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Despite rainy Sunday, weather service predicts clear skies for Monday's solar eclipse

While thick clouds and rainfall obscured most of the Chicago area Sunday, experts said weather conditions will not hinder those looking to see the total solar eclipse Monday in Illinois. “Skies should be mostly clear, with little to no clouds obstructing the view in the Chicago metro area,” Rafal Ogorek, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Chicago, said. “Rainfall is expected to . ....

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Chicago Area in "Level 3" Risk for Severe Storms

CHICAGO AND MUCH OF THE CHICAGO METRO AREA IS NOW ASSESSED AT A “LEVEL 3” RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS on the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center’s 5-level risk scale. A POWERFUL LATE WINTER STORM, with twin centers—one near Rhinelander, WI; the other in the Quincy area as of mid Tuesday afternoon—is behind Tuesday’s early […] ....

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Skilling: Tornado Watch issued for Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin

The National Weather Service has issued a Tornado Watch for parts of Northern Illinois, Northwest Indiana, and Southeast Wisconsin until 10 p.m. on Tuesday. This includes Cook, DuPage, Groudy, Jasper, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, LaSalle, Lake, McHenry, Newton, Porter, Will Counties in Illinois, as well as Lake County, Indiana. For more information, click here. BREAKING: TORNADO […] ....

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