It didn’t rain everywhere, but the widely scattered thunderstorms that developed on a hot and humid Saturday afternoon brought welcome rainfall to parts of Chicago and northwest Indiana. Nearly an inch (0.94”) fell at Highland, Ind. and 0.52” dampened Lincoln park at the Peggy Notebaert Museum. Rainfall has been a scarce commodity here this month, despite measurable rain on each of the first six days. Since then the area has been rain-free except for some heavy thunderstorms near Wisconsin early on June 8. The 10 day string of sunny, warm days has steadily dried out area soils with plants starting to show signs of stress from lack of moisture.
More storms should erupt in similar low-coverage fashion Sunday afternoon and evening, but a more significant rain event, in terms of amounts and areal coverage, should target this area Monday night as a robust cold front passes through the region.
--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.
