By Meteorologist Tom Skilling
With widespread freezing temperatures across the Chicago metro area, Friday's official low temperature reading at the O'Hare observation site should bottom out well below 32 degrees --- marking the first time readings there have dropped below that mark since April 1st. It also marks the latest in the season the first 32-degree temperature has been observed at that site since it was established in 1959.
Warm-up begins
After clouds and snow flurries held Thursday's high temperatures in the lower 40s, abundant sunshine and southerly breezes will start Chicago back on the road to a warming trend Friday. Southerly flow should continue into the weekend with a gradual increase in cloudiness---the only thing holding temperatures back from reaching the 60-degree mark Saturday and Sunday.
Showers could occur either side of a cold front projected to pass through the area later Sunday. Temperatures could moderate a little next week, but with the core of a west to east-flowing upper level jet stream just to our north, readings should still average close to or slightly above normal.
With widespread freezing temperatures across the Chicago metro area, Friday's official low temperature reading at the O'Hare observation site should bottom out well below 32 degrees --- marking the first time readings there have dropped below that mark since April 1st. It also marks the latest in the season the first 32-degree temperature has been observed at that site since it was established in 1959.
Warm-up begins
After clouds and snow flurries held Thursday's high temperatures in the lower 40s, abundant sunshine and southerly breezes will start Chicago back on the road to a warming trend Friday. Southerly flow should continue into the weekend with a gradual increase in cloudiness---the only thing holding temperatures back from reaching the 60-degree mark Saturday and Sunday.
Showers could occur either side of a cold front projected to pass through the area later Sunday. Temperatures could moderate a little next week, but with the core of a west to east-flowing upper level jet stream just to our north, readings should still average close to or slightly above normal.
