marks the first game in a yearlong celebration of the ballparks 100 th birthday. >> we welcome viewers for watching us around the country and wgn america. >> lead or not this is the air fans are celebrating in a season of hope and a new reason to celebrate a milestone only to ball parks in the country have ever seen. the 100th decorations have been up for weeks. today fans are happy to be part of the tradition of cup's opening day.of the chicago cubs

opening day. >> i've had the pleasure of taking my son. a lot of special memories for everybody. just a history of baseball. it is such a great place to be. if that is pretty typical. it is always that way. i can remember brushing snow off the bleachers. and then not doing that today. this is our time lapse of you looking north of lake shore drive. >> this follows a

day in which we had a record-breaking rainfall. that is the highest amount for an april 3rd on the books. previous to that had to go back to 1974 to find in april 3rd. our cubs fans are brave souls. they can handle this. 42 degrees. a southwest wind that is roaring across the ball park. 64 was the temperature last year on opening day. it is a little bit cooler. not much in the way of heavy rain. might get some sprinkles to come through with those clouds. we dodged a snowstorm to the north. >> this plot of rain fall shows the heaviest amounts occurred downstate. we were no shrinking violets over here. look at the snow in wisconsin. here is another shot of the snow and st. paul minnesota. it is

like winter on the north side of this very same storm. you can see why it is cool. >> look at the rain on the other hand in our area. people in indiana leads the pack with rainfall. 2.5 in. out of that system. >> the southern suburbs were favored. the strong wind is blowing. there gusting over 30. they will gust over 40 at times as this huge storm circulation dominates the midwest weather seen. again and it looks like we will stick windy into tonight. tomorrow a whole different ball game. the wind dies down. a nice day on sunday. the data could flirt with 60 degrees. >> the chicago cub fans are bundled up today. the downward trend in temperatures. a started warm this morning. land is

sustained at 20 to read now. here's our storm. high pressure comes into the area as it passes class will begin to increase in the afternoon and evening on sunday. you'll see another storm down here in the south. >> we will watch them carefully. this time of the year you watch these weather systems they can sometimes come up. we do not think that is going to happen. we do think it will be a gusty wind and rain during the day on monday. >> the good news is we could have a near 70 degree day by thursday. here is our forecast. a few passing sprinkles baby a brief rain shower. the readings are falling. will be in the upper 30s by evening. the increasing cloudiness tonight. the temperature is right along with them. the mib little

lake breeze right on the shore line. that would not penetrate very far inland. increasing high clouds later in the day. you'll be back with the 7 day at the end of the broadcast. a crazy winter. a panel including the governor of illinois and have the head of the national weather service coming up in a few minutes. look for to that. an effort in our opening day special begins in about 25 minutes. a man who is found guilty of savagely murdering his young daughter has been sentenced to 60 years. it happened just moments ago. earlier this morning the judge was considering to motions from the defense. one was seeking an acquittal the other requesting in the trial. one of

the two people killed in wednesday's shooting was originally from illinois. a native of tapping him. he worked as a counselor. the mother tried to check on her son and she heard about the shootings. he will be buried in late spring misery. the soldier who killed three people and wounded 16 others might have had an argument with another service member. authorities have not found any important physical evidence that the home that indicate why the army specialist watched the shooting rampage. no indication that he targeted anyone. he brought a large amount of ammunition. three of those wounded are now in fair condition. the first underwater search for missing malaysian airlines plane has become almost a month after it vanished.

searching 150 mi. strip of the indian ocean for signs of underwater wreckage. >> joanna underwater microphone is listening for those things and an underwater robot can scour the ocean bed for signs of that wreckage. time is running out. an associated press journalists killed and another wounded in afghanistan. a man dressed as a police officer opened fire on a convoy today. the german photographer was killed. the canadian reporter was wounded and is now in stable condition. police arrested the suspected shooter. a motive is not known. >> the developments in the shooting of chief keef manager. >> him and who is

critically injured in last week's shooting is now out of intensive care. the chicago tribune obtained documents from police detail in neighbors' complaints about numerous disruptions the team year-old was at home at the time of the shooting. he was questioned but not charged. documents show someone inside of the home: 91 to report an armed robbery hours before the shooting. police are investigating whether the robbery and shooting her connected. >> police cannot confirm what items were taken on how much the merchandise was worth. until the owner does to store inventory. their reports that thousands of dollars in purses were stolen by several men. >> officials unveiled a new international terminal five. the unveiling marks the finish of the $26

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we've had some extraordinary weather systems this past year. last november a deadly tornado struck the town of washington and illinois. one of the largest late- season midwest outbreak on record with more than 70 twisters. of the most challenging colts season's over three decades. we're still encountering it today. these topics give us a lot to talk about your takes place tomorrow and is open to the public. we hope to see a number of you there. it is with a great deal of appreciation i welcome the governor of the state of illinois. he has

been a number of times in washington. >> >> the nobel prize- winning climate scientists at the university of illinois. of course my friend meteorologist in charge of the national weather service in chicago. the co-founder of the fermi lab program. and from the national weather system. >> to anyone who has gone to the severe winter against terrible tornadoes in november. want to thank all of the colleagues to give warnings ahead of

time. they were very severe. faugh many see the devastation. over 1000 homes. there were some any heroes there. a little boy told his mom, you better come down to the basement. he came around right away. the next moment the house blew away. >> i do not know how you can confront people whose lives, we're running a video 12 seconds time this was shot by one of the victims. he and his daughter sought refuge. 12 seconds time their world turned upside down. the home was destroyed they emerge to see the neighborhood gone. this is tremendous. >> had to get

federal money to help homeowners and businesses. also our state is putting in $45 million to help the victims of the november tornadoes. have to help people rebuild. >> really doing a great job to help this community. when you saw the devastation. and the blink of an eye that is how fast it happened. it is very important that we pay attention to our weather forecasters when they tell us about dangers coming our way. >> it is a pleasure to have you here again this year. $7 billion disasters in the last year. this is unprecedented. it points to the increasing vulnerability of the country, the people in this country to extreme events. as you just said a tornado of brick happens in 12

seconds. people have to be prepared. they have to be ready for such an event. fortunately we have been able to improve our forecasting skills days in advance. we have improved our warning skills. we're working to be able to disseminate through multiple paths directly to the people so that they are ready for these types of events. it is extremely important to recognize that we can get ready for these types of events days in advance but you have to be prepared to act when they happen. >> you're directing an increase in supercomputing capability. we will have the most computing capability which increases the accuracy of these models. by the way your colleague next door who is a chicago native put

out the warnings. the guidance you gave us on this november loper of tornadoes will spot on. it is amazing what you and your staff do. he put out of the tornado watches. you're doing so incredible accuracy. the world has changed in that regard. it also goes down to the people. we really have a great staff at the start production center. we work closely with local offices all round the country trying to get everybody on to the same page. so that everyone is prepared that is in dearesthe professional response. make sure we get the coordinated response that we need and those seconds. seconds count. we have a number of them sitting here. we have so much more to talk about including climate changes. we will be

back to do that and continue our discussion on severe weather and the tornado season coming up . . .. .

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next researcher was instrumental in making that happen. devoted his life to climate change. and nobel prize-winning climate scientist. some liken sitter talking to over the years. we talk about $7 billion disasters last year. some extraordinary severe weather events are occurring against a backdrop in which the weather is changing. there's not much controversy about that. a big report has come out this week on the state of this planet's climate. you worked as the lead author. >> for one thing people say climate's always change. there is something different about what is going on right now. lots of things different about what we're seeing now. the climate-change naturally. the changes we're seeing now the observations clearly indicated is

due to human activities. that is one of the things that separates it. in addition it is occurring at a rate 10 times faster. >> that is part of the reason. >> and we're seeing some negative impact because society and ecosystems are not adjusted to the climate change in that rapidly. >> the fact is we were a little oasis of cold air in a planet that has been warm. tell us about that. we cannot look out the window and see what is happening globally. >> we had a very large change in the jet stream over the eastern half of the united states over this winter that caused arctic air to be cut into our

region the eastern half of the united states is much colder than normal. the rest of the world was way warmer. if you look at what was going on in australia. they're seeing a huge amount of fires but also 110-0 hundred 20 degree temperatures. they were setting records. pretty amazing. climate change is alive and well which is not good for us. the signs indicates that this is a very real problem. something should all be concerned about. >> the projections of the changes in temperature and precipitation. the climate by the end of the century becomes more like

houston tx if we keep falling in the same path.following in the same path >> years as a meteorologist in charge of the national weather service are on the front line. when november happens an outbreak like that your team gets together and brings in the reports. the job you did was stunning. the advanced warnings saved lives. you are getting the message out through different media >> november 17th over 70 tornadoes across illinois and indiana. a lot of great science went into our ability to predict these things. what science allows us to do was revolutionize some of the computecommunication that was able to take place. with new

technology today we have that. wireless emergency alerts. the partnership between the fcc department of homeland's security national weather service and wireless provider. these are alerts that come to our smart phone. nothing to sign up for. nothing to dumbo. these come to our phones automatically. many folks in harm's way of threceive \ to these messages. the weather ready nation. how strong was that washington tornadido? >> some thoughts on that. we will be back in just a moment.

so much to talk about. this is brian smith from the national weather service. we sent you a picture of an aerial shot. you responded to me by e-mail and said nobody would have survived that if you had stood up. if you were out in the open or in a vehicle you would be in trouble. anytime you have that powerful of a tornado your best place to be is below ground in a shelter or in a basement. that was one of the most impressive ground markings that i have seen in a tornado. devoted a lot of his career to post its norcoast storm analysis. will be doing that tomorrow. it is our 34th annual fermi lab tornado and severe storms seminar. >> want to thank you

for coming in here and giving up your valuable time. the seminar will start at noon. we repeat the entire program at 6:00. it is free and open to the public. you do not need tickets. we hope to see it tomorrow. the chicago cubs' home [ male announcer ] this is kevin. to prove to you that aleve is the better choice for him, he's agreed to give it up. that's today? [ male announcer ] we'll be with him all day as he goes back to taking tylenol. i was okay, but after lunch my knee started to hurt again. and now i've got to take more pills. ♪ yup. another pill stop. can i get my aleve back yet? ♪ for my pain, i want my aleve. ♪ [ male announcer ] look for the easy-open red arthritis cap.

>> today, we do it one more time. live from wrigley field. the home opener. len: you would not want to take a selfie in front of wrigley field. 100 birthday for the ballpark. opening day in wrigley field. it is the phillies and the cubs right here on wgn. good afternoon, everybody. just outside the third-base