Friday is forecast to be very warm with highs well into the 70s and potentially as high as 80 with wind gusts up to 45 miles-per-hour, ABC7 Accuweather Meteorologist Tracy Butler said. Butler says the severe storms will start moving into the area around 10 p.m. and move out around 3 a.m.

A windy and warmer day across Chicago as a storm threat develops after dark. Highs reach the upper 70s and lower 80s with the coolest readings along the lakefront. The record today at Chicago O'Hare is 81° in 2012.