Overview

• Chicago is under a marginal severe-weather risk Monday with scattered storms expected to bring much-needed rain and gusty winds before humidity returns by week’s end.
• Baltimore’s Interstate 95 corridor faces damaging wind gusts, flash flooding and large hail through Tuesday under a National Weather Service hazardous weather outlook.
• Red flag warnings are in effect in Northern California from 11 a.m. Monday to 8 p.m. Tuesday as dry lightning and erratic winds up to 50 mph elevate wildfire danger.
• Northeast Ohio will endure its hottest, most humid and wettest day Monday with an 80 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before settling into mid-80s sunshine for July 4.
• New England will see Tuesday showers and thunderstorms from an approaching front, but skies will clear in time for a dry, mild holiday weekend with highs in the lower 80s.