Temperatures have plunged more than 20-degrees—falling more than 20-degrees from 92-degree to 71-degrees (as of 3:36 pm Tuesday) at CLTV’s OakBrook studios. WeatherBug temperature sensors indicate a 21-degree drop at Darien, 19-degrees at Hinsdale and 17-degrees at LeMont, Westchester, Glenview and Niles. Large temperature drops are common with thunderstorms. The tops of today’s 50,000 ft. tall t-storms have temperatures near -86-degrees F!
Also, rainfall of 2.07” has been reported by National Weather Service observers near Ottawa in LaSalle County. The rain there fell between 2:30 and 3:30 pm.
Tom Skilling
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