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April 30, 2005

Current cool spell to finally break

After nearly two weeks of chilly weather, “spring-worthy” temperatures are poised to return to Chicago by the end of the week, but not before a late season frost threatens to whiten inland areas Monday night. By Tuesday daytime readings are expected to break the 60º mark and then steadily increase to highs in the middle and upper 70s by next weekend.
Despite the warm-up it appears that rainfall will continue to be scarce across northeast Illinois as the primary storm track remains anchored across the southern states. This is the primary reason that the last couple of storm systems have failed to produce significant rain in Chicago.
While two to four inch rainfall totals are expected across areas from Texas to Georgia and Florida this week, it seems that this area is relegated to receive nothing more than some scattered light showers or sprinkles early in the week.

Illinois Weather Radio Broadcasts

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Rogue Waves

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Talking to Children about T-Storms

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Coolest April close here in 10 years

April hasn’t closed here with a daytime high any cooler than Saturday’s predicted 53° reading in a decade—since 1995, when Chicago recorded an April 30 maximum temp of just 50°.
Temperatures this time of year generally top out in the 60s. And, the cooler-than-normal air mass, with origins over Canada’s northern tundra, isn’t likely to leave anytime through early next week. Some of the area’s cooler inland nighttime lows will actually flirt with records in coming nights. Sunday morning’s 33° low is within striking distance of the record of 30°—a World War II era reading set in 1943.
The chilly air isn’t limited to the Midwest. A storm, with rains which bypassed Chicago to the south overnight, left 24.5” of snow at Jamestown, Colo., (in the mountains near Boulder) and 17.6” of late-season snow at Estes Park.

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