Chicago: City’s 31st day above 90(degrees). Mixed sun, hot, humid. Peak heat indexes: 100-105(degrees). Vigorous thunderstorms threaten late today and/or a portion of Friday night and may necessitate severe weather watches. New downpours could yield local 1-2″ totals. Muggy and hazy overnight.
HEAT INDEXES: 100-105
SEVERE STORM THREAT LATE
Note: Predicted high and low temperatures on the Tribune weather page are chronological–the “high” refers to the maximum reading expected during the day and the “low” is the minimum reading expected the following night.
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Tom Skilling is chief meteorologist at WGN-TV. His forecasts can be seen Monday through Friday on WGN-TV News at noon and 9 p.m.
WGN-TV meteorologists Steve Kahn, Richard Koeneman and Paul Dailey plus weather producer Bill Snyder contribute to this page.
