i'm dan ponce. and i'm erin mcelroy. back with my crew. >> its been awhile. >> sometimes you will appreciate me after a been gone. he's pretty good. >> i don't believe that. we may have missed you a bit. actually we figured you were sleeping extra hours in the morning. >> just go to weather. >> welcome back. it's hot. let's take a look. today temperatures will slowly be headed back up. we're still looking at rain. filtered sun shine high temperature three degrees above the average. today we will reach the mid-60s. showers return into the evening. it's 40 at o'hare. joliet greeting at 41. 42 in morris. kankakee trading at 43. across the region of the 30's to the northwest. to the self low 40's. the rain continues with lights sprinkles. nothing too heavy. this afternoon and this evening we will have showers. chance of a thunderstorm with the cloud cover been considerable i don't think that chance of severe or strong thunderstorms is too high. 5:00 p.m. we have a chance of rain. by 9:00 p.m. we have a good chance down to 48

i'm dan ponce. and i'm cortney hall in for erin. thanks for joining us on the wgn morning news at *4 a-m. demetrius ivory has a check of our weather. >> yesterday our high temperatures were in the '60s. it was pretty nice. but today is a different story. we cooled down as a cold front moves through. we are in between systems but the good news is ... is my collar misstep? where are the in terms to fix me? i can't believe this. i didn't even park my car today. sunshine, 20 degree temperature drop. here's how things look. 46 right now at o'hare. 44 in lansing. what this means is we are expecting to see sunshine. sunrise today is 6:00 a.m. on the dot. it sets at 7:40 p.m.. up to 53 degrees by today. 44 degrees by 9:00 p.m.. we do cool down significantly into wednesday. that low is 45 degrees. cooler on the lakeside wednesday's high 53. showers and potentially a thunderstorm likely. no more or drove a malfunction for me. >> how do i look? and my okay? >> you look great. >> here's a few spots. overnights road work out their specifically r

>>good morning, i'm dan ponce. and i'm erin mcelroy. let's go to demetrius ivory for a check of the weather. >> good morning. it is monday. we're just try to please. i want to bring a warmer temperatures. maybe not today but later in the week. 31 degrees is our current temperature. morton grove at 31. palos heights at 35. satellite radar shows we have come cover across meanly the southern portions of cook county. later today rain comes through. take your umbrella you could need it. the rain will be light. not to have the. 47 by 5:00 p.m.. 37 by 7:00 a.m.. here is the seven days forecast. 58 degrees by wednesday. then on thursday we are at 67. breezy with a chance of showers. 67 is our high on thursday. saturday with a mix 67 again. chance of showers and thunderstorms. >> we'll update on work on the jane addams. that stretch is a small one but it will be significant in that it will stick around for another 30 minutes. that is bound over to roselle. the green dots moving across the screen is traffic being censored. everything is moving th

good morning, i'm dan ponce. >> and i'm erin mcelroy.o to demetrius ivory for a check of the weather. hi, demetrius. >> we made it to wednesday. it is going to be a day to enjoy. with sunshine. mid-60s. we deserve that after the last six months. we have readings in the 33 now. go up and take a look to the west you will see the half moon looking pretty good. 41 degrees right now. satellite composite shows dry conditions. 62 degrees by 5:00 p.m.. today's official high heat is 64. chance of rain tomorrow. friday we are 61. big seven days on friday. but showers and thunderstorms by the afternoon. >> accident was bound indiana toll at grant. a semi trucks built spilled over fuel is leaking. off ramp is blocked off. starting to see things building in so this is going to be a hot spot until this is cleared up. other than that, if construction on the kennedy. details on that later but it's basically on the outbound side. already seen the break in action leading up to that spot in should be picked up in about 30 minutes. >>ten children were taken

good morning, i'm dan ponce. and i'm erin mcelroy. let's go to demetrius ivory for a check of the weather. about let's take a look. expecting temperatures to rise into the upper 60s. it's 41 in the waukegan. 42 in mundelein. we have seen close to a fifth of an inch of rain since midnight. the good news is the rain is lifting off to the north. we should be able to slip rush hour in the without any significant rain. later today the rain comes back and we have potentials for showers and maybe some storms to the south. but that swirl of low pressure out to the west will continue. here's a look at our day. tonight's high temperature is 64. 9:00 p.m. we're down to 57. today's official high is 57. chance of rain is highest in the day. it's 58 degrees. a big white sox game yours truly maybe scrolling are bouncing the first pitch. thursday we are at 55. >> high blood pressure over that one. let's take a look at what happened on the traffic front. a beer truck jackknifed and flipped over hit a car on the inbound eisenhower. the harlem ramp is b

good morning, i'm dan ponce. and i'm erin mcelroy. let's go to demetrius ivory for a check of the weather. it's a little wet. >> a little bit this morning but not for long. we will dry out. most of the day will be sunny. for most people when the wake up the sun will come out. but for us here at 4:00 a.m. we just have rain. right now it's 48 degrees in blue island. we have seen a fifth of an inch of rain since the night. queen of angels school at 43. on the radar you can see their grain get out of here really quickly. char's will be done by 7:00 a.m.. we expect a move to sunshine. a nice day up to 67 by 5:00 p.m.. this is probably not the best graphics for the day. it will be breezy saturday chance of rain sunday through thursday with a breezy conditions. >> the lease is consistent. we have a quick look at some ongoing construction in lyons causing minor delays on the express lanes. you have to stick to the local lanes until the move this out of the way. that stretch is not too long. the white sox game tonight. we can expect delays aro

i'm dan ponce. and i'm cortney hall in for erin. thanks for joining us on the wgn morning news at *4 a-m. demetrius ivory has a check of our weather. >> more active weather today and tonight. chance of showers and thunderstorms. but today is fairly nice. we have cold temperatures this morning. frost advisory for the counties to the west as temperatures are dipping below freezing. there will be there for a few hours. today we are six degrees below the average. we will be lucky to make the mid fifties. here are the temperatures. 36 at o'hare. 38 at the lakefront. 32 important. below freezing for aurora. 36 in mores. satellite and radar composite shows we are dry. the system is coming in from the west. it arrives tonight. the potential for rain around 9:00 p.m.. 44 degrees as the fall of around 9:00 p.m.. hi today is 54. showers are likely. we could see some thunderstorms. thursday's high as 66. >> a few closures of their early on because of crashes. michigan avenue blocked at 103 because of the crash involving multiple vehicles. in pa

good morning, i'm dan ponce. >> and i'm erin mcelroy. let's go to demetrius ivory for a check of the weather. >> good morning. nice weather today. temperatures in the low 50s. the warm-up is coming. even though it's wednesday we will warmup tomorrow. here are the current temperatures. i don't mess you up. today is tuesday. we are continuing to see light showers across the area generally north of cook county. the grain is moving through the county's today. certainly not too much. there is some more rain in the forecast for later today. at 2:00 p.m. the showers moved back in. nothing to have the but the chance for rain is here to the afternoon. we try out tonight and warm-up tomorrow. by 9:00 p.m. we are at 42. here's the seven days forecast. wednesday we hit 60 degrees. friday we hit 59. saturday 67 degrees. cold on monday. get ready for that. >> you been waiting for six months to give a full night's report any finally have it. >> but he keeps talking about wednesday. >> with an accident on the dan ryan just move to 35. left lane block. v

good morning, i'm dan ponce. and i'm erin mcelroy. let's go to demetrius ivory for a check of the weather. hi, demetrius. >> today will be like yesterday and like the day before that and the day before that. >> your popular this week. >> this is a cool looking system but it keeps raining as showers. >> occasionally she can be funny. >> that's what really happens during commercials. we shall clean it up. but there you go. sublet radar will continue. finally some music out there that i like. here is the deal. today, 20 percent chance of rain. it won't rain all day but we could see isolated showers across the entire area popping up sporadically we are under a very unsettled weather pattern. tonight we go down to 41. better chance of rain tomorrow. >> i have a water main break that's along the lines of your brain. it's impacting traffic. glen ellen down to is in the lane. here is the south bound trip at the river bridge. resurfacing work slowing things down. eclogues there with traffic. everything else is looking pretty good. we will have

good morning, i'm dan ponce. >> and i'm erin mcelroy. let's go to demetrius ivory for a check of the weather. hi, demetrius. still looks good. >> warm temperatures this warning. 54 degrees right now. usually we are in the '30's. but when you get out of here it will be ringing and cooler. >> that a downer. >> let's take a look. satellite and radar composite show some april showers. we have dry conditions across the area now but the rain to the north will be here around lunchtime today. rain is likely we expect to see the showers coming through sticking around into the afternoon and tapering off of in the evening. it's on the warm side which is the good news. high temperature today of 63 degrees down to 40 degrees tonight. tarweed 65. saturday we hit 70 degrees. showers and thunderstorms come through. 70 on saturday to rain and snow again by monday afternoon and evening. tuesday we reach 43. >> we have a standing snowbelt. someone is going to be washing somebody's car. it's going to be pretty bad. in the express lanes on the kennedy, still

i'm dan ponce. and i'm cortney hall in for erin. thanks for joining us on the wgn morning news at *4 a-m. demetrius ivory has a check of our weather. yesterday was amazing. >> it was perfect. >> 79 degrees. a beautiful easter day. but we are going to pay for it. nice weather to start. we are expecting showers and thunderstorms around lunchtime the chance of showers that will increase as the cold front arrives. be prepared for that. we are mostly cloudy today. expected temperatures coming back into the '70s. afternoon showers and thunderstorms will develop. 63 at the lakefront. 62 at midway. down to bartlett its 57. sixties in the union. very warm numbers we think back to this time last week it was snowing. satellite composite shows dry conditions but we do have some white sprinkles into portions of southern kane county. there will be the potential for showers and storms as the front arrives today. typical high would be 60. we will hit 72 by 12:00. the chance for precipitation really spikes up into the afternoon. 71 degrees at 5:00 p

i'm dan ponce. >> and i'm erin mcelroy. thanks for joining us on the wgn it's back together. >> i rested and i feel good. >> but demetrius is on the other end. we see people come back from vacation and we get a little bit more haggard. it is wednesday for the rest of the world. >> of thought and where is similar colored suit. >> happy hump day. we have rain coming into tonight. there will be a front that lenders over for a few days. get the umbrella ready. you will need it through the rest of the week. sunshine today. temperatures are cooler. it will keep us dry through the day into the evening and into tonight we will see showers. 32 in waukegan. 42 at the lakefront. warmer but remember this temperature will moderate and as to get close to the lake will find cooler readings. satellite composite, the cloud cover cut the area in half. the sunrise is at 633. that rain will stay down to the south. it's basically going to linger through thursday and into early friday. rain moving into the area into tonight. the range of linder

good morning, i'm dan ponce. and i'm erin mcelroy. let's go to demetrius ivory for a check of the weather. he's really excited about this big weather system. >> you like it when there's activity. >> i like those days. it can be boring to bring high level of entertainment and information when there's nothing to talk about. we have showers and storms possible basically each day this week. we will see very quickly changing conditions. right now it's dry. we do have more rain coming. periods of sunshine followed by periods of rain. this is one of those weeks where you have to check the radar all the time. now you can see the line of showers headed into the southern counties. i think we will have some lighter rain continuing into the morning rush hour. it's heavy along the river. that will miss us but we will have periods of showers and storms. today, 54 degrees by 5:00 p.m.. 9:00 p.m. we have a chance of rain. 52 degrees. take a look at the forecast. i am excited i think everybody else gets that sinking feeling. chance of rain each day th

i'm dan ponce. >> and i'm erin mcelroy. today is friday. i've been waiting for it. thanks for joining us on the wgn morning news at *4 a-m. demetrius ivory has a check of our weather. >> we will take the rain if it comes on a friday. we will take almost anything on a friday. opening day today. it will be rainy. temperatures are going to be in the '40's. windy as well. basically a front will move through today. temperatures are in the upper '40's but then they will drop tonight. yesterday we got about half an inch of rain. not as much today. 42 at the lakefront. 38 in union. 37 dekalb. looking at the wind speed, it's at about 9 mi. per hour. 9 mi. and juliet as well. here's the satellite's radar. looking further out, there is no off portions of northern iowa. it will stay there. 44 degrees by 5:00 p.m.. the rain is out of the forecast by 9:00. expect the temperature up to 47 by this afternoon. sunday we make 56. and as we play ball today, hopefully they will get some big bats. we're talking about 46 degrees. temperatures don't change much during the day. >> not a lot

>>good morning, i'm dan ponce. >> and i'm erin mcelroy. let's go to demetrius ivory for a check of the weather. i want it to be friday. i feel like it should be friday. >> it is friday somewhere. but good chance of rain today. the good news is we are expecting some showers but the heavy strong stuff that will lead the news in many areas is going to stay two hours south. we're not expecting the widespread outdate outbreak like they are expecting another areas. down in some of the county sought to have grain moving through. be on the lookout there. pontiac is getting a pretty good at this point. thunder and lightning being picked up early. right now we have temperatures of 43 in hillside. michigan city rating at 43. we have seen a 10th of an inch of rain since midnight. we know that rain is coming down pretty good. 42 degrees by 5:00 p.m.. the rain will let up this afternoon back in time for the evening. tomorrow we make 52. we cooled down quickly. saturday is high is 42. >> do you have a rain wiping in there? >> we do to shock and off. only

i'm dan ponce. >> and i'm erin mcelroy. thanks for joining us on the wgn morning news at *4 a-m. >> those stories are coming up but first it's friday morning forecast. >> this is the one people have been waiting for. >> you just keep building it up to the week. this is the keeper. here it comes. >> it might be even shorts weather. depending on if you have a tan and going. sunshine today. temperature will be nine degrees above the average. the average is 57. we hit the '60s today. the might be even in the mid-70s by far. but it's 35 for now. 39 of bartlett. 43 at midway. 47 at the lakefront. satellite and radar composite shows we are dry. we do have some rain to the north and west it doesn't get here until tomorrow afternoon. big things on saturday. high temperature reaches about 66 degrees today. all sunshine for this friday. on the three did forecast, expected late asian hours on saturday. high temperatures 73. most of the day will be sunny and quite warm. sunday is a washout with a high of 64. the temperature drop comes m