Winds abate for pleasant Halloween
Saturday’s strong WSW winds in the wake of an intense autumn storm caused minor but widespread tree limb and power line damage to the area. The highest gust in Chicagoland was reported at Valparaiso, Ind.: 58 m.p.h. at 11:18 a.m. , with peak gusts of 52 m.p.h. at Waukegan and 49 m.p.h. at Midway and 47 m.p.h. at O’Hare in the late morning hours. As this system pulls farther northeast from Chicago, moderate morning winds will continue to diminish throughout the day Sunday. Quick on its heels, a less violent low pressure system tracks south of Chicago. This system takes full advantage of available Gulf moisture and spreads rain as far north as Chicago on Monday, and up along the spine of the Appalachians on Tuesday. Thereafter, high pressure and dry weather settle in for the rest of the week with temperatures on the cool side of normal.
-Meteorologist Dennis Haller