Bitter blast to return to Chicago later this week
Meteorologist Mary Kay Kleist has your 10 p.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024.
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Meteorologist Mary Kay Kleist has your 10 p.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024.
Meteorologist Mary Kay Kleist has your 5:30 p.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024.
Scattered rain showers arrive around midnight for NW Indiana. In the city, expect mainly sprinkles and drizzle as the wave of rain favors areas east of Chicago.
Spotty rain showers are expected late Sunday night.
Saturday's afternoon highs will top out in the middle 40s.
Saturday's high temperatures during the afternoon will top out in the middle 40s.
CBS News Chicago chief meteorologist Albert Ramon has the latest 7-day forecast.
CBS News Chicago chief meteorologist Albert Ramon has the latest 7-day forecast.
Chief Meteorologist Albert Ramon has your 10 p.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024.
Chief Meteorologist Albert Ramon has your 10 p.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024.
Winds will relax a bit Thursday night but remain breezy enough to keep wind chills in the single digits Friday morning with air temperatures in the 10s.
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.
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Officers were pursuing the driver for hitting several Chicago police vehicles.
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Chief Meteorologist Albert Ramon has your 10 p.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2025.
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