A line of showers and storms that could turn strong or even severe will move into the Chicago area during the Monday morning commute, with lightning, downpours, hail and strong winds all possible.
About 5 a.m. Monday, conditions remained dry, NBC 5 Storm Team Meteorologist Alicia Roman said, but that wouldn’t last long. Live Doppler 5 Radar showed a weakening line of storms across the far northwestern parts of Illinois, including Rockford.
By about 7 a.m., the line will reach counties to the north and west, Roman said, moving east and into Chicago about 10 a.m.
Some of the storms could turn strong or severe, though the chances are low, Roman said. Still the Storm Prediction Center has placed most of Illinois under a “slight” risk of severe weather, which ranks as level two of five.
The risk, Roman said, will last through about 1 p.m.
“While the threat of severe weather is fairly low this morning, daytime heating will likely allow for a few strong to severe storms to develop during the midday and afternoon hours,” a hazardous weather outlook from the National Weather Service in Chicago said. “At this time, the threat of severe weather would appear to be greatest along and south of the I-80 corridor.”
Damaging winds with gusts as high as 60 mph and quarter-sized hail were possible, the NWS said, along with downpours and lightning. A high temperature of 80 degrees was expected, with readings already in the 70s by sunrise.
According to Roman, most of the second half of the day will be dry, but an isolated storm could form, along with another chance for showers and storms overnight and into Tuesday morning.
While Tuesday starts out warm, a cold front will bring drop temperaturs into the 60s by 5 p.m. Temperatures will remain in the 60s or even upper 50s by Wednesday, with higher readings by the weekend.
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