Temperatures have really struggled to warm following the arctic cold front that swept across the Midwest late last Wednesday, causing numbers to tumble quickly Wednesday night. This sent us into a bitterly cold pattern with temperatures falling some 30-35 degrees *below* average late last week. It's been a very slow climb ever since with highs rising into the single digits over the weekend and teens the last few days. But each day we've managed to gain at least a few degrees, slowly bringing us back close to our average high of 29. And for the first time since late last week our wind chills were above zero Wednesday afternoon!
High pressure moving down from the Upper Midwest will keep skies mainly clear through most of the night, allowing temperatures to fall below zero. The current forecast has a low of -2 with wind chills around -10 to -15. Even though winds won't be as strong as what they've been the last few days, the sub-zero air temperature will help make it feel quite a bit cooler.
Partly cloudy skies will continue Thursday with temperatures rising into the mid-teens. Winds will turn down Lake Michigan late Thursday night and Friday producing lake-effect snow showers across northeast Illinois Friday morning. While most of that will have minimal impact on our weather there could be a few flurries, or even light snow showers, that move this far west giving us a quick dusting of snow by Friday night. Winds will then turn back around to the southwest late in the evening Saturday following the departure of high pressure to the south. This will gradually bring Sunday's high into the mid-20s, possibly reaching the 30s by Monday afternoon. A few clipper systems will keep the warmth from spreading too far, likely holding temperatures close to, if not slightly, below the average high of 30 degrees into the first few days of February.
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