CHICAGO (WLS) — The Chicago weather forecast Friday began with heavy fog and contains chances for severe storms.<\/p>\n
ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24\/7. Click here to watch<\/a><\/p>\n A Dense Fog Advisory was in effect for the area until 10 a.m.<\/p>\n There is a ground stop for departures to Chicago Midway International Airport due to foggy conditions. The Federal Aviation Administration said it is expected to last until 11:30 a.m., with a 30-60% probability of extension.<\/p>\n At Chicago O’Hare International Airport, there is a ground delay due to thunderstorms, the FAA said. Delays are averaging 167 minutes.<\/p>\n ABC7 AccuWeather Meteorologist Tracy Butler says there is a chances for rain and strong storms on Friday.<\/p>\n Watch the latest 7-day outlook from the ABC7 Weather team.<\/p>\n Much of the Chicago area is under a Level 1 severe threat, but some south, west and north suburbs are under a Level 2 risk of severe weather.<\/p>\n There is a chance for rain for the far west and northwest parts of the area after 7 a.m. Butler said the rain may hold off in the city until about 10 a.m., but it will still be misty.<\/p>\n A separate line of storms is possible in the mid to late afternoon, with potential to bring large hail and strong winds.<\/p>\n Overnight into early Saturday morning, another line of storms is expected to move through, bringing potential for strong winds.<\/p>\n The rain is expected to end by between 7-8 a.m. and the warmed part of the day with temperatures falling in the afternoon.<\/p>\n Cook County Radar<\/a> | DuPage County Radar<\/a> | Will County Radar<\/a> | Lake County Radar (IL)<\/a> | Kane County Radar<\/a> | Northwest Indiana Radar<\/a> Copyright \u00a9 2026 WLS-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICAGO (WLS) — The Chicago weather forecast Friday began with heavy fog and contains chances for severe storms.…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":636728,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5124],"tags":[271301,960,271300,5462,43200,47801,7123,48923,60933,60932,177982,76962,5386,1818,44458,88948,6395,271299,271298,177985,88953,271297,42692,7160,200318,48927,99290],"class_list":["post-636727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chicago","tag-271301","tag-chicago","tag-chicago-midway-airport","tag-chicago-news","tag-chicago-ohare","tag-chicago-severe-weather","tag-chicago-weather","tag-chicago-weather-forecast","tag-chicago-weather-hourly","tag-chicago-weather-radar","tag-flights-chicago","tag-ground-stop","tag-il","tag-illinois","tag-midway-airport","tag-national-weather-service-chicago","tag-ohare-airport","tag-ohare-delays","tag-ohare-departures","tag-ohare-flights","tag-ohare-ground-stop","tag-tomorrow-weather","tag-weather-chicago","tag-weather-forecast","tag-weather-radar-chicago","tag-weather-today","tag-weather-tomorrow"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=636727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/636728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=636727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=636727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=636727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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