It's not pretty -- but it could be worse. Thanksgiving 2009 dawns with the Chicago area beneath a heavy overcast. The atmosphere has cooled overnight with computer models predicting the freezing temperatures, which began 2,500 feet above street level Wednesday evening, are likely to lower to 800 feet by daybreak. That's a level which would be low enough to allow at least a few wet snowflakes to reach the ground at some locations the first hours of Thursday morning.
Thanksgiving's high temperature is expected to hover between the mid-30s and 40 degrees -- the chilliest reading here in nearly 8 months. But the real chill occurs Thursday night as skies clear. With readings predicted to tumble into the 20s; the metro area appears in for the 2nd coldest nighttime temperature of fall 2009. It's possible normally colder locations may record low and mid 20-degree lows away from the city and the warmth of Lake Michigan.
Sunshine returns Friday -- but temperatures are to remain at typically chilly late-November levels, rising only to the low and mid 40s. Noticeable warming follows Saturday with gusty south winds propelling temperatures into the 50s -- nearly matching the levels observed last weekend.
It's chilly -- but still above normal; coldest air to hit 2nd half of next week
It feels chilly Thursday -- and the predicted daytime high of 40 degrees is to fall 2 degrees shy of normal high for the date. But with nighttime lows at O'Hare Airport likely to fall no lower than 30 degrees by midnight Wednesday night, the average temperature for the day is to end up above normal for a 23rd consecutive day.
Interestingly, Chicago's chilliest daytime reading since meteorological autumn began Sept. 1 has been 44 degrees. Only one year of the past 139 has failed to produce a colder daytime high temperature by Nov. 26.
Thanksgiving's high temperature is expected to hover between the mid-30s and 40 degrees -- the chilliest reading here in nearly 8 months. But the real chill occurs Thursday night as skies clear. With readings predicted to tumble into the 20s; the metro area appears in for the 2nd coldest nighttime temperature of fall 2009. It's possible normally colder locations may record low and mid 20-degree lows away from the city and the warmth of Lake Michigan.
Sunshine returns Friday -- but temperatures are to remain at typically chilly late-November levels, rising only to the low and mid 40s. Noticeable warming follows Saturday with gusty south winds propelling temperatures into the 50s -- nearly matching the levels observed last weekend.
It's chilly -- but still above normal; coldest air to hit 2nd half of next week
It feels chilly Thursday -- and the predicted daytime high of 40 degrees is to fall 2 degrees shy of normal high for the date. But with nighttime lows at O'Hare Airport likely to fall no lower than 30 degrees by midnight Wednesday night, the average temperature for the day is to end up above normal for a 23rd consecutive day.
Interestingly, Chicago's chilliest daytime reading since meteorological autumn began Sept. 1 has been 44 degrees. Only one year of the past 139 has failed to produce a colder daytime high temperature by Nov. 26.
in 2006 it was warm here at chicago i remember when it was that warm back then