Chicago First Alert Weather: Wet to start, clouds for the remainder
Dreary, raw, and wet start the final Friday of the year but that wraps up by mid-day as clouds dominate for the afternoon.
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Dreary, raw, and wet start the final Friday of the year but that wraps up by mid-day as clouds dominate for the afternoon.
Light rain tapers off overnight with lingering showers possibly by Friday morning.
Clouds increase but the rain holds off for another day.
Highs by the final weekend of the year in the upper 30s and lower 40s.
Temperatures will be very mild, with highs in the lower to middle 50s.
The overnight low Sunday night into Monday is 24, with mostly cloudy conditions. The rain begins Christmas morning.
We'll have warm air as those foggy conditions persist to kick off your Christmas Eve plans.
CBS 2 Meteorologist Robb Ellis has the 10 p.m. forecast for Dec. 23, 2023.
Gray skies and wet weather continue into next week. Christmas Day looks very mild but wet.
Gray skies through most of the weekend and next week with rain returning for Christmas Day.
Lake effect snow may set up for La Porte County, Indiana, where a winter weather advisory is in effect on Monday.
No rain, but gray clouds will hang around for the day.
CBS 2 Meteorologist Robb Ellis has the 5 p.m. forecast for Dec. 16, 2023.
Cooler temperatures arrive next week, according to CBS 2 Meteorologist Robb Ellis.
Cloudy skies will wrap up the second half.
CBS 2 Chief Meteorologist Albert Ramon has the 5 p.m. forecast for Dec. 14, 2023.
Lows will be in the low 30s in Chicago, but in the 20s in the suburbs.
We expect a gradual warming trend each day right through the weekend.
Temperatures stay chilly through Wednesday but warm up by the end of the week.
Things cool down for Sunday with 30s for highs, but with feels like temps in the 20s. CBS 2 Meteorologist Robb Ellis has your First Alert forecast
Clouds linger on Sunday but clear skies are expected most of next week.
CBS 2 Meteorologist Robb Ellis has the 6 p.m. forecast for Dec. 9, 2023.
Cloudy skies will linger through Sunday as cooler air continues to pour in. Sunshine returns next week.
cooler and drier weather dominates most of the forecast
CBS 2 Chief Meteorologist Albert Ramon has the 5 p.m. forecast for Dec. 5, 2023.
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