SEVERE WEATHER UPDATES

Despite abundant moisture and favorable parameters, thunderstorms have failed to develop across northern Illinois and the Metropolitan Chicago area this evening. With evening cooling setting in and a wind shift slipping through the area, it appears that the areas chance for any thunderstorms , let alone severe thunderstorms are rapidly fading.  Sunny, cooler and less humid weather will move in for Thursday with highs topping out in the lower 80s with some upper 70s highs along the beaches as winds blow in off the lake.