Warmth and humidity brings chances for scattered storms late weekend

Quiet weather spills over into the first half of the weekend before increased warmth and humidity brings chances for scattered thunderstorms.

Potential rainfall for the next week

NOTE: Thunderstorms don’t distribute rainfall evenly, amounts are likely to be much higher in some locations than what is currently being shown

Comfortable conditions stick around another couple days before humid, Gulf air stages a comeback later this weekend, continuing well into next week.

Warming trend to commence across much of the Lower 48 as August begins, including the Chicago area

The warm-up will not be anything out of the ordinary by summer standards with temperatures generally 5-10 degrees above normal.

Average temperature anomaly forecast through July 31

Average temperature anomaly August 1 thru 7

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