Sunday’s storm totals in excess of 4" in southern Cook County and extreme NW Lake County Indiana resulted in flooding in the Little Calumet River basin at Thornton, Munster, and South Holland. The river is expected to drop below flood level at those points today. The 5.13" rainfall measured at Lansing was the highest official report.
High pressure brought clearing skies and east winds here with most readings failing to warm out of the 50s Monday. However in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Arkansas it was an entirely different story with numerous record highs observed, perhaps the most noteworthy the 101° at Dallas which was the warmest April temperature ever officially recorded at that city. A slowly approaching low pressure system will move into the western Great Lakes and influence Chicago weather by midweek giving cloudiness and periodic showers into the coming weekend.
-Paul Dailey WGNTV Meteorologist
WGN-TV Chief Meteorologist Tom Skilling and the WGN Weather Center staff provide daily coverage of weather in the Chicago area.
