Chicago weather: More than 200K still without power after Monday's storms
Sunny skies, cooler air bring a picture-perfect day to Chicagoland
Kaitlin Cody has your Chicago weather update!
CHICAGO - Today will be a wonderful day of weather — thank goodness — as Chicagoland continues to recover from severe weather Monday that left behind plenty of damage.
As of 6 a.m. Tuesday, more than 200,000 ComEd customers were still without power.
"We know you are without power and we appreciate your patience as crews work to restore your power," ComEd said in a statement on their website. "Based on the history of similar storms of this size, we expect 80% of interruptions to be restored by Wednesday at noon, and the vast majority of remaining customers to be restored by 10pm on Friday."
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The most severe damage was reported in Chicago Heights, Maywood, Crestwood, Bolingbrook, University Park, Glenbard, Libertyville and on Chicago's South Side, according to ComEd.
Tuesday in Chicago
We have mostly sunny skies and highs around 80 this afternoon. There is a beach hazard in effect for all beaches due to waves up to about 11 feet possible. The wind will be out of the northeast, gusting to about 25 mph at times.
Storm threat later this week
What's next:
Tomorrow will be sunny with highs in the mid 80s. Thursday, we crank up the heat to the upper 80s under sunshine.
On Friday, the chance for rain is back in the afternoon and night. Highs will be in the low to mid 80s.
Saturday will be mostly cloudy with a chance for PM storms. Highs will be around 80.
Sunday is mostly sunny with highs in the low 80s. Starting next week, we have highs in the mid to upper 80s with sunshine Monday and Tuesday.
The Source: The information in this forecast came from FOX Chicago's Kaitlin Cody.