Severe thunderstorms erupted along a cold front stretched out across the upper Midwest Wednesday afternoon pelting the region with hail, high winds and heavy rainfall. Softball size hail crashed to Earth at Harris Minn., about 50 miles north of the Twin Cities, while hail ranging in size from golf ball to tea cup covered the ground in areas around Marquette in Michigan’s upper peninsula. A twister touched down at Antigo, Wisc., northeast of Wausau, downing trees and unroofing a shed.
This storm system will be impacting the Chicago area beginning tonight as a precursor to a blast of heat and humidity that will send temperatures soaring back into the 90s by Sunday for a potential four day stint. With four 90º days already on the books here this June, the city could log as many as eight by next Wednesday, the most for a June 1-27 here since nine were recorded a dozen years ago in 1995.
-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.
