Skies above Chicago Friday evening included the nearly full moon and, as Norma
Saldana of Rogers Park discovered, meteors too. While looking out over Lake Michigan,
she spotted four of them. The Perseids meteor shower, which peaked earlier this week,
may produce sightings in the Chicago area the next few nights.
The Chicago Air and Water Show opened with perfect weather Friday. The day's
78-degree high marked the area's sixth consecutive day of 70-degree temperatures --
something which last happened in August's opening two weeks 34 years ago. Only one
in five Augusts since 1928 has produced six-day strings of 70s.
New York City was placed under a tornado warning Friday, an uncommon event.
Doppler radar had indicated a circulation in thunderstorms sweeping the area. The
storms downed trees and power lines and produced structural damage. Weather Service
personnel will investigate a possible tornado touchdown near the border of the Bronx
and Westchester County Saturday.
AFTER SUMMER DOMINATED BY 90s, DENVER SHIVERS IN 50s
Snow appeared Friday near Colorado's Eisenhower Tunnel as Denver residents endured
rain and 50-degree temperatures.
--Tom Skilling, Chief Meteorologist, WGN-TV/Chicago Tribune
