HIGH: 86
LOW: 65
* Cloudy start with scattered showers, possible thunderstorms during the forenoon. Winds shift from the southwest to the northwest at 8 to 15 m.p.h.
* Clouds break later in the morning, becoming partly sunny. A chance of a few brief showers during the afternoon.
* Warm and rather humid with high temperatures ranging from the lower 80s north to near 90 degrees southernmost suburbs.
* Clearing skies at night, turning less humid. Winds turn more northerly and diminish.
AUGUST 5 TEMPERATURES
Normal high/low: 83 (degrees) / 64 (degrees)
Record high: 102 (degrees) (1918)
Record low: 51 (degrees) (1994)
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