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Weekend Weather Forecast: What's in the North Shore Clouds?

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Weekend Weather Planner for the North Shore

Welcome to Day Six of the major Midwest heat wave with high temps expected to remain near 90 with heat index values between 95 and 100 throughout the weekend. There will be a few intervals of showers and t-storms this weekend, however, these will be hit and miss with many dry hours.

Saturday: Partly sunny to mostly cloudy intervals with a 30 percent chance of scattered showers and t-storms from 1 a.m. to 9 a.m. and again from 1 p.m. to 10 p.m.

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      Rain Amounts: 0.10 to 0.50 inches
      Low temp: 76 degrees Fahrenheit
      High temp: 88 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit
      Wind: South to southeast at 10-15 mph

Sunday: Partly to mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of scattered showers and t-storms from 3 a.m. to 8 a.m. and again from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m.

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      Rain Amounts: 0.10 to 0.50 inches
      Low temp: 72 degrees Fahrenheit
      High temp: 89 degrees Fahrenheit
      Wind: West to southwest at 8-13 mph

Monday: Partly sunny and a little less humid

     Low temp: 72 degrees Fahrenheit
     High temp: 87 degrees Fahrenheit
     Wind: Northwest winds at 10-18 mph

Your Week Ahead: July 22 to July 29

A frontal boundary pushes south of the region late in the weekend with better weather conditions expected through at least the middle of next week.

Temperature Trends: Temperatures will average 2 to 4 degrees above normal.
Precipitation Trends:
Rain will average below normal.

General Weather Discussion for the Week Ahead

A frontal boundary over far northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin will waver back and forth through much of the region with possibly a few waves of showers and t-storms over the next few days. A few of these may occur today with the possibility of locally heavy rain over parts of northeast Illinois.

It should be noted that any storms that do occur could easily become strong to severe as there is a lot of upper-level support and jet-stream energy to work with. The main risk from these storms would be gusty winds, very heavy downpours and dangerous cloud to ground lightning. Perhaps the best chance of storms will be later this evening and into the first half of Saturday and again Sunday afternoon and evening. The risk of storms will continue through Sunday night, then the frontal boundary will settle south and stay south of our area for several days.

High pressure will then build into the Upper Midwest late Sunday night and into Monday bringing a less humid airmass to our area. The best chance of showers will be just south of the metro area on Monday with skies clearing from north to south. In fact, several quiet days can be expected next week with the best chance of t-storms occurring over Plains. These storms will stay well to our southwest with a good amount of sunshine in our area.

There are signs that the heat and humidity may begin to return to the area around July 29 or July 30 with perhaps some isolated t-storms moving into from the west and northwest. The first week of August also looks hot with hit and miss showers and t-storms as we possibly head back into an active pattern.

Your Weekly Weather Facts:

Everyone should take time to review heat safety tips.

The hottest temperature ever recorded at O’Hare Airport: 105 degrees Fahrenheit set in July 1995.

Temperature log during the heat wave (High Temperature)

July 17: 95 degrees Fahrenheit
July 18:
92 degrees Fahrenheit
July 19:
93 degrees Fahrenheit
July 20:
99 degrees Fahrenheit
July 21:
97 degrees Fahrenheit
Peak Heat Index Value:
108 degrees Fahrenheit

Source: National Weather Service-Chicago Office.

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