Stunning 55 degrees temperature rise ahead
Tom Skilling
January 3, 2008
Early-bird risers who step into sub-zero temperatures this morning might find it hard to believe, but it's true: The city will be basking in 50 (degrees) readings (or higher) in another three days.
A major weather pattern shift begins haltingly on Friday as upper winds that have been blowing with considerable strength from the northwest gradually diminish and are replaced by southwesterlies. Southwest winds, surface and aloft, strengthen on Saturday, then persist through Monday.
Mild, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico arrives here on Saturday and, as that air spreads across our snow-covered landscape, it becomes a recipe for a heavy gray overcast, widespread fog and plenty of light rain and drizzle through the weekend. The multi-inch layer of ice and crusty snow that blankets the area today will be history by Monday.
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Tom Skilling is chief meteorologist at WGN-TV. His forecasts can be seen Monday through Friday on WGN-TV News at noon and 9 p.m.
WGN-TV meteorologists Steve Kahn, Richard Koeneman and Paul Dailey plus weather producer Bill Snyder contribute to this page.
So, according to dis, we could be as warm as San Diego. In January. If dat isn't global warming, I don't know what is...
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