Chicago weather: Weekend warmup follows heavy rain

CHICAGO - Heavy rain tore through parts of Chicagoland on Friday, leading to a Flood Warning that expired at 6 p.m.

Flooding areas

Some locations that may have experienced flooding include:

• Chicago
• Arlington Heights
• Evanston
• Schaumburg
• Palatine
• Skokie
• Des Plaines
• Mount Prospect
• Hoffman Estates
• Glenview
• Buffalo Grove
• Bartlett
• Streamwood
• Hanover Park
• Wheeling
• Park Ridge
• Northbrook
• Elk Grove Village
• Niles
• Highland Park

Chicago Weather

Future Forecast:

Looking ahead, the weekend will bring more pleasant weather.

Saturday will feature mostly cloudy skies with highs in the upper 30s. Sunday, however, will be much warmer, with highs potentially reaching 50 degrees—just shy of the 52-degree record high for the date.

There is a slight chance of precipitation on Sunday morning near the Wisconsin border.

As the workweek begins, temperatures will drop back to the 30s and low 40s, with mostly cloudy conditions.

Precipitation is expected to return by Wednesday and Thursday.