Cool weather persists, but change is in the air! Temps are pleasant and in the 60s this morning. While the jet stream has migrated northward and the flow of NEW smoke into the area is essentially cut off, OLD smoke that drifted down here last week/over the weekend continues to linger in the air as it gradually dissipates. If anyone has been sneezing that crazy, it’s probably bc of the smoke. Anyways, it’s still here, but, like I said, it is gradually being removed from the air. 

Highs today will be around 80F, lows in the 60s again tonight. Then things start to warm up… 

I am expecting elevated dew points and 90s to return by Wednesday with highs in the mid to upper 90s expected by the weekend 🥵. Sunny skies will persist all week. 

There are some indications that the chance of showers+storms will return by Monday of NEXT week, but, in the meantime, it’s a good old fashioned, sunny, hot August heat wave. Summer likes to remind us that she is as stubbornly persistent as winter here in Chicago 🙂

Tl;dr - mild + sunny today, high 80F. Smoke gradually dissipating. Heat builds this wk, 90s by Weds!

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