Good Thursday, everybody. Rounds of showers and thunderstorms caused issues across parts of the state yesterday and may do the same again today. This action comes around a weak area of low pressure sinning through the region into the start of the weekend. Once beyond this, the pattern looks and feels more like September as we head into next week.
The greatest threat for showers and storms today is across the west and south. Watch for local flash flood issues to develop and a few storms may briefly go severe. Farther north, the action is much more scattered.
The showers and storms will then increase across the rest of the state Friday into the first half of Saturday. This tropical air should make for some big time downpours that can leave behind some healthy totals for some.
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A September cold front arrives with a round of showers and thunderstorms late Sunday into Monday. This brings in some awesome air for all of next week. Highs will stay in the 70s for, at least, a few days as humidity levels come way down.
Overnight lows drop into the 50s on several occasions…
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Yes, please!! 🙂
I will try to drop by for an update later today. Here are your tracking toys until then…
Make it a great day and take care.
Considering it is August this forecast will receive an A- grade from me.
Please Mother Nature brings us an early Autumn !
In an update to Monday’s Derecho and severe weather that slammed through the Chicago Metro area, there have been 11 confirmed tornadoes in the NWS Chicago county warning area, including an EF-1 that hit just four miles south of where I live (the Yorkville to South Plainfield tornado). Eight of the tornadoes have been classified as EF-1, and the other three as EF-0. Thankfully, there were no deaths or injuries reported.
Here is the link to the updated information, and within the link, there are some pretty awesome photos of the approach of the Derecho along with the damage throughout the Chicago area. http://weather.gov/lot/2020aug10
Here is the link for an update to the severe weather and Derecho that hit the Chicago Metro area on Monday. Within the link, there are some pretty amazing photos of the approaching storms and the various damage that occurred in the Chicago area..http://weather.gov/lot/2020aug10
There have now been 11 confirmed tormadoes that occurred in the NWS Chicago county warning area from Monday. Eight of them have been classified as EF-1 and three others EF-0. Thankfully there were no injuries or deaths. One of the EF-1 tornadoes occurred just four miles south of where I live (the Yorkville to South Plainfield tornado).
Here is an updated link from Monday’s severe weather in the Chicago Metro area, including some pretty amazing photos: http://weather.gov/lot/2020aug10
Eleven confirmed tornadoes touched down in the NWS county warning area, with eight of them classified as EF-1. Thankfully there were no injuries or deaths.
Here is the updated link from Monday’s severe weather that hit the Chicago Metro area: http://weather.gov/lot/2020aug10
Thanks Mike for posting. I am now interested in studying Derechos. Glad that you are Okay and the only thing that has to be done is cleaning up the mess.
Hopefully, there won’t be any more severe weather for all of us, but we all know this weather type can happen anywhere. Have a good afternoon.
Very interesting link, thanks Illinois Mike.
If there is one bit of a silver lining, your storms hit during the day. The March 3 2020 tornadoes in Tennessee struck around 1am; it’s likely many were in bed and did not use any early warning devices such as their phones and weather radios which could have contributed to the high loss of life.
On the other hand, there are still lots of customers in Iowa and Illinois without power, and electric crews also have to deal with the pandemic. Many in Nashville (including my family and I) never lost poster last March 3!
Right, as of Thursday night, there were still over 66,000 people in the Chicago Metro Area without power. Most of those won’t be back online until Saturday.
I guess I could consider myself lucky that my power was out for only 32 1/2 hours!