New record set as Excessive Heat Warning continues; severe storms possible

ANOTHER THAT'S NOW THANKS TO SECOND WITH DEMETRIUS LITTLE WEATHER TONIGHT. YEAH, SEEING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH SOME OF OUR NORTHERN COUNTIES. HALE HAS BEEN WHAT WE'VE REPORTS OF THERE HAVE BEEN SOME WINDS ALSO. >> THE GOOD NEWS IS THIS ONE ISOLATED CELL AND COMING VERY CLOSE TO THE LAKES. I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE NON. I SO WE DO HAVE THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES REMAIN EFFECT TO 11:00PM. WE'LL SEE IF THAT. >> DEMETRIUS IVORY: CAN LAST. THAT LONG. HE'S OUT TODAY WENT FOR TODAY'S HIGH TEMPERATURE ONE. ALL TO SAY, CHARLES, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE HEAT BECAUSE, OF COURSE, WE DID GET A RECORD. IT'S BEEN OUR WARMEST DAY IN A YEAR AS YOU LOOK TOWARDS SYCAMORE MIDDLE SCHOOL, 101 WAS THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AND 100 FOR MONROE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHEN GUS THIS JUST A MOMENT AGO, AS AS CELLS NOW IN THE MONEYLINE AREA. IF YOU'RE WATCHING US FROM LAKE COUNTY, SEE SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY LIBERTYVILLE TOWARDS VERNON HILLS. BUT HOW THOSE AREAS NEED TO BE INSIDE BECAUSE IS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR YOU UNTIL 07:00PM ONLINE. WE SAW WIND GUSTS OF ABOUT 50 MILES PER HOUR. CRYSTAL LAKE IS AT LINE MOVE THROUGH. CERTAINLY IT'S SUB SEVERE WINDS OF 30 MILES PER HOUR HERE, WGN TV. WE HAVEN'T SEEN WINDS AS STRONG. HERE'S HOW THINGS LOOK FROM THE CITY OF WOODSTOCK A MOMENT AGO. SOME SUNSHINE AND YOU CAN SEE THE CELL AS IT MOVED THROUGH. THERE. IT DID BRING SOME RAIN, NOT SO MUCH. THE WINDS THERE TOWARDS CRYSTAL LAKE. YOU CAN KIND OF MAKE OUT THAT THE VISIBILITY TO MINUTES IN A BIG WAY. AND WE HAD AS THAT STORM MOVED THROUGH AGAIN. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THAT AREA. HERE'S HOW THINGS LOOK FOR US. THIS IS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT INCLUDES NILES, GLENVIEW, EVANSTON THOSE AREAS RIGHT ALONG THE NORTH SHORE AREAS NORTH OF CHICAGO TILL 7.15. LET'S GO TO THE RADAR AND ON THE SATELLITE RADAR COMPOSITE, WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF LIGHTNING. WE'RE TALKING HIGH DEW POINT. TEMPERATURES. IT'S LOT OF MOISTURE OUT THERE. THERE'S A LOT OF ENERGY FOR A STORM LIKE THIS TO CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH. THIS ONE IS LOOKING LIKE A VERY PREVALENT HAIL MAKER AND IT CONTINUES TO MOVE RIGHT UP ALONG THAT COOK COUNTY, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY LAKE COOK ROAD IS THE THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THIS THING. LAKE COOK ROAD, EXCUSE ME. AND AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THIS LINE AS IT MOVES RIGHT UP ALONG 94 GOING CERTAINLY BRING US A RUSH HOUR SHUTDOWN THERE. 2 AREAS WHERE I'D EXPECT TO SEE SOME STRONGER WINDS RIGHT UP HERE RIGHT UP ALONG THAT LINE IS JUST NORTH OF THE DEERFIELD AREA. AND THEN AS YOU GO BACK TOWARDS LAKE ZURICH, THERE'S ANOTHER LINE THAT WILL POTENTIALLY BRING SOME STRONG WINDS THERE CONTINUES TO PRESS TOWARDS THE EAST SHOULD BE TOWARDS HIGHLAND PARK. SO THEN ON THE LAKE BY ABOUT 6.45 JOURNEY A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF THAT AND WAUKEGAN. IT'S MOST LIKELY ON YOU RIGHT NOW AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE HAIL CORE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS. CERTAINLY SOME HAIL MOVING THROUGH HERE. GOLF BALL-SIZED HAIL REPORT A MOMENT AGO AND MCHENRY COUNTY AND AGAIN THERE TO HELP COURSE, AS I MENTIONED, ONE, WHICH IS MOVING THROUGH MUNDELEIN RIGHT UP ALONG THE BORDER LINE, I'D SAY BETWEEN THE TOWER IN LAKE FOREST THERE. HALAS HALL WHERE THE BEARS PRACTICE. AND THEN AS WE LOOK DOWN TO THE SOUTHWEST, SOUTHWESTERN EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN LAKE COUNTY THAT MAY MOVE COOK COUNTY AND COULD SOME OF THOSE AREAS LINCOLNSHIRE THOSE REGIONS VERY SOON. TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE HEAT INDICES. HIGHLAND, INDIANA GOT UP TO ONE. 25 TODAY, AIR FORCE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL ON THE SOUTH SIDE 102, SYCAMORE ONE-ON-ONE AND STREET OR ONE. 19, DANGEROUS HEAT FOR US. AND OF COURSE WE GOT TONIGHT. WE ALMOST GOT TO 100, 90 DEGREE DAYS FOR O'HARE AT 19, AVERAGE IS 17. SO WE ALREADY KNOW MORE THAN NORMAL FOR THIS YEAR. MIDWAY IS EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE. TYPICALLY FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR. BUT ANOTHER ONE MAY COME OUR WAY AS WE GET INTO TOMORROW. TODAY'S HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 99. O'HARE MIDWAY GOT TONIGHT. I ALSO AT THE LAKEFRONT 94 THIS AFTERNOON ABOUT THIS, THOUGH, A TYPICAL HIGH WOULD BE 81 DEGREES. WE GOT TO 78 FOR A LOW TEMPERATURE THIS MORNING. SO START OFF THE MORNING. VERY CLOSE TO OUR TYPICAL HIGH. HERE'S HOW THINGS LOOK FOR US TODAY. SAINT CHARLES AND CHARLES IN EVERGREEN PARK OUT ONE OF 2 LAKE FOREST, 92. AND AGAIN, IF YOU'RE IN LAKE FOREST, THAT STORM IS JUST OUT TO YOUR WEST SHOULD BE ON YOU SOON. YOU ARE UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING RIGHT NOW. MODERATE LEVELS OF RAGWEED WEEZER AT THE HIGH-LEVEL MODES OF THE HIGH LEVEL. ALSO AND IN TERMS OF SUNSHINE, 87% POTENTIAL SUNSHINE THIS MONTH, OF COURSE, SUNDAY THAN NORMAL, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO SEE CELL THAT'S MOVING THROUGH PORTIONS OF NORTHERN COOK COUNTY, WHERE HAVE STEERING IN FROM THE SOUTH OF THE FLIP SIDE OF DOWNTOWN, THE CURRENT TEMPERATURE AT O'HARE DOWN A 97. WE'VE GOT TO 99 WERE THERE FOR OVER AN HOUR. PROBABLY GOT TO 100, AT LEAST FOR A MOMENT DURING THAT HOUR. BUT YOU TO 5 MINUTE SPAN, WE HOLD THE SAME TEMPERATURE. I THINK THE LAKE BREEZE CAME IN JUST IN TIME AND KEPT US. I'M GETTING TO 100 IF WE DID THAT, THERE WILL BE ONLY OUR SECOND TIME GETTING TO 100 SINCE 2012, 12 YEARS. IT'S ONLY HAPPENED ONCE THAT WAS LAST ALL RIGHT. SO 83 RIGHT NOW WAUKEGAN, RAIN COOLED IN MCHENRY. 72 INTO CHICAGO AT 82 AND MIDWAY READING AT 96 AS YOUR CURRENT DEW POINT, TEMPERATURES THEIR WAY UP THERE THAT YOU CAN KIND OF GUESS WHY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. HEAT INDICES ARE QUITE HIGH. STILL ONE 11 FOR JOLIET AND 108, RIGHT NOW KANKAKEE AND THE WIND ONCE AGAIN, QUITE SIGNIFICANT NORTH, BUT NOT ACROSS THE REST OF THE REGION. THERE ARE ONLY ABOUT 5 TO 10 MILES PER HOUR. HERE'S THE GOOD NEWS. WE'RE GOING TO BEAT THIS HEAT AS WE MOVE THROUGH TONIGHT. TONIGHT'S LOW TEMPERATURES, 74 A WARMER THAN NORMAL BY ABOUT 10 DEGREES. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 11:00PM. AND FOR TOMORROW UP TO 88 DEGREES, YOU KNOW, CALLING THAT A COOLDOWN STILL WARM. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET 90 IN SOME PARTS OF OUR REGION, THOUGH. AND THURSDAY'S HIGH TEMPERATURE. 87 STILL CAN'T RULE OUT A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM. HERE'S THE 7 DAY FORECAST FRIDAY. 84 11 SATURDAY AND SUNDAY HIGHS CLIMB INTO THE LOW 80'S. AND FOR MONDAY, LABOR DAY, WE 75 UP TO NOW USE