Afternoon and Evening Weather Update: - After some morning showers and t-storms, areas across northern Illinois north of I-80 will see gradually drier weather as the day goes on with spotty shower chances through this evening. The latest model runs show the bulk of the heavy rain and thunderstorms now along and south of I-80 through this afternoon and evening with the potential for strong gusty winds with the strongest cells and torrential rainfall which could lead to localized flooding. #ilwx |

Updates on Tomorrow Weather: Heavy rain overnight into tomorrow morning, localized ponding is possible in low lying areas Now we have some changes in the latest forecast for tomorrow, the latest model runs show we could destabilize tomorrow late morning after rain/storms move out and that could be enough to allow for new storms to refire after lunchtime and move east across northern Illinois tomorrow afternoon into early evening. Storms tomorrow afternoon and early evening (2-6pm) could be stron