I’ve got a very active weather day for you guys so let’s get started:

That powerful warm front we were discussing yesterday is now poised to plow its way through the Chicago area. The strongest storms will be south of Midway but heavy rain and strong winds are still likely throughout the Chicago metro area later this morning. I’m expecting a quick ~ half inch of rain this morning which will absolutely contribute to flash flooding. Dewpoints will also be quite elevated, so it will feel muggy, despite temps only in the 60s. 

In the immediate aftermath of this morning’s storms, the muggy atmosphere will regroup and a series of powerful thunderstorms is still likely this afternoon and evening throughout the city. DUe to the strength of this morning’s storms to our south, as I said yesterday, this likely means this afternoon’s storms up here won’t be AS impressive as they could have been. This is a good thing! 

Unfortunately, what once looked like a pleasant spring week now looks like it will be a bit more mixed with bona fide spring weather interspersed with showers and storms. Such is the nature of spring :) 

Tl;dr - heavy rain, wind, storms today. 60s. Muggy. Cooler, cloudy tomorrow, + an “April showers” kind of week.

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