TODAY SUNRISE: 5:27 AM SUNSET: 8:27 PM
Chicagoland weather radar shows no precipitation in the area. Quad Cities radar also shows no precipitation in the area.
Satellite images show the nearest clouds in west central Wisconsin.
Flash Flood Watch
FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 941 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 2015 ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019- 131045- /O.CON.KLOT.FF.A.0005.150713T0600Z-150714T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK- LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD- LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK... WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...WHEATON...CHICAGO... OTTAWA...OSWEGO...MORRIS...JOLIET...KANKAKEE...PONTIAC... WATSEKA...PAXTON...GARY...VALPARAISO...MOROCCO...RENSSELAER... FOWLER 941 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /2 AM EDT/ MONDAY THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF ILLINOIS AND INDIANA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ILLINOIS...BOONE...COOK...DE KALB...DUPAGE...FORD... GRUNDY...IROQUOIS...KANE...KANKAKEE...KENDALL...LA SALLE... LAKE IL...LEE...LIVINGSTON...MCHENRY...OGLE...WILL AND WINNEBAGO. IN INDIANA...BENTON...JASPER...LAKE IN...NEWTON AND PORTER. * FROM 1 AM CDT /2 AM EDT/ MONDAY THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * TWO ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED...THE FIRST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AND THEN THE SECOND MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY EVENING. A VERY MOIST AIRMASS WILL BE IN PLACE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 70S. THIS WILL ALLOW ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. * RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL...FALLING OVER SATURATED GROUND AS WELL AS URBAN AREAS...COULD QUICKLY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
NWS POINT FORECAST …
Detailed Forecast
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 4am. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. South southeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Monday
Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1pm. Some of the storms could be severe and produce heavy rainfall. High near 87. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Monday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1am. Some of the storms could be severe and produce heavy rainfall. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west northwest after midnight.
Tuesday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 83. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north northeast in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 80.
AIRPORT WEATHER OBSERVATIONS …
| Location | Time (cdt) |
Sky/Weather | Temp. (ºF) |
Dewpt. (ºF) |
Humidity (%) |
Wind (mph) |
Pressure (in) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago/O’Hare | 21:51 | Partly Cloudy | 74 | 66 | 76 | SE 9 | 29.92 | |
| Chicago Midway Airport | 21:53 | A Few Clouds | 76 | 66 | 72 | SE 7 | 29.92 | |
| Chicago Executive Airport | 21:52 | A Few Clouds | 72 | 65 | 79 | SE 3 | 29.94 | |
| Chicago / West Chicago, Dupage Airport | 21:52 | A Few Clouds | 74 | 68 | 82 | SE 5 | 29.92 | |
| Aurora Municipal Airport | 21:52 | Mostly Cloudy | 76 | 69 | 79 | SE 7 | 29.92 | |
| Gary Chicago International | 21:45 | Clear | NA | NA | NA | SE 7 | 29.94 | |
| Kenosha Regional Airport | 21:53 | Fair | 71 | 64 | 79 | S 7 | 29.93 | |
| Chicago / Waukegan, Waukegan Regional Airport | 21:55 | Mostly Cloudy | 69 | 65 | 87 | SE 7 | 29.92 | |
| Lansing Municipal Airport | 22:15 | Fair | 73 | 66 | 79 | SE 8 | 29.94 | |
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CHICAGO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT …
| D a t e |
Time (cdt) |
Wind (mph) |
Vis. (mi.) |
Weather | Sky Cond. | Temperature (ºF) | Relative Humidity |
Wind Chill (°F) |
Heat Index (°F) |
Pressure | Precipitation (in.) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air | Dwpt | 6 hour | altimeter (in) |
sea level (mb) |
1 hr | 3 hr | 6 hr | ||||||||||
| Max. | Min. | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 | 20:52 | E 5 | 10.00 | Fair | CLR | 74 | 65 | 74% | NA | NA | 29.93 | 1013.1 | |||||
| 12 | 19:52 | E 6 | 10.00 | Fair | CLR | 76 | 66 | 72% | NA | 78 | 29.93 | 1013.0 | |||||
| 12 | 18:52 | E 7 | 10.00 | Fair | CLR | 78 | 65 | 81 | 78 | 64% | NA | 80 | 29.93 | 1013.0 | |||
| 12 | 17:52 | E 10 | 10.00 | Fair | CLR | 80 | 66 | 62% | NA | 82 | 29.93 | 1013.2 | |||||
| 12 | 16:52 | E 7 | 10.00 | Fair | CLR | 80 | 66 | 62% | NA | 82 | 29.95 | 1013.7 | |||||
| 12 | 15:52 | E 8 | 10.00 | A Few Clouds | FEW034 | 81 | 66 | 61% | NA | 83 | 29.96 | 1014.0 | |||||
| 12 | 14:52 | E 8 | 10.00 | A Few Clouds | FEW033 | 80 | 66 | 62% | NA | 82 | 29.97 | 1014.6 | |||||
| 12 | 13:52 | E 6 | 10.00 | Mostly Cloudy | SCT028 BKN034 | 79 | 66 | 65% | NA | 81 | 29.99 | 1014.9 | |||||
| 12 | 12:52 | Vrbl 3 | 10.00 | Partly Cloudy | SCT022 | 79 | 67 | 79 | 66 | 67% | NA | 81 | 30.00 | 1015.6 | |||
| 12 | 11:52 | NE 7 | 10.00 | Mostly Cloudy | BKN017 | 76 | 67 | 74% | NA | 77 | 30.01 | 1015.9 | |||||
| 12 | 10:52 | E 5 | 10.00 | Overcast | OVC016 | 74 | 66 | 76% | NA | NA | 30.01 | 1015.9 | |||||
| 12 | 09:52 | Calm | 10.00 | Overcast | FEW013 BKN018 OVC036 | 73 | 66 | 79% | NA | NA | 30.02 | 1016.1 | |||||
| 12 | 08:52 | Calm | 6.00 | Fog/Mist | BKN005 OVC022 | 69 | 65 | 87% | NA | NA | 30.03 | 1016.5 | |||||
| 12 | 07:52 | Calm | 3.00 | Fog/Mist | OVC022 | 67 | 64 | 91% | NA | NA | 30.03 | 1016.7 | |||||
| 12 | 06:52 | NE 6 | 2.00 | Fog/Mist | SCT005 SCT014 OVC023 | 66 | 64 | 68 | 66 | 93% | NA | NA | 30.04 | 1016.8 | 0.01 | ||
| 12 | 05:52 | NE 5 | 5.00 | Fog/Mist | OVC023 | 68 | 65 | 90% | NA | NA | 30.02 | 1016.3 | |||||
| 12 | 04:52 | Calm | 5.00 | Fog/Mist | BKN019 OVC024 | 68 | 65 | 90% | NA | NA | 30.02 | 1016.2 | |||||
| 12 | 03:52 | N 5 | 4.00 | Fog/Mist | BKN011 OVC024 | 68 | 65 | 90% | NA | NA | 30.01 | 1016.0 | 0.01 | ||||
| 12 | 02:52 | Calm | 4.00 | Fog/Mist | BKN012 OVC018 | 68 | 65 | 90% | NA | NA | 30.01 | 1015.7 | |||||
| 12 | 01:52 | Calm | 5.00 | Fog/Mist | BKN015 OVC036 | 68 | 65 | 90% | NA | NA | 30.02 | 1016.1 | 0.01 | ||||
| 12 | 00:52 | NE 3 | 4.00 | Light Rain Fog/Mist | FEW017 SCT031 OVC042 | 68 | 64 | 71 | 68 | 87% | NA | NA | 30.04 | 1016.6 | 0.01 | ||
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