the National Weather Service

The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch beginning Friday afternoon.

More storms are expected Friday and Saturday, too.

The city will be a lot cooler than it normally is this time of year.

Pack your sweatbands if you're heading outside.

It won't be humid, either.

It should be a "fairly quiet" day in terms of weather, a meteorologist said.

The city shouldn't get a lot of rain, and it will be cooler than normal for this time of year.

The storms were "quickly moving" throughout the city.

Belvidere got the hail seen above. Chicago is under a severe thunderstorm watch and warning.

Well, it was on Monday, anyway.

There's a chance of rain Friday, but the rest of the weekend should be dry and warm.

Montrose Beach, North Avenue Beach and others had swim advisories in place.

The city should hit the mid-80s this weekend.

The National Weather Service is warning people to stay out of the water at Chicago beaches.

For most of this weekend, it'll be cool, rainy and cloudy. What else is new?