Cold night ahead with wind chills below zero in some areas
Temps will continue to fall as the chilly northwest wind pulls in a colder air mass.
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Temps will continue to fall as the chilly northwest wind pulls in a colder air mass.
The polar vortex is an ever-present, large area of low-pressure and frigid air surrounding the Earth's poles.
A weather alert took effect Wednesday evening for snow squalls that may bring damaging winds, low visibility, and slick roadways on your evening commute
Wind chill is not a true temperature, but it allows us to understand how heat is lost due to the wind.
Helene made landfall in Florida, and its remnants will impact the Chicago area on Friday. Wind gusts up to 40 miles per hour are possible Friday with highs in the upper 70s.
According to CBS 2 Meteorologist Mary Kay Kleist, showers fight the dry air mass Saturday evening. Eventually, through the night rain makes it to the surface. The cold front will cross our area with showers likely Sunday and a 20-degree drop in temperatures.
Clouds are back with some breaks for sunshine at times. Highs again reach the 40s but 30s lakeshore.
According to CBS 2 Chief Meteorologist Albert Ramon, a breezy southwest wind will increase temperatures overnight, as we go from low 20s at midnight to near 30 degrees by sunrise Saturday
According to CBS 2 Chief Meteorologist Albert Ramon, overnight temperatures will fall to the mid 30s with increasing clouds by sunrise Tuesday.
Rain tapers off with fog and drizzle for much of the morning, some dense.
Repeatedly in Lake Forest Wednesday, very light waves of snow would pick up significantly throughout day. Thus, as fast as crews went in to plow, the roads got blanketed again in a matter of minutes.
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