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Skilling: Clear night with breezy, warm for most of week

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:54 GMT

A beautiful open to the new week with easterly lake breezes setting up a huge west to east temp variation amounting to as much as much as 26 degrees. The Chicago area's warmest reported high temps were 90 at Plainfield and Channahon while reading peaked at just 64 degrees at the Wilmette buoy, 68 at the Winthrop Harbor buoy and 68 at Waukegan Harbor and 67 on the lakeshore at Lake Forest. Other lakeside highs included 72 at Calumet Harbor, 69 at the Kenosha light, 74 at Burns Harbor, IN and 77 at Gary, IN.Monday saw 82% of its possible sun and haze was present again, the product in part of smoke aloft off Canadian wildfires.There's a warm week ahead—with hot temps expected this weekend. Lake breezes will temper (i.e. reduce) the warmth each day on area beaches and lakeshore areas.A tightening pressure gradient will strengthen easterly winds Tuesday, Wed and Thursday. Then as the gradient relaxes Friday and over the coming weekend, lake cool will ease and not reach as far inland.The ...

Tropical Storm Bret forms, could become hurricane this week, National Hurricane Center says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:54 GMT

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) - Tropical Depression Three, which formed midway between Africa and the Lesser Antilles Monday, has strengthened to become Tropical Storm Bret according to a 5 p.m. ET update from the National Hurricane Center.Bret, the second named storm of the season, currently has maximum sustained wind speeds near 40 mph and is expected to become a Category 1 hurricane by Wednesday night. It is currently moving west across the Atlantic.Spaghetti models show a wide variety of potential tracks for Bret, however, NHC predicts the tropical storm could pose a hurricane threat to the Lesser Antilles by Thursday and the Dominican Republic and Haiti by the weekend.There is a possibility the storm could turn north or continue west into the Caribbean and threaten the Dominican Republic, Haiti and other islands.(WFLA)“As it continues to get better organized, the models will get a better handle on the system. However, right now, it is too early to say whether it will move into the Caribbe...

Record June heatwave underway with isolated severe thunderstorms

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:54 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- A nearly unprecedented early-summer heatwave intensifies further on Tuesday with daily record high temperatures of 107° expected in Austin and some of the hottest "feels like" temperatures on record. But like previous evenings, isolated severe thunderstorms remain in the forecast each day. BLOG: If June is this hot, what comes in July? Extreme heat continuesSome of the hottest June temperatures on record are expected over the next week or more as a rare early summer heat wave refuses to loosen its grip. A rare Excessive Heat Warning is in effect areawide through 9 p.m. Wednesday for high temperatures over 100° and heat index values as hot as 120°. Though the National Weather Service does not keep official heat index records, our local office believes the heat index record in Austin to be 116° (Aug. 2016), which we tied Monday and may exceed on Tuesday.Excessive Heat Warning in effectThe hottest June air temperature ever recorded in Austin was 109° (2012). We may c...

Texas boy, father killed following lightning strike

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:54 GMT

TEXAS (KXAN) — A six-year-old Texas boy died last week after he and his father were struck by lightning in May, according to reporting from The Dallas Morning News.The father went to pick up his two sons after they were dropped off by a school bus on May 15 in Bosque County, located northwest of Waco. The six-year-old boy was holding hands with his father when the dad was struck by lightning and the current passed through both him and his son. Report: Texas ranks No. 1 in lightning count in 2022 The father was pronounced dead following the lightning strike. After a monthlong stay in the hospital, the son died on Friday.Extended family launched a GoFundMe, which has raised nearly $100,000 from approximately 2,000 donors. "Grayson went to be with our Lord and his father," an update from Friday read in part. "Please pray for the family at this time. Fly high, sweet boy."The National Weather Service reported an average of 20 people die each year from lightning strikes, with hundreds m...

Five who were killed by speeding driver in Minneapolis identified

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:54 GMT

The four women and one teenage girl who were killed when a speeding driver ran a red light Friday night in South Minneapolis have been identified by the Hennepin County Medical examiner’s office.As of Monday afternoon more than $370,000 has been raised to support the families of the five females who were killed. They were identified as:Sabiriin Mohamoud Ali, 17, BloomingtonSiham Adan Odhowa, 19, Minneapolis Sagal Burhaan Hersi, 19, MinneapolisSahra Liban Gesaade, 20, Brooklyn CenterSalma Mohamed Abdikadir, 20, St. Louis ParkAuthorities say the crash occurred about 10:12 p.m. after a speeding SUV on Interstate 35W near 46th Street in Minneapolis raced past a State Patrol trooper. Before the trooper could pull the vehicle over, it had exited and plowed into a car at Lake Street and Second Avenue.The speeding driver fled the scene of the crash and then was arrested. He was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center for a medical evaluation. Homicide detectives are investigating the ...

Minneapolis gay bar drops Bud Light in response to Dylan Mulvaney controversy

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:54 GMT

Bud Light and other Anheuser-Busch beers will no longer be available at the Saloon, the Minneapolis gay bar announced Monday.“Anheuser-Busch had an opportunity to support a marginalized community in a way that few other corporations have attempted, but they abandoned that direction. We view that as unacceptable,” said owner John Moore in a news release. In place of Bud Light, the Saloon is adding beers from local breweries Modist Brewing Co. and Bauhaus Brew Labs.Bud Light came under fire in April after the company sent transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney a can of the beer with her image on it. Mulvaney, who claims more than 12 million followers across her TikTok and Instagram accounts, posted a brief video to Instagram showing the custom-made can: View this post on InstagramA post shared by Dylan Mulvaney (@dylanmulvaney)Soon after, far right commentators like Ben Shapiro and Matt Walsh began calling for a Bud Light boycott. Kid Rock posted a video to Instagram showing himself s...

Lake of the Ozarks swimmer found dead

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:54 GMT

LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. - The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported that a missing swimmer was found dead at the 20-mile mark of the main channel of Lake of the Ozarks.The body of 30-year-old Kendall Henderson of Chicago, Illinois was recovered on Monday, June 19. According to Troop F, the swimmer jumped off a dock to swim on Sunday, June 18 and did not resurface.

Was Sunday's rainfall helpful against the recent drought?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:54 GMT

ST. LOUIS – Sunday’s rain totals varied widely across the region ranging from over three inches in parts of the metro area, to just a few sprinkles in other areas. These wide variations in rainfall amounts will have varying effects on the drought.“The rain that we saw (Sunday) was very localized in terms of heavier amounts. And that’s really the name of the game into the late spring and early summer,” Matt Beitscher, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in St. Louis, said. “We go from more widespread rain events to more localized, what we call, ‘convective rainfall.’”That rain provided some relief to parts of the area, but we’re now playing catch up from our abnormally dry spring. Rain amounts in spring, usually our wettest time of year, were several inches below normal. Search underway for missing submersible that takes people to see Titanic When it comes to drought relief, it not only matters how much rain falls, but where the rain falls.“Unfortunately, a lot of the...

Back-to-back earthquakes shake Southern Colorado

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:54 GMT

Two earthquakes shook towns in Southern Colorado on Monday morning, only five minutes and seven miles apart, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.At 8:13 a.m., the USGS recorded a 3.8 magnitude earthquake near El Moro, a small town in Las Animas County 20 minutes away from the border of Colorado and New Mexico.The USGS recorded a second earthquake just five minutes later. The 4.3 magnitude earthquake hit seven miles north of El Moro near the town of Hoehne.Those in the area of the earthquakes reported weak to light shaking. According to USGS, earthquakes with magnitudes between 3 and 5 are felt by many in the immediate area but do minimal damage.No injuries or damages have been reported as of 3 p.m. Monday, but the Las Animas County Emergency Management team is investigating the area.Related ArticlesCrashes and Disasters | Fatal crash closes portion of East Dry Creek Road in Centennial Crashes and Disasters | Northbound U.S. 85 reopened after Friday mor...

Moose attacks, injures man in Coal Creek Canyon

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:54 GMT

A moose attacked a man walking his dogs on Monday morning in Coal Creek Canyon.The man, in his late 50s, told Colorado Parks and Wildlife that he surprised a cow moose and her calf around a hairpin turn in a trail near Hummingbird Lane, the state agency said in a news release.“The moose charged and knocked the man down, stomping him several times,” wildlife officials stated in the release. The man, who was armed, fired two shots into the ground, scaring away the large mammal. The moose were not hit.The dog-walker was transported to the hospital with injuries not expected to be life-threatening.Related ArticlesOutdoors | Mother moose found dead in Steamboat Springs, young calves brought to wildlife rehabilitation Outdoors | Moose on the loose tranquilized in Longmont, relocated Outdoors | Moose calf, mother reunited after calf was swept away by fast-moving Yampa River Outdoors | Yearling moose spotted in Boulder r...