The mercury will be on the rebound early this holiday week as southerly winds usher in milder air. Monday and Tuesday look to be the mildest with highs near 60º, but conditions will deteriorate as a storm system spreads rain into Chicago by late Tuesday. Temperatures will take a plunge Tuesday night as winds shift into the north, and by Wednesday a cold rain may mix with or change to wet snow.
Thanksgiving Day promises to be cold with highs only around freezing. There could be some lingering morning snow flurries before sunshine returns in the afternoon.
The recent chill that brought Chicago its coldest weather of the season has penetrated south to Florida. Temps dropped into the upper 20s at Tallahassee and Gainesville (both 28º) and the 34º low at the Panhandle city of Apalachicola established a new record for the day. Even areas as far south as Naples (50º) experienced the chill.
--By Steve Kahn, WGN Weather Center Meteorologist
