Chicago weather: Warm weekend ahead with scattered storm chances

CHICAGO – Chicago-area residents can count on heat temperatures and periodic chances for showers and thunderstorms via early subsequent week.

Friday night remained gentle, with temperatures within the higher 60s beneath clear skies and southerly winds round 14 mph. A line of showers and thunderstorms creating over Iowa is predicted to maneuver into northern Illinois late in a single day into early Saturday morning.

The strongest storms may produce gusty winds and hail, particularly west of Chicago and round dawn Saturday. Most areas are anticipated to obtain a minimum of some rainfall earlier than circumstances dry out later Saturday morning.

Much of the weekend won’t be a washout, regardless of repeated chances for rain. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are anticipated primarily throughout night and in a single day hours Saturday and Sunday, whereas daytime circumstances ought to stay partly sunny and largely dry.

High temperatures are forecast to climb into the low- to mid-80s via Tuesday, with some areas probably reaching the higher 80s over the weekend.

Another spherical of doubtless sturdy thunderstorms is feasible Monday, with lingering showers potential Tuesday earlier than a chilly entrance brings cooler temperatures by midweek.

Temperatures are anticipated to return to extra seasonal ranges Wednesday via Friday, with highs within the higher 60s to low 70s and drier circumstances anticipated through the latter half of the week.