Monday promises to be damp and rather cool in Chicago with frequent showers and a few thunderstorms, compliments of a sluggish upper-level low pressure system meandering over the Midwest. This system produced scattered showers and thunderstorms across the region Sunday, bringing a brief but heavy downpour to Midway Airport in the predawn hours where 0.51” fell in just 15 minutes. More thunderstorms erupted Sunday afternoon with 0.41” falling at Waukegan accompanied by wind gusts to 41 m.p.h., while more than an inch of rain soaked portions of Kenosha.
With the upper low stalled over the area, more inclement weather appears on tap for Monday, but precipitation coverage and amounts could increase here as moisture from once-Tropical Storm Barry feeds into the system. Barry has been a prolific rain producer since it moved inland in Florida’s Tampa Bay region Saturday, bringing up to 6 inches to areas from Florida to Virginia.
--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.
