Latest Forecast with Chief Meteorologist Mike LaPoint

Pleasant weather is expected Thursday and Friday with highs in the upper 60s to mid 70s, plenty of sunshine, and low humidity levels. Pleasant weather will continue into the upcoming weekend with a brief warm up. Rain chances return early next week with a cold front.

Looking ahead, confidence is increasing in a strong cold front entering the region and bringing below normal temperatures (40-60% chance). For rural locations, there's currently a 10-30% chance of freezing temperatures in the Nov 20th-22nd time-frame.

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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.

Peoria, Ill. (WMBD) — It has been a warm start to November in Central Illinois, and while this warmth is expected to continue through the weekend, big changes are on the horizon next week as our first push of winter-like air reaches the area. The pattern change will begin early next week as a deepening [...]

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center began advisories Wednesday on a system it forecasts to become the season's next tropical depression or storm. Long-range forecast models predict it will intensify into a hurricane and threaten Florida by the middle of next week. As of 4 p.m. Eastern time what the NHC is calling Potential Tropical Cyclone Nineteen was located about 460 miles east of ...

San Diego River Park Foundation and the City of San Diego have cleared out an encampment near SeaWorld Drive to ensure those living there had somewhere to go before it was cleared. Though the outreach was covered by the grant, the city would ultimately foot the bill for the cleanup of more than 155,000 pounds of trash.

The National Hurricane Center on Monday increased its forecast odds a Caribbean system will develop into the season's next tropical depression or storm. As of its 7 p.m. EST tropical outlook, the NHC said an area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms to the south of Hispaniola over the central Caribbean Sea was associated with a tropical wave. "Environmental conditions appear conducive for ...

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 [...]

An update shows that the Jennings Creek wildfire has burned 5,000 acres of land on the New Jersey and New York border amid drought conditions. CBS News reported that officials have confirmed they have contained 20% of the flames spread across thousands of acres of land in NJ and NY. Other sources state that the [...] The post New Jersey Wildfire Map Shows How Far the Flames Have Spread appeared first on Mandatory.

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+ [...]