It is often the case that when summer’s tranquil weather gives way to the more vigorous regimes of autumn, the weather contrasts are stunning. Autumn’s arrival this year is true to form.
Nationally, the weather picture features the simultaneous occurrence of a major snowstorm in the Rocky Mountains and High Plains of Colorado, 90° temperatures and high humidity across Florida, a third day of heavy rains along the East Coast and strong Santa Ana winds across southern California. Chicago’s weather, by contrast is pleasantly quiet.
Fifteen inches of wet, slushy snow are burying Denver today. After a record dry September (only 0.15”), Washington, D.C., has had 5-9” of rain in three days, with more still to come. Other coastal cities (Boston, Baltimore and New York) are similarly awash. Miami and Orlando sit in 90° temperatures and sweltering humidity. And 40 m.p.h. Santa Ana winds are forecast for the canyons of southwest California.
WGN-TV Chief Meteorologist Tom Skilling and the WGN Weather Center staff provide daily coverage of weather in the Chicago area.
