Seven degrees above the average. The continued to be warmer than normal. In lake breeze this afternoon. 61 in chicago. 51 in joliet. 53 in over a period dekalb is a 53. Visibility looks pretty good. There are some of his abilities to the north. This will slow you down. In joliet, 2 mi. Typically that ok to drive through. Satellite shows we are dry. We been that way for a while. This whole weekend we have more sunshine. 76 degrees by 5 00 p. M. The official high as 78. Cooler along the lake. We have had wonderful weather for the last two weeks. But traffic has been terrible. Heres the chance to rain on the parade. Why do set me up that way . And i will come through. More construction. With an accident starting to hear this kicks off in the morning at 9 00. A few hours before it will get harry through here. Heres their road crossing in the downtown village, a big corridor for car commuters. They will detour up along of tin and 171 and juliet and finally back to lagrange. Everything is an
Horrible storm surge. We expect this to weaken but if you have a flight out toward those areas dont want to have the flight anymore. Comfortable weather back here. Yesterdays high 81. Partly sunny skies little cooler along the lake. Temperatures will top out in the 70s. 64 degrees in lansing. 60 in waukegan. Sublets composite shows we are dry. In the south you will notice we have rain continuing but highpressure system is stronger to the north it will come in dry air keeping all that rain down to the south. For todays kids there, we are dry. It wont rain on the kids. 79 degrees saturday moses and the appearance of the pay partly cloudy up to 80 degrees. More rain on monday. A quick look at some store worker causing delays it has been in place for some time. This stretch on was that diversity remains blocked from halsted over to mildred and again that will be in place through the 16th. Everything else is looking pretty good. We will let you know about the closures and train schedules co
Average today. Another warm day but we are expecting showers and storms today and for much of the work week. Its 72 degrees right now. 72 at the lakefront. Dickensian grain moving through the northern counties. We do have some bleeding associated. And that severe line but it does continue to the east headed toward lake county. Expect for it to be in your neck of the woods by 5 00 a. M. But about it. We do have potential for storms. 83 degrees by 1 00 p. M. High of 85. In between systems if you will at 85. Good morning. In bound kennedy the ankle blocked off until 5 00. Outbound of 90, jane addams away a few spots of construction it will last until 5 00 a. M. To right lanes are blocked off. See story on the outbound. New developments overnight in the crisis in ferguson. Protesters faced off against police in riot gear and like the other nights, the police reacted with tear gas. Nancy loo is following the latest developments from the newsroom. Hi nancy. More than two dozen people were ar
Yesterdays high and was the mid 80s. Woman than normal today. August and july are much cooler than normal. This will change in the next few days. Coming up to nineties in time for the weekend. Its 65 in valparaiso. Satellite radar composite shows dry conditions. We are in between systems. More thunderstorms are in the forecast. Todays temperature 84 degrees. Official high is 86. The chance of thunderstorms on thursday. Fred will make 91. So far dealing with overnight roadwork. One of the spots where we have that is the inbound kennedy. Between washington and a circle two lanes blocked until 5 00. As is the ramp in the inbound kennedy to the outbound alike. Lots of work out this morning. By 5 00 it should be picked up. A burglary, turned hostage drama, continues to unfold at this hour in suburban harvey. Two adults and two children are being held in a home, which is surrounded by police. Erik rung is live in harvey with the latest. Could morning to you. Negotiations are ongoing out here
People were on board at the time of the explosion. The coast guard says unlike the deepwater horizon blast in 2010. The black elk rig wasnt actively producing oil. So far there are no reports of oil leaking into the water. The fire has been put out. Former cia director David Petraeus faces lawmakers on capitol hill for the first time today since his stunning resignation. He testified about the deadly attack on a us consulate in benghazi, libya in september. He was the director of the spy agency at the time. Us ambassador Chris Stevens and three other americans were killed in the assault. Petraeus testifed the cia told the Obama Administration an alqaeda linked group was behind the attack. But, he claimed the white house changed this assessment. He added he knew an anti islamic video didnt spark the assault. Contradicting president obama and other white house officials. The ambassadors statement represented the best possible and for mission without jeopardize in classified information.