Demetrius Ivory

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Forecast: Warm, humid; chance of showers and storms continues into Wednesday

1 week ago | wgntv.com | Demetrius Ivory |Bill Snyder

TUESDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy, warm and humid with clusters of showers and thunderstorms. Low: 68. A noticeably cloudier, more active weather day is on tap Wednesday along with cooler, but continued humid conditions. Much of the Chicagoland area is in a level 2 of 5 risk for severe thunderstorms, with portions of northwest Indiana in a heighted level 3 of 5 risk.
Forecast: Cloudy, damp and hazy; partly sunny and warm Saturday on tap

2 weeks ago | wgntv.com | Demetrius Ivory |Bill Snyder

FRIDAY NIGHT: A good deal of cloudiness, warm. Slight chance of a shower early in the evening. Low: 61. The Father’s Day weekend begins with a fair amount of cloudiness, but a drier northeast wind flow off the lake from a high pressure to the north will scour out the clouds rather expeditiously and result in a fairly pleasant afternoon. High temperatures will warm into the low 80s well inland, but near the lake it will only be in the middle 60s to near 70 degrees.
Forecast: Sunny and warm Father’s Day; cooler temps lakeside

2 weeks ago | wgntv.com | Demetrius Ivory |Tim Joyce |Bill Snyder

The Father’s Day weekend began with a fair amount of cloudiness, but a drier northeast wind flow off the lake from a high pressure to the north scoured out the clouds rather expeditiously and resulted in a fairly pleasant afternoon. High temperatures warmed into the low 80s inland, but near the lake it was only in the middle 60s to near 70 degrees. Lake Michigan water temperatures are slowly climbing, but still fairly cool.
Forecast: Mostly cloudy, hazy and mild

2 weeks ago | wgntv.com | Demetrius Ivory |Bill Snyder

THURSDAY NIGHT: Cloudy periods, seasonably mild. Light northeast to east winds. Low: 61. Friday won’t be totally free of sunshine, but it will feature far more cloud cover than recent days. An area of low pressure well south of Chicago will move slowly northward into southern Illinois by late Friday evening. This will result in some mainly light showers or even some spotty sprinkles.
Forecast: Partly cloudy, warm

2 weeks ago | wgntv.com | Demetrius Ivory |Bill Snyder

WEDNESDAY NIGHT: Increasing cloudiness, scattered showers and perhaps an isolated thunderstorm after midnight, but only impacting 20-30% of the metro area. Winds diminish. Low: 65. Far more cloudiness is expected on Thursday, but the bulk of the area should remain rain-free. The lone exception is the far southwest suburbs where a light shower is possible as the northeast winds collide with the relatively warm and moderately humid air.
Monday almanac: Temps below normal with gusty winds

2 weeks ago | wgntv.com | Morgan Kolkmeyer |Alyssa Donovan |Demetrius Ivory |Bill Snyder

Highs were noticeably cooler Monday in the wake of the low 80s on Sunday afternoon prior to the arrival of mid-afternoon thunderstorms. Peak readings were in the low 70s, a level nearly 10 degrees below normal. The cooler temperatures were accompanied by a gusty westerly wind that passed 30 mph at times while we enjoyed nearly 70% of the day’s potential sunshine. Snapshot of mid to late afternoon temperatures and how much different they were than the same time on Sunday.
Forecast: Mostly clear for ‘strawberry’ moon; summerlike Wednesday on tap

2 weeks ago | wgntv.com | Demetrius Ivory |Bill Snyder

Wednesday to feature Chicagoland's warmest temperatures in a month TUESDAY NIGHT: Mainly clear with a full ‘strawberry’ moon. A bit warmer. Low: 62. A warm, mainly sunny, breezy and real summerlike day is on tap Wednesday afternoon with peak highs forecast to reach 90 degrees. To date, both major airports have only logged one day of 90 degrees or warmer temperature so far and that occurred back in mid-May on the 15th.
Wednesday morning rush likely to be dreary, soggy; possible peaks of sun in afternoon

3 weeks ago | wgntv.com | Demetrius Ivory |Bill Snyder

TUESDAY NIGHT: Clouds lower and thicken. Growing prospects for scattered showers and possible thunderstorms. Breezy and fairly humid. Winds: Southwest at 10-20 mph, with some 30-mph gusts. Low: 63. Wednesday will open on a dreary, soggy note with numerous showers and possible thunderstorms continuing for a good portion of the morning commute. There could also be locally heavy downpours, which are definitely needed. For the year-to-date, the precipitation tally of 9.50″ is more than 5.50″ below normal.
Tuesday: Summery with residual haze; evening brings increasing rain chances

3 weeks ago | wgntv.com | Demetrius Ivory |Bill Snyder

MONDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy. Winds: S at 10-15 mph. Low: 67. A second consecutive warm and summery day is on tap Tuesday. The day opens with a mix of sun and clouds along with some residual haze from Canadian Wildfire smoke. The clouds will grow thicker later in the day, and especially at night. Some improvement in the upper-level smoke is likely later in the day and Tuesday evening as winds aloft from the south/southwest mix out some of the haze out of area skies temporarily.
Forecast: Mostly cloudy, hazy; scattered showers, storms possible

4 weeks ago | wgntv.com | Demetrius Ivory |Bill Snyder

Friday Night: Scattered showers and thunderstorms during the evening then clouds scatter late. Winds: Northwest shifting north 15-25 mph, subsiding late. Low: 56. The weekend begins with a few morning clouds, but they will quickly diminish allowing for mostly sunny skies to emerge by afternoon. It will be a good deal cooler, especially along the lakefront, as cool, Canadian high pressure settles into the area with a north to northeast flow off Lake Michigan where water temperatures remain chilly.