Chicago area rainfall totals, outlook, and November’s cloudy days

Beneficial Wednesday night/Thursday rainfall for the area that is currently in moderate to severe drought (new update coming on Thursday from USDA and will post the update tomorrow night)

Total precipitation since September 1st and percentage of normal.

Slow-moving low-pressure system to keep pesky cloud cover hanging around Thursday as rainfall exits by late morning. Wednesday night/Thursday not the last chance for rain in the next week; more meaningful rainfall is likely to arrive early next week in waves. Chicago's rain chances

Total potential QPF (Quantitative Precipitation Forecast) for the next 7 days

November is no stranger to cloudy days—it's Chicago's 2nd cloudiest month of the year on average Ranking Chicago's cloudiest months (normal percent of possible sunshine)

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Potential Tropical Cyclone 19 formed in the Caribbean on Wednesday afternoon and is expected to strengthen into Tropical Storm Sara on Thursday. Hurricane Watches have been posted for parts of Honduras with Tropical Storm Watches in northern Nicaragua. The NHC says Potential Tropical Cyclone 19 will continue to move westward toward the western Caribbean Sea, and Jamaica should see showers and thunderstorms associated with the system throughout the next day.

Do we really have to go through all of this again? This question is on the minds of millions of Floridians as hurricane season again displays the tenacity of the cockroach.

Today on Tracking the Tropics, we'll have the latest on a disturbance in the Caribbean that is likely to form in the coming days. The show streams live at 12:30 p.m. ET on WFLA.com and the WFLA app.

A slug of moisture that impacted the Gulf Coast with Tornado Warnings and flash flooding is expected to cause heavy rainfall across the eastern Carolinas. Expected rainfall totals could approach an inch along the I-40 corridor and 2-4 inches along the Outer Banks. Forecast models show an area of low pressure is expected to develop along the frontal boundary, which will create blustery conditions and erosion issues for beaches from the Tar Heel State into southeastern Virginia.

The Philippines ordered evacuations Wednesday ahead of Typhoon Usagi's arrival, as the UN's disaster office sought $32.9 million in aid for the country after recent storms killed more than 150 people. About 20 big storms and typhoons hit the archipelago nation or its surrounding waters each year, killing scores of people and keeping millions in enduring poverty.

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — It was a windy Tuesday for the Borderland region, but those winds should subside by the time the sun sets, leaving El Paso with cooler temperatures for Wednesday. Wednesday, we'll see a high near 70 and a low around 40. Thursday will be slightly warmer with a high at 75 [...]

(FOX40.COM) — Another round of rain is headed for the Sacramento region to start a multi-day wet weather system. According to radar imagery from the National Weather Service, at 10 a.m. a large rain band will begin crossing Northern California from the Pacific Ocean. The system looks to break up as it moves further inland, [...]

(FOX40.COM) — Tuesday will be the last chance this week for a completely dry and sunny fall day before Sacramento dives back into wet weather, according to the National Weather Service. Starting Wednesday and continuing through Friday, the region is expected to see moderate impacts from scattered thunderstorms and snowfall. On Wednesday, the valley and [...]

Tracking the next round of rain which arrives at the Chicago area late Wednesday/Wed. night. The heaviest rainfall is to occur later Wednesday evening as an area of low-pressure approaches from the west Tracking the precipitation: Wednesday-Thursday Periods of gusty winds ahead the next two days Wednesday will feature east to southeast winds, gusting 25+ [...]

Our rather quiet weather pattern will continue for the rest of this week with only a slight chance of rain on Wednesday. Temperatures will stay warm for this time of year until the end of next week when some of the coolest air of the season arrives.

The National Hurricane Center says there is an 80 percent chance an area of disorganized thunderstorms in the Caribbean has an 80 percent chance of developing into the next tropical depression sometime in the next seven days. If a storm forms and strengthens to a tropical storm, it would be named "Sara."

The National Hurricane Center now has high odds for Invest 99L developing into at least a tropical depression, if not Tropical Storm Sara over the next two days and near certain odds it'll happen within a week.

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) – The risk for severe storm, primarily north and east of New Orleans late this afternoon has gone up since the morning update. SPC has locations including Bogalusa, Biloxi, Hammond, Slidell, and McComb in the newly added LEVEL 2 risk. The threat for tornadic storms will increase as the afternoon progresses for [...]

Tropical Storm Sara is expected by Friday. Models intensify the area into a hurricane and even a major hurricane is possible. Ocean temperatures in the Caribbean are still in the mid-80s. We will have to watch for rapid intensification. Sara would be the 18th named storm and 12th hurricane, and potentially the 6th major hurricane.

Gusty winds are back in SoCal after a bit of a break over the weekend. When describing the wind Tuesday morning in the San Fernando Valley, KTLA 5's Carlos Herrera stated simply: "You can hear it, you can see it and you can feel it." In their area forecast discussion, the National Weather Service stated [...]

Spain's national weather service issued renewed storm warnings for much of the country for Tuesday to Thursday, two weeks after rains and flash floods claimed more than 220 lives, most of them around the eastern city of Valencia. Valencia authorities reduced the number missing to 23 from 32, as they continued searches mainly in the sea and in coastal wetlands using ships, drones and echo-sounding equipment. The official death toll following the October 29 storms now stands at 222. A year's worth