Though February was a month of record-breaking warmth and spring arrives next week, Chicago’s mercurial weather isn’t done surprising us just yet.
According to the National Weather Service, we will experience more unseasonably warm weather today before storms, some of which have the potential to be severe, will hit Chicago late tonight and into tomorrow.
Today will see “highs back in the 60s and lower 70s” before a storm system moves into the area Wednesday night through Thursday. Showers will begin covering Chicago this evening turning into widespread rainfall overnight and then “stronger storms” are expected to arrive tomorrow.
Thursday afternoon might let up a bit before a second round of storms hits Chicago Thursday evening. However, storms are expected to taper off overnight Thursday with milder weather on Friday and highs in the low 50s.
The National Weather Service for now has not warned of anything specifically drastic but does warn that the storms always have the potential to bring severe and dangerous conditions and has thus released information on how best to deal with lightning strikes and tornadoes.
“Thunderstorms are sometimes underestimated as a serious weather threat, but they can be deadly” warned the National Weather Service. “Strong winds can turn ordinary objects into dangerous projectiles, and lightning can strike up to 10 miles away from a storm.”
Luckily for anybody with St. Patrick’s Day plans in Chicago, no this weekend will also see mild weather, and no storms are expected to rain on our parade.
As ever, you can head to the National Weather Service website for all the latest weather news and forecasts.
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