As snow flurries end this morning in the wake of low pressure departing to the east, another strengthening low pressure system in the northern Plains is headed this way and forecast to give northern Illinois more snow later Saturday night and Sunday.
Temperatures will be slowly trending lower with succeeding fast-moving low pressure systems next Monday and Wednesday. Frigid arctic air will follow a strong cold front next Wednesday and dominate the remainder of the week.
Unusual January severe weather broke out along the mid-Gulf Coast Thursday. By Thursday evening, five people were injured and extensive property damage was reported after 17 tornadoes hit Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana). To top it off, three tornado touchdowns occurred in the southwest corner of Washington in Clark County. The nation's tornado total thus far this January is more than triple that recorded as of this date last year (87 vs. 27).
--By Paul Dailey, WGN Weather Center Meteorologist
WGN-TV Chief Meteorologist Tom Skilling and the WGN Weather Center staff provide daily coverage of weather in the Chicago area.
