Chicago weather: Heavy downpours pound northeast Illinois, with rain lasting all day

Plenty of in the Chicago area were waking up to a wet and rainy morning as periods of showers and thunderstorms continue at times Thursday As of a m Live Doppler radar for Illinois presented heavy rain pounding down across counties to the north northwest and west including DeKalb McHenry Lake and Kane Specific areas to the southeast were also seeing downpours including Joliet Braidwood Channahon Manhattan and Morris On the I- tollway in Lake County street lights proved heavy rain hammering the drive The rain could snarl the morning commute for a few NBC traffic reporter Kye Martin commented as it continues to create slick and slippery conditions According to the NBC Storm Gang the rain will continue for the majority of part through the late morning hours with rain to the southeast lifting northward into central Cook County Rain in the morning hours will be perhaps the heaviest NBC Storm Gang meteorologist Alicia Roman announced with showers becoming more spotty through the afternoon The rain would continue on-and-off through the evening Still keeping rain chances pretty much at every time but not everyone will see it Roman stated of the scattered spread Severe weather was not expected Temperatures Thursday will be in the s with a bit of a breeze That s a couple degrees below average for this time of year Roman noted Friday looks to stay mostly dry during the daytime though another wave of rain could move in around p m in counties to the north and west That rain will lift northward overnight Roman reported with a low-end chance of showers continuing through the early Saturday morning hours Temperatures Friday will remain in the s Roman revealed The weekend looks to be cooler with temperatures in the s and s The NBC -day Chicago area forecast indicated warmer and brighter days next week with more dry time and higher temperatures