Chicago weather: Lake-effect showers possible before weekend warmup

Happy Friday. It is 114. Temperatures are ranging in the upper 30s to low 40s. We have mostly cloudy skies and we still have some lake effect rain showers coming down, especially in northwest Indiana. So temperatures, as mentioned, around the area ranging most of us in the 40s. It is 42 degrees at the lakefront, 43 at O'Hare and 42 at Midway. Our satellite and radar loop does show how the rain is still coming down, especially in northwest Indiana. Focus really in Lake and Porter County for the most part, although I will say even in Chicago we We have the chance for. Some rain showers through the day today. Let's take a look at our future cast and you can see the widely scattered wet weather, this lake effect rain and even some snow mixing in. The potential for rain is going to be moving out though on Saturday and actually Saturday sunshine is going to return for all of us starting early in the day for Chicago, but some clouds may linger in northwest Indiana even into the afternoon hours on Saturday. Then on Sunday, we all get sunshine again. It's going to be a quiet day and a quiet weekend for the most part. But the temperatures, they are going to be cool. So for today, temperatures are going to be ranging in the 40s. As mentioned, we have a bit of a gusty breeze too. So winds have been up to about 20 to 30 miles per hour. And I do expect those 20 to 25 mile per hour wind gusts to remain possible through the day today. Tonight dropping down to around freezing. Tomorrow temperatures are going to be in the upper 40s, but then as mentioned, we have sunshine on the way this weekend. So that's the good news, the silver lining. Next week, more mild weather is going to return. 51 degrees expected Monday, Tuesday 54, then back to the upper 50s and low 60s by Wednesday and Thursday of next week. And sunshine will be back too. I hope you have a wonderful weekend.