WGN-TV Chief Meteorologist Tom Skilling and the WGN Weather Center staff provide daily coverage of weather in the Chicago area.

Warmest air of the year heading our way

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Warm air, responsible for summerlike 90s in the Plains on Tuesday, is
surging toward Chicago. It promises to deliver a three-day string of
80-degree temperatures - the warmest readings here in nearly nine
months.

Rain-organizing jet stream winds have migrated north, to southern
Canada, offering the Chicago region a much needed break from the wet
weather which has produced the area's wettest spring on record at Midway
Airport.

Relief for Florida drought

Sections of Florida in the midst of extreme drought, with some areas
seeing as much as a foot deficit in rain, are being battered by high
winds and heavy rainfall, expected to continue into midweek. Just
southwest of Bunnell, in an area 20 miles northwest of Daytona Beach, a
reported 7.5 inches of rain fell Monday evening, with flooding reported
on secondary roads.