More than 120 twisters have ravaged portions of the Plains since Friday as a slow-moving storm system hovers over the region. Stunned residents of Greensburg in southwest Kansas were sifting through the rubble that once was their town until it was devastated by a powerful twister Friday night that killed at least nine and injured scores. More twisters are expected in the Plains Sunday as the area remains under an elevated severe weather risk.
Locally, Chicago’s recent string of cool days dominated by brisk east winds will come to an end by Monday as a wind shift into the south will send temperatures surging to summerlike levels in the 80s along with a noticeable increase in humidity. Once established, the warm spell is expected to persist through most of the week and may trigger the city’s first real need for air conditioning this season. The arrival of the warm and humid weather should also ignite a few periods of showers and thunderstorms this week.
--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.
