Post-Tropical Cyclone Helene’s remnants traversed to the southern Midwest Friday

Friday’s peak wind gusts reached 40 mph at both airports. 

Clouds dominate this weekend with periodic mostly light showers and fairly gusty winds which will continue to make for an angry Lake Michigan

Chicago’s rain chances: Model snapshot at various times. 

Helene produces gargantuan rainfalls across a large area producing catastrophic flooding

Rainfall totals thru Friday afternoon (note rain was still falling in many areas) 

Storm surge heights from Hurricane Helene establish all-time records at each of these locations

Strongest wind gusts associated with Hurricane Helene across Florida

Staggering rainfall tallies observed from Helene—including the Atlanta metro area where more than 11” of rain has fallen since Wednesday.