Here's a National Weather Service animated "SIMULATED RADAR" forecast---what amounts to a animated display of what weather radars will be showing based on moisture fields predicted through the atmosphere Saturday by the high resolution HRRR4 model. The animation runs through 9pm CDT Saturday evening. Waves of showers--with the eventual arrival of lightning bearing t-storms---will be sweeping the greater Chicago metro area today. Widespread 0.60" to 1.40" rainfalls are likely---but in areas in wh

1-5 PM RADAR LOOP: There is widespread rain from the Oklahoma panhandle to Wisconsin with developing strong to severe storms from Kansas City to the Gulf Coast, follow weather.gov for the latest forecast, watches and warnings this evening. | U.S. National Weather Service (NWS)