With weather patterns remarkably similar to last week’s, Chicago is in line for a continuation of the recent warm, muggy weather punctuated by several periods of showers and thunderstorms. With dew points flirting with steamy Gulf-Coast-70º levels, episodes of heavy rainfall are possible as waves of t-storms amble through the area. The week promises to be an unsettled one as a frontal system oscillates across the region, generating a lot of cloudiness and triggering periodic thunderstorms.
Searing heat continues to bake the South, where triple digit readings shattered records from Texas to South Carolina Saturday. Baton Rouge, Louisiana led the “heat parade” with a scorching 104º.
With a little luck night skies may be clear enough here to allow viewing of the spectacular Perseid meteor shower which peaks Sunday night with a possibility of viewing more than 100 meteors each hour.
--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.
