Clear and cold Thursday night for Chicago; windy and warmer on Friday
Friday's highs will reach the upper 50s in the city and the low 60s in the south suburbs.
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Friday's highs will reach the upper 50s in the city and the low 60s in the south suburbs.
Wet snow showers will increase after midnight and become widespread overnight.
A line of severe storms triggered multiple tornado warnings in the Chicago area Wednesday afternoon.
Chicago weather Wednesday includes the threat of severe thunderstorms with damaging winds starting around 1 p.m. The south and southwest suburbs also have a tornado risk.
Strong to possibly severe storms move into the area on Wednesday evening.
Tuesday will be mostly cloudy, breezy and warmer.
Clouds gradually clear tonight, with lows dropping in the 20s.
This morning, light snow is possible, with an inch or so of accumulation.
A warm and very windy day ahead, but a cold front brings falling temps.
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A high wind warning is in effect from 7 a.m. to noon on Saturday.
The risk of severe thunderstorms will increase Friday night with an enhanced threat southwest of Chicago between 9 p.m. and 3 a.m., bringing winds of over 70 miles per hour and potential tornadoes.
Friday's warmth gives way to severe storms overnight, then the usual up-and-down temperatures of early spring in the Chicago area in our First Alert Forecast.
An unseasonably warm day, with highs in the upper 70s, gives way to a stormy night as a line of severe thunderstorms races across the Midwest.
A severe weather outbreak could hit the Chicago area Friday night, bringing damaging high winds and the possibility of isolated tornadoes.
A sunny and milder day is ahead on Thursday with highs in the 60s.
From 8 p.m. Friday until 3 a.m. Saturday, expect the strongest to possibly severe storms to roll through.
Partly cloudy skies continue through the week, until we get to late Friday.
A dry cold front will march through the region on Tuesday, creating cooler air and changing the airflow near the lakefront.
This week's highs will be in the 60s, and some areas may reach the 70s for the first time this year.
The week ahead looks great, but a front will bring rain by Friday night/Saturday.
The only downside is losing an hour of sleep as we "spring forward" at 2 a.m.
Rain and snow showers taper off tonight as high pressure moves into our area.
A warming trend begins this weekend.
Wet snow is likely Friday. With temperatures hovering in the middle 30s, rain showers may mix into the picture at times.
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