Umbrella will almost invariable accessory for all Chicagoans and visitors to the city this week, which promises to be rainy. However, in one of the hot and humid summer days that someday will come, we still recall that rainy time can be beautiful and desirable. Even though in the coming days, no exceptions not to do, when the sun will emerge from behind the clouds and dries the puddles on the pavement.
Today, Monday, may 1, will not spring-cool and windy. In the sky of hopeless clouds, rain. The air warms up to 56°F (13°C) during the day, at night is noticeably colder to 41°F (5°C). From the South-West the wind blows, the speed of which sometimes exceeds 40 mph. Although it is unlikely to scare the residents of the windy City.
Tuesday will be one of those days-exception, when the umbrella can be left at home despite the overcast sky. The West wind will calm to 25 mph, and the temperature will drop to 51°F (11°C) during the day and 39°F (4°C) at night.
On Wednesday the sun will come out, but you should not rely on clear sky. A bit warmer: up to 57°F (14°C) day and 42°F (6°C) at night. Apparently, the wind will be tired after the intensive «work» on Monday and Tuesday, and therefore its speed will be reduced to 10 miles per hour.
But on Thursday everything will be back to normal, after all, weather forecasters are predicting morning rain storm, which soon will change to partly cloudy and wind gusts to 20 mph. The temperature is expected to be the same as was on Wednesday.
A similar scenario with a rainy morning and evening, rain again on Friday. Closer to the night will subside and the wind to 25 mph, although another day it can reach speeds of 35 mph. Slightly colder: up to 54°F (12°C) during the day and 41°F (5°C) to night.
Hope for sun on Saturday is not worth it. On the contrary, probable rain. But overnight the clouds will part and the sky you will see stars. The wind will remain the same, the evening will weaken. The temperature rises to 60°F (16°C) during the day and drops to 40°F (4°C) at night.
Sunday, promise to be solar? Promises, and because forecasters predict that rains will not, and the sky will be quite clear. North wind speed will not exceed 15 mph. Almost unchanged temperature: 59°F (15°C) day and 42°F (6°C) at night.
