Another rain opportunity fizzled across the Chicago area Thursday as a batch of showers moved through central Illinois, leaving the northern metro area high and dry, while teasing south sections with some very light showers. This area has not received significant rain in nearly three weeks and remains locked in extreme drought.
The cooldown did materialize however, with Thursday’s highs failing to rise out of the mid-50s. Readings will tumble from there and the city’s first two World Series games since 1959 should be played in chilly, damp conditions with temperatures in the 40s along with a threat of some scattered light showers.
In the northwest Caribbean, a much larger Hurricane Wilma was taking dead aim at Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. Thursday evening, the storm was on the verge of regaining Category 5 strength and producing gusts to 86 m.p.h. and 34 foot waves about 175 miles off the coast.
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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.
