overcast | FEW037 SCT047 OVC065 | 72 | 62 | 71% | NA | NA | 29.86 | 1010.8 | |||||
| 25 | 08:52 | S 23 G 33 | 10.00 | Overcast and Breezy | FEW025 BKN030 OVC042 | 72 | 62 | 71% | NA | NA | 29.85 | 1010.5 | |||||
| 25 | 07:52 | S 18 G 25 | 10.00 | Overcast | FEW025 OVC039 | 71 | 63 | 76% | NA | NA | 29.84 | 1010.3 | |||||
| 25 | 06:52 | S 17 G 31 | 10.00 | Overcast | OVC027 | 71 | 62 | 73 | 68 | 73% | NA | NA | 29.85 | 1010.4 | |||
| 25 | 05:52 | S 17 G 31 | 10.00 | Overcast | OVC025 | 71 | 62 | 73% | NA | NA | 29.85 | 1010.4 | |||||
| 25 | 04:52 | S 13 | 10.00 | Fair | CLR | 70 | 61 | 73% | NA | NA | 29.84 | 1010.3 | |||||
| 25 | 03:52 | S 18 G 26 | 10.00 | Fair | CLR | 72 | 58 | 61% | NA | NA | 29.86 | 1010.8 | |||||
| 25 | 02:52 | S 15 G 23 | 10.00 | Fair | CLR | 72 | 62 | 71% | NA | NA | 29.85 | 1010.4 | |||||
| 25 | 01:52 | S 14 | 10.00 | Fair | CLR | 71 | 62 | 73% | NA | NA | 29.87 | 1011.3 | |||||
| 25 | 00:52 | S 10 | 10.00 | Partly Cloudy | SCT120 | 68 | 62 | 68 | 61 | 81% | NA | NA | 29.90 | 1012.3 | |||
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