After highs in the 70s Thursday afternoon, Chicago is in for a cool down throughout the weekend.
Friday afternoon will bring a high of only 50 degrees with scattered clouds, before dropping down to the high 30s at night.
Saturday may creep down into the high 40s with even more clouds. The nighttime will bring temperatures to the high 30s.
Both days will be breezy, so those spending time outdoors should consider a light jacket. Precipitation is unlikely.
NOAA released its 2013 Atlantic Hurricane Season Forecast Thursday, predicting another active season.
This holiday weekend, a rare astronomical phenomenon will occur that will not be seen again until October 2015.
San Antonio is getting hit by heavy thunderstorms on Friday afternoon and evening.
A few days after a chilly storm departs the Northeast, warm weather will make a strong comeback in parts of the Midwest and the East later next week.
Severe weather and drenching downpours will affect parts of the Plains and Midwest over the Memorial Day Weekend.
"This pup was literally singing when he saw his family," Michelle Karolicki, relocation program manager of the Central Oklahoma Humane Society, said about a reunion that took place on Thursday.
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Newton, NJ (1925)
96 degrees on the 23rd; 39 degrees on the morning
of the 24th.
West Coast (1982)
Heat wave:
San Francisco, CA 91 degrees, (new record;
previous record 79 in 1975)
San Jose, CA 84 degrees
Portland, OR 85 degrees (tied record)
Philadelphia, PA (1992)
A dramatic cold frontal passage. Early afternoon
temperature over 80 degrees fell to a late-day
reading in the 40s.
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