A more tranquil weather regime is taking shape across the Chicago area this week as the atmosphere temporarily settles into a rather quiet and seasonable pattern. Extremes of heat or cold are not in the cards, and except for some thunderstorms early Monday and again late in the week, precipitation is not expected. Instead it appears that daytime temperatures will bounce about through the 80s.
Monday morning’s thunderstorms here will be the remnants of storm clusters that moved through the Mississippi Valley Sunday evening. Hail as large as golf balls pelted portions of southern Iowa and northern Missouri, while winds up to 70 m.p.h. downed trees and power lines; torrential downpours caused some street flooding.
Record heat was confined to south Florida Sunday with blistering highs of 99º at West Palm Beach and 96º at Miami, which followed a record-tying morning low of 81º there.
--By Steve Kahn, WGN Weather Center Meteorologist
WGN-TV Chief Meteorologist Tom Skilling and the WGN Weather Center staff provide daily coverage of weather in the Chicago area.
