and also northwest indiana. that is this mesolow dropping southward. this thing will be a short lived affair that goes by us. and we get these southerly winds to warm us into the 70 by saturday. look at this thing. this big rain, producing clouds out to the east. boston is there. and you can get a feel for the kind of storm coming together there. this thing went off the peninsula there. maryland and delaware. and the thing now is moving north and deepening explosively. bomogenesis as we say in the weather department. the winds generated by that process are something. meantime, here are the showers coming down the lake. and in association with this cool push and we've got frost advisories in parts of eastern tennessee. look at the rains this system will generate through new england. if you go above 2000 feet, they may get snow. the mountains out to the east. then here are the big rains going through the florida straits with miami right there, key west there. and lots of rain to the south falling on the florida keys tonight. here in chicago our forecast

in extreme northeast illinois and certainly northwest indiana.en saturday mostly sunny, windy, warmer and low 70s for the weekend. looks fairly mild on sunday. good day for the bear's game but the wind comes off the water. mid-60s at soldier field. >> watching that on television. >> thank you very much. >>> we will see you later. >>> don't leave -- on this day in 1968, the first tv broadcast from space took place from what nasa spacecraft? was it apollo 7? apollo 8? or gemini 12? the answer still ahead on your wgn midday news. [ female announcer ] there's a new way to let go of some of the annoying symptoms menopause brings. introducing one a day menopause formula. the only complete multivitamin with soy isoflavones to help address hot flashes and mild mood changes. new one a day menopause formula. ♪ ♪ come on, people, now ♪ smile on your brother ♪ everybody get together ♪ try to love one another right now ♪ [ female announcer ] the time has come to get a diaper that really works, without the really high prices. the time has come for luvs. say ye

this one, a twister caught by a security camera hitting a factory in northwest indiana tuesday morning. the tornado tore off the factory roof and downed power lines. no one was injured. dean reynolds has more now from chicago. >> reporter: the destructive power of this muscle-bound storm could be seen in the damage it left behind. tornado warnings and watches stretch from marquette, michigan, to memphis, tennessee. some 70,000 people lost power in the chicago area and travel slowed to a crawl at o'hare. >> it's a real pain. then we've got to get stuck here. it's really boring. it's freezing. i'm wearing two jackets. >> reporter: just walking was a battle in battle creek, michigan. while at mt. pleasant, wisconsin, the storm came up so fast, workers at the tractor plant said they ran for their lives. it may or may not have been a twister that wrecked justin sloerds's farmhouse but to him it was probably a distinction without a difference. >> you didn't see anything, you didn't hear anything. it was like someone dropped a bomb out of the sky. >> the storm was a collision between cold can

chesterton and 46 and geneva more areas than not dropped into the 20s with the exception of northwest indiana where it was 35 at valpo. and here the wind gusts, these 30, 40 and 60-mile ap hour things. a bright blue sky. if you look at the rain forecast of all the models in the coming weeks, we're getting 30%. it is a dry people. and a wave out in the west may come in with rain that's scrapped. rains on the west coast but things are quiet and warming up. you can seele filaments. this is midnight. again fairer skies. partly sunny. here is the big high pressure. there is the storm. winds now coming from the southwest and the increase in temperature. we'll have wind, nothing like what we went through. that ought to hold the temperatures up. the high pressure the low from us sunday and turns them northeast. the temperatures are at 12 noon. 49 in the st. louis. 34 at international falls. the warming out west. 63 degrees. up to the north. we're not done yet. we have 7 more 60-degree days and some indian summer left none of the wind gusts. and they are up 14 to 1 degrees over 24 hours ago. that's a

. >> and our modeling and there may be a sprinkle in illinois maybe the northwest indiana.winds are picking up out to the west. look at this, how the warmer air spreads. cools off. warms up nicely. middle of the week that's beyond our 7-day forecast. 80s over the

they are impressive and lined up from illinois to northwest indiana and lower michigan the tower over8,000 feet and if we look at lightning, we lay that in on top and you will see these are still producing pretty good lightning to the areas east and south of us. all that is over in the city itself and areas northwest and here is the rain that has come down with that front. heaviest right through the heart of the city right here. frank reports .3 nmpleg especially at nrchg especially at of an inch especially at midway airport. this is the most since the third of the month. this afternoon partly cloudy. blustery and cooler. temperatures about ten degrees off yesterday's levels at 67 and northwest winds 11 to 23 and gusty as the afternoon wears on. tonight, scattered clouds and chilly. 44 at o'hare but 30s upper 30s inland. northwest winds stay up at 8 to 18 miles per hour. tomorrow partly sunny. cool. west, southwest winds blow. highs 66. and that second front passes tomorrow night without a lot of weather but there will be a fair amount of cloud cover in its wake on friday. more clouds

. >>> and security cameras captured the destructive power of a twister as it touched down in northwest indiana took cover, of course, when they saw that tornado. they say it blew across the street, took off a roof, twisted power lines, and did other extensive damage as well. unbelievable footage. >> always amazing to see when someone captures something so dramatic. >> they're brave. >>> well, that gigantic weather system could make travel a mess today. >> for the latest storm path let's check in again with meteorologist ava dinges at accuweather. good morning, ava. >> good morning, rob and vinita. severe weather threatening the east coast. we are looking for this all along the latest cold front with our prevailing strong thunderstorm. now, the worst of the storm is actually heading into canada. so the thunderstorms in the east won't have as much energy to work with, but as we get later in the day we get the daytime heating and thunderstorms could strengthen in new jersey back into the carolinas, possibility of some damaging wind gusts and even isolated tornados. now, winds are still a problem

northwest as the moisture will be leaving us. first we have to deal with a lot of rain. michigan, indiana, now into ohio. southwest virginia, some showers there. this is all moving to our region. once this energy gets to the atlantic coast it's going to develop a low pressure, probably around jersey and then head up toward new england. we're going to start seeing northeasterly winds coming in off the land bringing a lot of moisture. looking for about an inch to about an inch and a half of rain with the system. most of the heaviest rain would be up toward new york area. 1 to 3 inches up toward new england. the adirondacks and portions of vermont and new hampshire would definitely see some wet snow. for us a wet rainy cool day. by friday it's pretty much gone. it will get breezy and chilly, but we will see some sunshine on friday. it's going to be moving across. actually right now the chances of any influence on florida is very weak. cuba is getting rains and wind there. the hurricane winds only extend 10 miles. this is a tiny little system. winds gusting to 25 knots. the bay temp in the mid-60s. tonight 4

indiana perhaps into florida. as far as precipitation is concerned, above normal precipitation for a good portion of the eastern half of the country, also in the pacific northwest to oklahoma and texas and other parts of the southwest as well. now, the official winter outlook was issued this week from the national weather service, from december, january, february, we're looking at warmer than normal temperatures for most of the southern country, especially if you're in and around texas. as we head on to our precipitations, as far as december, january, february, that winter outlook, dry along the southern tier states. a lot of forecasters are going to be watching the strengthening of lanina. with an early harvest, many farmers are getting a head- start on fall tillage. but this additional time is allowing them to analyze that with an early harvest, farmers are getting started on tilling. this is also allowing them to analyze that tillage. we head to southern michigan. leon just stuck the plow in the ground and went. but this year it's different. >> we're trying to get the uniform. you look a little closer at your chisel plow and at some of those things that you

pick city of the day indianapolis, indiana, channel 13. 67 degrees, fall foliage past peak in the ohio valley up to the great lakes, some color in the pacific northwestrthern new england and wet weather in the pacific northwest and strong storms possible texas into central kansas. we're looking at showers, windy conditions in the northwest with plenty of sunshine in the mid-atlantic states and n >>> a slippery commute across the golden gate bridge, we have light rain falling. an san francisco, moderate rain pushing into oakland. this is going to be the story of the morning, hit and miss showers easing off in terms of the showers by lunchtime. more rain will come soon, by tonight into tomorrow, you see today's highs, mostly low 60s around the bay area. periods of rain for saturday and heavy rain and gusty winds on sunday. >> that's your latest weather. now let's head down to the other end of the plaza and mr. lauer. >> all right, al, thank you very much. when we come back, fathers and daughters who bond over beauty s we're going to talk to pageant dads right after this. to some pageant dads right after this. [scraping] [piano keys banging] [scraping]

. >>> a small town in northwest indiana has -- had no police protection since friday. the town of winfield failed to pay $100,000 to lake county for police services. the piement deadline was last friday. state law requires a 4,000 person town to have its own police services. until the town pays up, the lake county sheriff will only respond to emergency calls. winfield officials are meeting about the problem tonight. >>> hundreds of laid off chicago public school teachers could be getting their jobs back. last summer the school district laid off 1300 teachers and