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[ male announcer ] honey nut cheerios tastes great and can help lower cholesterol. bee happy. bee healthy. wgn news @ 9 just an advance taste of autumn next couple of days talkin 50s tomorrow night day time high in mid 70s almost month ago first day almost over a month increasingly distant memory storms yesterday wanted to show you shall cloud coming in big storms last night our friend a pilot captured these clouds on the cool front will spin through with storms last night across michigan and indiana today big rains puffy cumulus in the wake of that brought time lapse camera beautiful day. dew point down in 50s until he went to drop meaning the air is dry you can see the sharp rise said, horizon dallas recorded 39 consecutive day above 100 degrees. to be more days and they break the record. 107 degrees and record, 102 degrees in oklahoma city. good news for kansas, 97 degrees today. big storms a trade-off, by the oklahoma city, 99 degrees dallas look at the cool air nighttime lows locally getting into '40's in the north woods of wisconsin not bad for a change from heat and humidity not done with the hot weather next few weeks have a cool it feel to them what stock down to 69 tonight 73 at o'hare airport down to single digits, to point out to 60 falling into the 50s in many areas water temperature at 79 degrees. thunderstorm watch to the east, what is left of the seat advisory still blazing heat in the southern midwest saw their plans tornado and thunderstorm watch this high plains he is breaking by that the tonight but that the high temperatures today irving texas, 109 degrees very hot. other temperatures oklahoma triple digits beautiful night the wind gust accompanied cooler air today, a gorgeous day here is the view from indianapolis storms will begin late in the day brief window rainbow temperature change map-numbers lower temperatures than 24 hours ago while we had lied to the cool weather coming in. cool compared to what we have seen with other storm threat off until late friday night- saturday. mid-50s low temperatures in the areas. coming nights. look at the high temperatures. so that you can see that. numbers supplied by. the jet stream canadian border. by the canadian border two weeks ago when we were hot. by the storms developed southern flanks out of the storms, high plains rotating like this allowed the jet stream. we on the other hand to stay clear. beautiful hair. this slot here air mass occupying the airspace in the next couple of days powerhouse thunderstorms are around the plants high pressure pipe break from the storms, one cluster it may even swipe us down state of illinois tomorrow highest across the area by thursday it was a lovely system sunshine fairweather clouds big storms erupting texas continues incredibly hot, a powerhouse storms good rains to the south. a lot of the perimeter of the hot air mass. storms tonight poking up into the atmosphere. dry and cool air here no lightning or thunder staying away from us of course the other big storms out west. corridor here right along the north edge of the cool air mass, powerful thunderstorms in the coming days. additional tornado watches, reports of pale out of nebraska and kansas. the forecast nothing like that in chicago partly cloudy cooler less humidity in the big '50's in led to 63 degrees at the lakefront, want to be the first in the neighborhood first want to shut off air conditioner and opened a window low temperature 63 degrees to the problem the building heating up takes a wild boar that to lose the heat and cool off the process will continue going tomorrow sunshine with puffy cumulus summertime clouds, excellent visibility below normal temperature. 75 degrees. north northwest temperatures wind cool lostant to 58 degrees low and mid '50s and lead, mostly sunny and comfortable thursday high temperature of 78 degrees. it's gorgeous form of weather. a very nice will it continue? thunderstorms in the weekend forecast telling you more about those in the seven day forecast. >> in the way to get around but a man who cannot move from the neck down next august tom calling the shots when it comes to mobility and to not going to happen super swim stop halfway to the finish these sweet honey clustery things have fiber? fiber one. almost tastes like one of jack's cereals. uh forgot jack's cereal. 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(announcer) 28 delicious flavors at around 100 calories each. wgn news @ 9 former united states swimming champion diana nyad and did her quest to swim prompt you but- board after 29 hours and water race over after 11 hour asthma attack. i would be lying if i said i am not deeply deeply disappointed this was a big trade not just the last two years but 30 years ago when i tried. >> pictures taken after diana nyad brought on a boat to hours after a swim injured her shoulder trying to become the first person to make the 103 mi. swim without using a shark cage instead electronic shark repellents on the boats and kayaks she says no intention of trying again amazing effort. >> tom skilling in the weather sat there and look at the next seven days may be able to open windows >> that is good has been a summer concerned about 40 percent more than normal air conditioning and an estimate based on temperature trend. you can almost turned off the air conditioner tonight next couple of nights low humidity cool air in the area, blazing heat continues in the southern plains. low temperatures down to the '60s in the city the lake to the mid-50s outlying areas to the mid-70s tomorrow, first day and not above 80 since july 13th. down again to the low 60s and mid '50s and lead, o'hare airport down to the upper 50s upper '70's and the model shows 81 degrees on thursday, by friday flirting with 80 degrees to start increasing the thunderstorms are right now where the seed is starting to break interacting with the cooler air masses big rains to the plain states before the area severe weather reports hail reports severe weather south jet stream south enjoying sunshine watching rain in corridor from nebraska down to kansas and kentucky, tennessee. what about the next 10 days, answer is no 80s resurging note 80s and 90s, up to friday notice hot air red and pink area it stank to the west not done with the hot weather do not give up we brand statistics sot typically 26 percent of nineties occurred beyond this date. 25 percent of that means more to go 75 tomorrow, 78 out thursday nice try day isolated thunderstorm friday night saturday a couple of scattered thunderstorms humidity building sunday could carry a shower into the morning no additional showers until tuesday next week. big blockbuster storms for the time being. sides not done yet either big numbers 1-2 week range not short-term. we will take that absolutely. >> nice day by the lake, wisconsin polls heat up, the job they're attracting thousands chicago tribune photos of the night. more photos on our website, wgntv.com or chicagotribune.com them up coming up the post positions port saturday arlington bill again wgn studios atop one fan got to end of last night's are read out football conference championship game. next with sports. 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[ male announcer ] half a days worth of fiber. not that anyone has to know. fiber beyond recognition. fiber one. how the it sox fortunes have changed fans hoping for more change in the right direction >> one week the way things have turned around one week ago white sox in the midst of a six game losing streak threatened to squeeze remaining hope out of season how things have changed erupted for 25 runs the last four games look to make it five straight victories tonight in baltimore sox keep winning on the road maybe this will become the new fashion trend sox out too early lead again second getting carlos quentin packs off of reyes 24th of year, 1-0, up @a3-0 in fourth, brent morel into act, 4-0 white sox 4-3 in 9th sergio santos comes on, ks out paandino to end , 5 in a row for sox. 4-3 over orioles. fans pitching duel at wrigley field pitchers' duel until the sixth and then it nationals got to matt garza over batters eye in center johnny gomes takes garza to left field bleachers castro homer in 8th cubs 3rd hit nationals win 3-1. world's best horses wgn studios human connections post positions for saturday's 29th running of the arlington million. that is what they are bracing for a saturday $1 million and cold hard cash as well as one of the world's most prestigious titles paper its european cape blanco the seven tall and former champion gio ponti no. 5 post position in the 10th horse field. >> are like 10 billion a sensational race looking like a two horse race and cape blanco and gio ponti this race could be table turning situation for gio ponti on paper looks like cape blanco first run and difficult for gio ponti closer to do the catching. you can see the bill again saturday at 5 i wgn also the night the bears opened preseason play opener may have a different field normally starters barely in game long enough to break a sweat but this is not your usual credit cap regulars could play border saturday against the buffalo bills. >> talked about that a bit. having come to a conclusion, have not we have spoke about play more >> buffalo game important having an idea keep gearing up not like we are going to game plan we are going to keep taking training camp practices until game day and then play. former illinois basketball player jereme richmond and get a college career after one sees a bigger problems tonight that don't undrafted by the nba, former illinois mr. basketball faces various charges including assault and on bothell use of a weapon after he and three others are vested in what he did we dealt part of the attraction of a breed of football close to players but sometimes to close this was jacksonville hosting in georgia and the playoffs watch the fat reach out and grab georgia cj johnson fieldon a kick no chance for a return jacksonville players expressed their gratitude to fans fans did drop 8 15 yd penalty for fad interference. fan interence. fan had outsized a bit. good thing too. >> that is the news. thank you for joining us. updates more photos on our website, wgntv.com or chicagotribune.com can i eat heart healthy without giving up taste? a man can only try... and try...and try. i heard eating whole grain oats can help lower my cholesterol. it's gonna be tough...so tough. my wife and i want to lower our cholesterol, but finding healthy food that tastes good is torturous. your father is suffering. 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