Tropical storm Matthew’s redezvous with Louisiana has swamped northern sections of that state with up 16” of rain over the past four days. While only high clouds have reached Chicago, Matthew’s northbound storm remnants doused sections of Kansas, Missouri and southern Illinois with rains Monday—rain which had moved to within 250 miles of Chicago late Monday evening. Compared to Homer, Louisiana’s 15.71” over the past four days, Monday’s 3.50” near Grovespring, Missouri was comparatively light. But, even Chicago is to get in on some of the storm’s lingering rainfall with sprinkles from a thickening overcast in scattered sections of the metro area toward evening and spells of light rain expected later Tuesday night and early Wednesday. This rain will amount to nothing compared to the 48-hour 6.72” deluge which flooded Chicago a half century ago on Oct. 9-11, 1954.
Fall, 2004 has been mild, running 2.4° ahead of last autumn.
WGN-TV Chief Meteorologist Tom Skilling and the WGN Weather Center staff provide daily coverage of weather in the Chicago area.
