Overview

• The Storm Prediction Center has placed much of Chicagoland under a Level 2 slight risk for severe weather between 3 and 8 p.m. Wednesday.
• Wednesday’s hot, humid air with highs in the low 90s and heat indices in the mid-90s could fuel damaging wind gusts, heavy localized rainfall and isolated tornadoes.
• Isolated showers and storms are expected Tuesday evening but should diminish after dark ahead of Wednesday’s main storm window.
• Northwest Indiana and Chicago’s southern suburbs remain under a Level 1 marginal risk for severe storms, according to the National Weather Service.
• Scattered showers and thunderstorms are likely to return this weekend, with Saturday carrying the highest rain chances.