CHICAGO - Another stunning day in the books! Today was mostly sunny to partly cloudy with highs in the mid 80s. Chicago's average high temperature for early August sits at 84 degrees. Clouds will be on the increase tonight with lows near 70 degrees.

Keep the umbrella handy. Heavy rain is on the way for Chicagoland.

Officials urged residents to avoid flooded roadways and continue monitoring conditions as rain moves out of the area.

A severe weather outbreak in the Chicago area has left tens of thousands of customers without power across the region.

Highs should stay in the low to mid-70s with cloudy and breezy conditions. There may be a slight chance of rain, but the rain should be moving out this morning. Wind gusts should reach 15 to 20 mph, with them getting as high as 25 mph.