Days of mugginess are ending in Chicago as a drier northeast flow sets in for the better part of the week. Dew points plunged from near 70º early Sunday to around 60º by evening as the drying out process began. However, one more shot of showers will skirt the city Monday as a weather disturbance slips by to the south before several days of sunny and pleasant weather set in.
Storminess moved south with the humid air, bringing tornadoes, hail and torrential rain to parts of the southern Midwest. Several flash floods stranded motorists in portions of Missouri and southern portions of Illinois and Indiana Sunday. An inch and a half of rain in just 40 minutes closed roads in North Kansas City Sunday evening.
Meanwhile, Ernesto—temporarily weakened to a tropical storm after interaction with Haiti’s mountainous terrain—is expected to regain hurricane strength Monday as it crosses Cuba and takes aim at Florida.
--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.
