Showers and a few storms will move across the Chicago area tonight. No severe weather is expected tonight.
There is a threat for a regional severe weather outbreak Thursday, with a threat for strong tornadoes between 4 and 9 PM CST, especially along/west of I-39.
There is another threat for severe weather Friday and Saturday, though the threats are conditional on placement of boundaries and system arrival timing.
A transition toward a quieter, but cooler, pattern is on track to arrive early next week.
O’HARE FORECAST …
Overnight Wednesday/Thursday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 11pm. Low around 39. East wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Thursday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 1pm, then showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. High near 70. Breezy, with an east wind 15 to 20 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Thursday Night: Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1am. Low around 48. Breezy, with a south wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 57. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Friday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 45. East northeast wind 10 to 15 mph becoming south after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 90%.
RADAR • Clouds • Temps • NWS Chicago
PHOENIX FORECAST …
Overnight Wednesday/Thursday: Clear, with a low around 62. West southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable after midnight.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 86. Light and variable wind becoming west southwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 61. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 89. Calm wind becoming west northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 64. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming northeast after midnight.
RADAR • Clouds • Temps • NWS Phoenix
MIAMI FORECAST …
There is a Rip Current Statement
Overnight Wednesday/Thursday: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 72. East wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
Thursday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 80. East wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers between 11pm and 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 72. East wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 81. East wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 72. East wind 9 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
RADAR • Clouds • Temps • NWS Miami
LAX FORECAST …
Overnight Wednesday/Thursday: A 20 percent chance of showers after 11pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 56. West wind 5 to 15 mph.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 68. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.
Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 56. West southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east northeast after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. East northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west southwest in the morning.
Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 57. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east northeast in the evening.
RADAR • Clouds • Temps • NWS Los Angeles
WASH DC FORECAST …
Overnight Wednesday/Thursday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 11pm and midnight, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 60. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday: A chance of showers, mainly after 5pm. Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 62. Calm wind becoming east 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Thursday Night: A chance of showers before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51. East wind 5 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. Southwest wind 6 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. South wind around 7 mph.
