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Includes another unseasonably warm 70-degree-plus day Tuesday—the fifth day this year in the 70s before the next chance of showers and thunderstorms usher in cooler temperatures later this week
EARLY MAY-LEVEL WARMTH AREAWIDE MONDAY UNDER THE DAY’S 100% POSSIBLE SUNSHINE
GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS BRING SIGNIFICANTLY MILDER TEMPS TO THE AREA
- Monday late afternoon Midwest temperatures
- Change from Sunday afternoon
- Monday late afternoon local area temperatures
- How much warmer than same period Sunday?
2024 OFF TO A REMARKABLY MILD OPEN
Ranks 4th warmest of past 153 years and mildest January 1 through March 11 period in 103 years!!
TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION OUTLOOKS
March 17 to March 23, 2024
PEAK WIND GUSTS
Gusty SW winds transported the unseasonably mild temperatures Monday
CHICAGO RAIN CHANCES
Active weather returns to the area mid-week with numerous showers and possible thunderstorms
TEMPERATURES SOARED 30+ DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL
Sections of the Upper Midwest, eclipsing new records for March 11
- Monday highs: how much above normal?
- Monday’s record high temperatures
ANOTHER ROUND OF SOAKING RAIN LIKELY
Another round of soaking rain is likely for much of the Chicago metro area this week; but the deep south and southeast is likely to the potential for flooding downpours with 3”+ rainfall in what has already been an extremely wet start to March 11, 2024
UNSEASONABLY MILD PATTERN TO PERSIST OVERALL MUCH OF THIS WEEK
A shift toward colder weather takes place in the final 10+ days of March 11, 2024
TRACKING CHICAGO’S NEXT CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS
TUESDAY FORECAST HIGHS
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