Flooding Threat Continues in Portions of Texas; Poor Air Quality in the Great Lakes through the Mid-Atlantic
Widespread life-threatening flash and urban flooding continues in south-central Texas, with considerable flooding impacts possible across central Texas. Wildfire smoke is impacting air quality across much of the Great Lakes region into southern New England and the Mid-Atlantic. Monsoonal thunderstorms may produce isolated to scattered flash flooding across the Southwest into the Great Basin. Read More >
| NWS Forecast for: Wilmette Harbor to Northerly Island IL (LMZ741) Issued by: National Weather Service Chicago, IL Last Update: 849 PM CDT Fri Jul 17 2026 |  |
| Rest Of Tonight: Southwest winds 10 to 15 kt. Partly cloudy early, then becoming mostly clear. Waves 1 to 3 ft. Saturday: West winds 10 to 20 kt becoming north 15 to 25 kt late. Patchy smoke late in the afternoon. Showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Waves 1 to 2 ft building to 2 to 4 ft late. Saturday Night: Northeast winds 15 to 25 kt diminishing to 10 to 20 kt. Areas of smoke. Waves 3 to 6 ft occasionally to 8 ft. Sunday: East winds around 10 kt. Patchy smoke in the morning. Waves 3 to 5 ft subsiding to 2 to 4 ft. | |
| Zone Forecast: Wilmette Harbor to Northerly Island IL (LMZ741) | |
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