WGN WEATHER HEADLINES
- Next system arrives Easter afternoon, unsettled weather continues through Tuesday
- Rain won’t be continuous, but locally drenching downpours will be possible at any time
TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION OUTLOOKS
Valid April 4 to April 12, 2024
A STRING OF COOLER DAYS FOLLOWS SATURDAY’S MILD 60s
Forecast highs—How far from normal?
IMPRESSIVE FIVE-DAY RAINFALL TALLIES PREDICTED
Multiple waves of showers and thunderstorms are likely
NOTE: Typical 5 day rainfall this time of year is about 0.49”
CHICAGO’S RAIN AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES
An active weather pattern is taking shape into early next week
AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE WEATHER
Likely early next week across the Central U.S. (including downstate Illinois), then spreading east into the Ohio Valley and Southeast
TEMPERATURES DIP BELOW NORMAL FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK FOLLOWED BY A SIGNIFICANT WARM-UP
Temperature departure from normal aloft one mile above the ground—red colors depict areas above normal and blue colors depict areas of below normal temperatures
MILDER TEMPERATURES RETURN BRIEFLY TOWARD MIDDAY SATURDAY
Temps will be peaking around or just above 60 degrees, but a wind shift to the northwest sends readings plummeting to the mid-40s by evening
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