A stormy system bringing heavy downpours was slowly creeping into the Chicago area Friday morning, Live Doppler 5 radar showed, with “lots of lightning” expected for some during the rush hour commute.
According to NBC 5 Storm Team Meteorologist Alicia Roman, Friday morning’s rain will be the first of two stormy waves to hit the Chicago area. The first round was expected to move mostly across northern Illinois and impact far north and west counties, along with areas in southeastern Wisconsin.
“The thinking is this morning, the storms should stay below severe criteria, meaning we’re not looking at gusty, damaging winds through the mid-morning,” roman said. “But we could see the storms packing a little bit of a punch with heavy rain and lightning.”
The storms moving in come as the entire Chicago area was once again under a dense fog advisory, with heavy, thick fog leading to very low visibility.
When will the storms hit?
The first round of storms with heavy rain and lightning was expected to hit western counties about 8 a.m., Roman said.
The morning storms may not turn severe, Roman said.
Roman said the morning storms may stay across the far north and northwest counties and in Wisconsin through the morning commute, pushing into Chicago by about 10 a.m.
About 12 p.m., some dry time was expected, before the second round moves in between 2 p.m. and 9 p.m.
Those storms carry a higher risk of turning strong or severe, Roman said, with temperatures approaching the 60s to the west and the upper 70s to the south.
“Especially with the heating of the day, one or two stronger storms by late afternoon and evening hours,” Roman said.
According to the Climate Prediction Center, counties to the north and west will be under a “slight” risk of severe weather, which ranks as level two of five.
“This is where we could see storms that contain gusty damaging winds, hail,” Roman said. “The tornado threat is low but it’s not zero.”
Chicago and counties to the south and east will be under a “marginal” risk of severe weather, which ranks as level one.
The line of storms however will remain scattered, and “not everyone will see it,” Roman added.
Late Friday night, more scattered showers and storms with lightning, heavy downpours and gusty winds were expected, lasting through about 4 a.m.
Rain will come to an end Saturday, Roman said, with temperatures in the 50s and 60s followed by sunnier conditions and 60-degree temperatures Sunday.
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