The heat wave continues but unlike the past few days that had drier air, the humidity is back and the sun and heat are the match to spark scattered thunderstorms along with a couple low pressure systems in the area surface and aloft.

A few of the storms this afternoon have caused wind damage with trees down and hail up to the size of a half dollar in the far North Suburbs.

This pattern is expected to continue through the week but at least the increased cloud cover will drop temperatures a little after we reached 14 strait days of a high of 90 or above and 10 of 95 degree or higher days in a row, ranking 6th place on record.

Hit and miss storms, some heavy or severe through the week into the weekend but with plenty of dry areas and dry hours in between.

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