Overview

• The severe thunderstorm threat in northern Illinois ended Thursday as a cold front delivered cooler, drier air to the Chicago area and surrounding counties.
• Earlier warnings by the National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center had placed northern Illinois under a slight risk for storms capable of producing 90 km/h gusts, hail and isolated tornadoes Wednesday evening.
• Argentina’s Servicio Meteorológico Nacional continues to issue yellow alerts for parts of Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego, along with extreme cold warnings in five northern provinces.
• Buenos Aires and its metropolitan area woke to clear, cool mornings around 7 °C and are expecting daytime highs near 17 °C with minimal rain through the weekend.
• Meteorologist Diego Angeli warns that a new polar pulse could trigger a multi-day cold wave next week in the AMBA region.