The first sunshine in a week graced Chicago Sunday, and more is expected today. However, clouds and rain will roll in on Tuesday and continue on Wednesday as a southern Plains storm heads toward the Midwest.
Colder air in the wake of the storm should change the rain to snow by Wednesday night, but with the ground still warm, no accumulations are expected here.
South Texas was inundated by torrential rainfall Sunday as a moisture-laden front stalled over the area. With a deluge falling at a rate of 2.5” an hour, the town of El Campo (70 miles southwest of Houston) received more than 15” of rain Sunday, isolating the town and prompting hundreds of water evacuations.
It has been a very wet year in south Texas. Victoria’s 2.38” of rain Sunday sent that city’s annual precipitation total to 69.25”—making 2004 the wettest year on record there with six weeks still remaining in the year.
-- Steve Kahn, WGN-TV Meterologist
WGN-TV Chief Meteorologist Tom Skilling and the WGN Weather Center staff provide daily coverage of weather in the Chicago area.
