Despite the brief chill at this point in the month a year ago, August is running more
than three degrees cooler this year. Even though August 2007 highs failed to reach 70
degrees on both the 18th and 19th, last summer had managed its fair share of hot
temperatures, having produced 14 days of 90-degree readings. The city a year ago
today was just two days away from a 15th day at or above 90 degrees.
The comfortable weather here Tuesday extends into a second day Wednesday, driven in
part by northeast winds off a sprawling area of high pressure centered over the Great
Lakes. The inland-moving northeast flow Tuesday provoked a few isolated
thunderstorms in Chicago's far western suburbs and in sections of northern Indiana.
DeKalb recorded 0.08 inches of rain in the storms .
TROPICAL STORM FAY DRENCHES FLORIDA WITH UP TO 10 INCHES OF WIND-DRIVEN RAIN, SEVEN TWISTERS TUESDAY
With the concern over flooding growing as Tropical Storm Fay moves off the Florida
peninsula Wednesday, where it is to tap energy and moisture off warm Atlantic waters,
residents are reeling after a day of downpours and twisters Tuesday. More than 9 inches
of rain fell near Jensen Beach on Florida's east coast.
--Tom Skilling, Chief Meteorologist, WGN-TV/Chicago Tribune
