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Early
morning nor'easter pushes heat advisory out of area
Central
Illinois finally spared from major storm
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[August 05, 2008]
Area residents can look for
another hot day Tuesday, but nothing like Monday, when the heat
index at the Logan County Airport hit 105 degrees. |
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A strong northeast wind at 20 to 25 mph pushed into the area at dawn
and shoved the heat advisory south of a line from Quincy to Terre
Haute, Ind., with excessive heat warnings staying primarily south of
Vandalia. Temperatures are still expected to reach 90 degrees, but
the outlook for the remainder of the week shows more seasonable
temperatures, with a weekend outlook of highs in the upper 70s to
low 80s. A 50 percent chance of thunderstorms will be possible
Tuesday, with some possibly intermittently heavy rains, but we
finally missed one of this summer's continuous thunderstorms.
The line of early evening storms that spared central Illinois hit
the state primarily north of Interstate 80 with damaging winds and
heavy rains. It is reported that upwards of 200,000 northeastern
Illinois homes and businesses are without power this morning.
Lightning, coupled with high winds and driving rains, caused
Wrigley Field officials at the Cubs-Astros game to evacuate the
stadium.
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