There will be no repeat Saturday of Friday afternoon's lakeside temperature plunge that saw Wrigleyville readings drop to 55 degrees from 72 from noon to 2 p.m. That's because northwest winds will blow with sufficient strength to overcome the easterly lake breezes behind Friday's cooling.
Northwest winds aloft carried a showery disturbance over parts of the area late Friday. The thunderstorms that erupted with that system waited until passing the Chicago area to erupt. Cloud tops hit 43,000 feet in central Illinois.
Spotty showers will greet Chicagoans with a second disturbance Saturday morning, and a third wave may set off an isolated thunderstorm late Saturday.
Most of the weekend will remain dry.
Storms ahead
A strong cold front will move through northeast Illinois on Monday, triggering thunderstorms that may become severe in the afternoon to evening hours. Widespread rains between 1 and 2 inches are possible Monday night into Tuesday.
Northwest winds aloft carried a showery disturbance over parts of the area late Friday. The thunderstorms that erupted with that system waited until passing the Chicago area to erupt. Cloud tops hit 43,000 feet in central Illinois.
Spotty showers will greet Chicagoans with a second disturbance Saturday morning, and a third wave may set off an isolated thunderstorm late Saturday.
Most of the weekend will remain dry.
Storms ahead
A strong cold front will move through northeast Illinois on Monday, triggering thunderstorms that may become severe in the afternoon to evening hours. Widespread rains between 1 and 2 inches are possible Monday night into Tuesday.
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