The opening of a warm, rain-free Labor Day holiday weekend. Sunny, excellent visibilities and low humidities. A few fair-weather clouds. The dry air in place allows expeditious warming. Highs 7 degrees above normal. A light large-scale wind regime allows 2-9 m.p.h. easterly lake breezes to develop during the day. Clear, mild and comfortable tonight. Low humidities; a bit of haze.
Sunday
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Plenty of sun. Warm and a bit hazy. Humidities still fairly low. Local 90s in warmest inland areas. Light onshore winds.
Monday
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Sun mixed with puffy cumulus clouds. Some haze. Highs reach the lower 90s inland. Southeast winds 6-16 m.p.h. keep shore areas a bit cooler.
Tuesday
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Sun along with mixed clouds that build into isolated afternoon thunderstorms mainly south and west sections. South winds 5-16 m.p.h.
Wednesday
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Another warm day. Hazy and humid. Partly cloudy skies with isolated mainly afternoon and evening thunderstorms.
Thursday
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Humidities creep up under partly cloudy and hazy skies. Late-season warmth continues.
Friday
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More clouds than sun. Hazy, warm and humid. South winds 10-15 m.p.h.
Tom Skilling is chief meteorologist at WGN-TV. His weather forecast can be seen Monday through Friday on WGN News at noon and 9 p.m.
Current conditions
As of 10:51 PM CDT at Chicago Midway, Illinois
Clear
Temperature:
71°
Wind:
Calm
Dewpoint:
59°
Humidity:
66%
Visibility:
10.0 miles
Forecast
As of 3:38 PM CDT on August 29, 2008
Tonight...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s...except in the mid 60s downtown. Light and variable winds.
Saturday...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Light and variable winds.
Saturday Night...Clear. Lows around 60...except in the mid 60s downtown. Light and variable winds until early morning becoming southeast around 10 mph during the predawn hours.
