Good morning and happy(?) May! Sorry for the extended absence. 

Like you, I, too, am sick of this cool weather. Spring is always a bit of a tease in Chicago and we’re definitely in the most annoying part of the season. Like I discussed last week, the reason for the cooler weather is because, as we transition from a dominant-winter hemispheric pattern to a dominant-summer one, there are bound to be some hiccups. In this case, a leftover blob of colder air has spilled southward and remains trapped over the North American continent.

Showers will continue this morning and today will generally be cloudy and drizzly. Temps will peak in the upper 50s. The rest of the week will be drier, albeit similarly cool (50s).

Another storm system is likely Friday into Saturday, and temps could briefly warm on Saturday (into the 70s).

Sunday and Monday will be cool but then it does look like we will return to more “normal” weather for this time of year (60s and 70s) beginning early next week.

Hang in there!!

Tl;dr - cool and drizzly today, 50s. Cool this week; storms likely again Fri-Sat, 70s Sat, 50s/60s Sun and Mon.

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