HIGH: 86
LOW: 65
* The warmest temps and, by afternoon, highest humidities since Saturday.
* Sun filters through increasing clouds. South winds increase to 6 to 15 m.p.h. but may become southeast along the lake.
* Prospects for scattered thunderstorms increase.
* A period of more numerous t-storms is possible the first half of Thursday night depositing rain or limited coverage downpours over 40 to 60 percent of the area.
* Winds shift northwest in the hours before sunrise Friday.
AUGUST 28 TEMPERATURES
Normal high/low: 79(degrees)/60(degrees)
Record high: 97(degrees) (1955)
Record low: 42(degrees) (1986)
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Weather Report is prepared by the WGN-TV Weather Center, where Tom Skilling is chief meteorologist. His forecasts can be seen Monday through Friday on WGN News at noon, 5:55 p.m. and 9 p.m.
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