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Your Morning Wake-Up Call for August 6, 2011

By Chuck Sudo in News on Aug 6, 2011 1:00PM

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These aren't the cloud we're going to get today. (Photo by John Schroeder)

This weekend's forecast is the fly in the chardonnay Alanis Morissette sang about all those years ago. We're getting some rain. Skilling Central says the chances for thunderstorms today are good and will cover a majority of the metropolitan Chicago area. Not one to rely on a sole opinion, we checked with Accuweather. They agree. So does the National Weather Service. The clouds should break a bit this afternoon