WGN Weather Center BlogWGN-TV Chief Meteorologist Tom Skilling and the WGN Weather Center staff provide daily coverage of weather in the Chicago area.Water from Salt Creek in the Elmhurst Stone Quarry- September 16, 2008 Tom Janito from Oswego sent us this photo of the Elmhurst Stone Quarry. Tom tell us: "Here is a picture of the east lobe of the Elmhurst Stone Quarry, they have been pumping water into the quarry from Salt Creek. I gues the water my be 150' deep so far" Photo courtesy Tom Janita, Oswego, Illinoishttp://blogs.trb.com/news/weather/weblog/wgnweather/2008/09/water_from_salt_creek_in_the_e... Flood photos from Des Plaines- September 16, 2008 George Hamilton from DesPlaines sent us these photos of the flooding on Oakton Street in Des Plaines Photos courtesy of George Hamilton, Des Plaines, Illinoishttp://blogs.trb.com/news/weather/weblog/wgnweather/2008/09/flood_photos_from_des_plaines.... Before the Forecast- September 16, 2008 Thanks for joining us for this Monday edition of Before the Forecast! Today was the premiere of the WGN's Evening News at 5:30, which includes Tom's evening forecast! If you missed it, you can catch it on the wgntv.com website under "Evening News," and thanks for watching Before the Forecast tonight! Some big weather news tonight: Big rains are scheduled for tonight and tomorrow in Chicagoland, but the big story is the possibly catastrophic Hurricane Ike, which is moving closer and closer..http://blogs.trb.com/news/weather/weblog/wgnweather/2008/09/before_the_forecast_40.html Northwest suburban Streamwood hit hard by flood waters- September 15, 2008 Check these photos out. They come to us from Roxie and Dave who report their rain gauge collected 7.50. Amazing shotsMANY THANKS Roxie and Dave! -Tom Skilling Photos courtesy of Roxie and Dave in Streamwoodhttp://blogs.trb.com/news/weather/weblog/wgnweather/2008/09/northwest_suburban_stream_hit.... Our observer Patrick Skach in Oak Brook sends us this photo of a chipmunk staying our the rain Sunday!- September 15, 2008 Patrick Skach, who always keeps us wonderfully up to date on the meteorological happenings in Oak Brook, relays this photo of a chipmunk he photographed Sunday hiding from then rain in the wheel well of a car. Looks like this is one fella who actually succeeded in staying dry over our record rainy weekend! THANKS Patrick! Great shot! Tom Skilling Photo courtesy of Patrick Skach, Oak Brook, Illinoishttp://blogs.trb.com/news/weather/weblog/wgnweather/2008/09/our_observer_patrick_skach_in.... |