Dangerous heat with “stifling” humidity and the chance for strong to severe storms are in the Chicago forecast Tuesday for the start of meteorological fall.
“First day of September feeling like the middle of summer,” NBC 5 Storm Team Meteorologist Iisha Scott said.
Starting at 12 p.m., a heat advisory will go into effect for all of northeastern Illinois and northwest Indiana, with heat index values between 100 and 110 degrees expected. The hottest readings, the National Weather Service said, will be in Dixon, Joliet, Kankakee, Paxton, Pontiac and Watseka…