Chilly temps before weekend warmup in Chicago
Mainly dry weather is in the forecast this weekend along with southwest winds that lead to a significant warming trend.
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Mainly dry weather is in the forecast this weekend along with southwest winds that lead to a significant warming trend.
Chief Meteorologist Albert Ramon has your 10 p.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024.
Chief Meteorologist Albert Ramon has your 5 p.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024.
Meteorologist Mary Kay Kleist has your 10 p.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024.
Meteorologist Mary Kay Kleist has your 5 p.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024.
Chief Meteorologist Albert Ramon has your 10 p.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Monday, Dec. 2, 2024.
Chief Meteorologist Albert Ramon has your 5 p.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Monday, Dec. 2, 2024.
Wind chill is not a true temperature, but it allows us to understand how heat is lost due to the wind. Meteorologist Kylee Miller has a crash course for us in how it all works.
Overnight lows will drop back into the teens, feeling like the single digits at times.
Meteorologist Kylee Miller has your 10 p.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024.
Meteorologist Kylee Miller has your 5:30 p.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024.
Highs will only top out in the middle to upper 20s, but tacking on a northwesterly wind today sustained at 10 to 15 mph, wind chill values will range from 10 to 20 degrees.
We are tracking a very brief warm-up to near-normal temperatures Wednesday before another cold snap blows in.
Temperatures drop back down into the teens for lows tonight, and wind chills will be near 0.
No relief is in sight with our bone-chilling temperatures. Highs will remain near freezing as we start the new week, with a rain/snow mix possible on Wednesday.
Unseasonably cold weather continues to blow our way from Canada, with little changing in the temperature department until a brief "warm-up" next Wednesday.
Early morning clouds and flurries depart to give way to some afternoon sunshine.
Gusty West breezes top 35, giving way to wind chill values in the teens during the daytime.
After Chicago's coldest Thanksgiving Day in 10 years, temperatures get even colder through the holiday weekend.
Meteorologist David Yeomans has your 10 p.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024.
Meteorologist David Yeomans has your 5 p.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024.
Morning Turkey Trots will be brisk, with wind chills in the 20s.
The skies will clear for afternoon sunshine, with temps moving through the 30s
Meteorologist David Yeomans has your 10 p.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024.
Meteorologist David Yeomans has your 5 p.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024.
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