Chicago Storm

While multiple rounds of severe t'storm activity occurred across the area yesterday, the most notable at ORD was the late afternoon round. ORD had a peak wind gust of 64MPH with outflow that moved through ahead of that particular round of activity.

The thermal ridge was north. It's very doubtful that ORD would have topped the current highest of the year, which is 96° (7/14).

It hit 92° at ORD and 91° at MDW yesterday. ...2026 90°+ Day Tally... 13 - MDW 12 - ORD 12 - RFD 11 - PWK 11 - ARR 10 - UGN 10 - LOT 8 - DPA

An embedded sup is trying to from in NE IL, similar to what is occurring in SE WI.

literally not the reason they suck. (hint: they always have)

the spc is so bad.

keep this negativity out of my thread.

It’s currently 98/85/130 in Belleville, IL.

the smoke is still here. still ranging between 3-8SM at all obs sites across ne il.

ORD and MDW ended up with 6 90°+ days during this heat wave, all consecutive. ...ORD... July 13th: 93°/69° July 14th: 96°/74° July 15th: 95°/76° July 16th: 91°/75° July 17th: 92°/75° July 18th: 91°/70° ...MDW... July 13th: 92°/69° July 14th: 96°/73° July 15th: 95°/76° July 16th: 91°/78° July 17th: 94°/77° July 18th: 91°/71°

It made it up to 91° at ORD and MDW on Saturday.

It made it up to 91° at ORD and MDW on Saturday. ...2026 90°+ Day Tally... 12 - MDW 11 - ORD 11 - RFD 11 - ARR 10 - PWK 10 - LOT 9 - UGN 8 - DPA

Hit 92° at ORD and 94° at MDW today.

Hit 92° at ORD and 94° at MDW today. ...2026 90°+ Day Tally... 11 - MDW 11 - ARR 10 - ORD 10 - RFD 10 - LOT 9 - PWK 9 - UGN 8 - DPA

It’s nearly pointless to post this given the compression, but… A view from ORD just before sunset this evening. Edit: Amazingly, the compression isn’t horrid.