The remnant low-pressure area associated with Hurricane Ike has moved to northern
New England, but runoff from record-breaking rainfall continues to promote and
prolong flooding along rivers and creeks over northeast Illinois and northwest Indiana.
Greatest area storm totals reported by Sunday evening were 10.48 inches near Crown
Point, Ind., and 10.4 inches in Peotone.
The water has gone down in many neighborhoods, but the Des Plaines River is at record
levels at Des Plaines and Riverside and forecast to remain above flood stage until
Wednesday.
Record flooding along the Little Calumet River in South Holland and Munster, Ind., is
forecast to fall below flood stage Monday evening. Flooding is also occurring along the
Fox River at Dayton, the Illinois River at Morris and Thorn Creek in Thornton and at
many points along the Kankakee River.
AN EXTENDED DRYING-OUT PERIOD
High pressure builds into the Midwest and dominates Chicago weather the remainder of
the week. After today, mostly clear skies with occasional scattered cumulus and cirrus
clouds along with light southerly winds will hold into next weekend. Daytime highs will
be mostly in the 70s and nighttime lows in the 50s.
--By Paul Dailey, WGN Weather Center Meteorologist
