Strong storm systems will move through Chicago Thursday into the weekend. Here's the forecast.

That includes DeKalb, LaSalle, Cook, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall and Will counties in Illinois, and Jasper, Lake, Newton and Porter counties in northwest Indiana. Scattered rain was expected to last through about 12 p.m., Roman said, with some heavy downpours possible.

Thursday's Chicago White Sox home opener against the Toronto Blue Jays has been postponed due to weather, the team said Wednesday.

A Wind Advisory covers much of the Chicago area from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. CDT on Thursday, April 2, while some nearby counties have advisories starting as early as 10 a.m. Forecast south-southeast winds will run 15 to 30 mph, with gusts up to 45 mph, strong enough to make driving a two-hands-on-the-wheel situation.

Two rounds of storms that brought heavy rain and wind gusts of up to 70 mph blew through the Chicago area on Thursday.