
Chicago First Alert Weather: Breezy, cooler, big waves Friday
CBS 2 Chief Meteorologist Albert Ramon has your 10 p.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023.
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CBS 2 Chief Meteorologist Albert Ramon has your 10 p.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023.
According to CBS 2 Meteorologist Mary Kay Kleist, we'll track a lake-enhanced cold front on Friday. It crosses the area late morning, turning winds off the lake.
CBS 2 Chief Meteorologist Albert Ramon has your 10 p.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023.
CBS 2 Meteorologist Ed Curran with your First Alert forecast including a cool down towards the weekend.
CBS 2 Chief Meteorologist Albert Ramon has your 10 p.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023.
CBS 2 Chief Meteorologist Albert Ramon has your 10 p.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Monday, July 31, 2023.
According to CBS 2 Meteorologist Mary Kay Kleist, we can expect light winds, passing fair weather clouds, comfortable humidity levels, and a lake breeze each afternoon through midweek.
We'll keep this weather through the workweek with a slight chance of storms on Thursday.
No umbrellas are needed as dry weather continues for the next couple of days.
Back to the upper 80s by midweek, with plenty of sunshine.
Warm temperatures return by the end of the week.
CBS 2 Chief Meteorologist Albert Ramon has your 10 p.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Thursday, July 27, 2023.
CBS 2 Chief Meteorologist Albert Ramon has your 10 p.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Wednesday, July 26, 2023.
There's a higher threat for severe weather from LaPorte County and places east into Michigan.
CBS 2 Chief Meteorologist Albert Ramon has your 10 p.m. First Alert Weather for Tuesday, July 25, 2023.
CBS 2 Chief Meteorologist Albert Ramon has your 10 p.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Monday, July 24, 2023.
Highs stay n the 90s all week, with few rain chances.
That trip to the beach, this week will have the perfect days to get out there.
Temperatures are expected to rise over the next week with just a couple of rain chances in the forecast.
Warming into the low to mid 90s for most of next week, with lots of sunshine and little to no rain expected.
CBS 2 Meteorologist Mary Kay Kleist has your 10 p.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Friday, July 21, 2023.
According to CBS 2 Meteorologist Mary Kay Kleist, an upper-level disturbance moves in Saturday, sparking afternoon showers and thunderstorms. These will taper off with sunset.
CBS 2 Meteorologist Ed Curran provides the latest including some spotty storms over the weekend and when we'll see 90s return.
CBS 2 Meteorologist Mary Kay Kleist has your 10 p.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Thursday, July 20, 2023.
CBS 2 Meteorologist Ed Curran takes a look at some possible storms by the afternoon.
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An ICE agent shot and killed a man in Franklin Park, Illinois Friday morning after authorities say he attempted to drive into agents as they tried to make an arrest.
Meteorologist David Yeomans has the extended forecast.
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