Good afternoon, Chicago.
If you’re reading this, hold onto your hat (and umbrella and/or small dog), because it’s windy. After waves of scattered showers, next up are wind gusts up to 30 to 35 mph, according to the National Weather Service.
“It certainly looks and feels like fall out there today,” meteorologist Brett Borchardt said. “By dinnertime, we’re expecting it to be dry.”
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