Summer-weather enthusiasts will enjoy a final day of sunny, warm weather today. A
look at Chicago's climatic history tells us that a few 80-degree days at this time of year
are not at all unusual. In fact, it happens in 6 out of 10 years. The end lies just ahead,
however. The first surge of cooler air arrives Sunday, and a second and more powerful
surge -- of Canadian origin -- pushes into the area on Tuesday. Blustery, chilly
conditions will dominate conditions on Wednesday and Thursday.
WINDY, RAINY WEATHER HITS ALONG
THE ATLANTIC COAST THIS WEEKEND
Tropical Storm Kyle, predicted by the National Hurricane Center to intensify to
hurricane status, sweeps northward just off the Atlantic Coast. It's due to make landfall
late Sunday on the coast of Maine and then crash northward into Canada's Maritime
Provinces. Heavy and flooding rains, high winds and major shoreline erosion are a given
in such situations.
Hurricanes, while rare visitors to New England, are not unknown -- and that applies to
Canada's Maritime Provinces as well. The National Hurricane Center advises that a
slight eastward shift in the forecast trajectory of the storm would significantly lessen
its impact on New England.
--By Richard Koeneman, WGN Weather Center Meteorologist
