Weekend soaker brings one-inch-plus rains
A slow-moving weather system moved into the Chicago area late Saturday afternoon, and its soggy effects won’t totally move out of the region until late tonight or early Tuesday.
Through Sunday evening, the city’s official weekend storm total at O’Hare Airport had reached 1.25”, while Midway Airport recorded an even 1.00”. Those totals helped bring April precipitation back to about normal, after a two-week dry spell that followed the wet and stormy Easter Sunday.
Mild conditions should continue into Thursday before a sharp cool-down takes aim at the city by the end of the week.
With chilly air from central Canada pouring into the region on gusty northwest winds, high temperatures should hold in the lower or middle 50s on both Friday and Saturday before milder air returns next Sunday.
--Steve Kahn, WGN Weather Center Meteorologist
