Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Hurricane: A tropical cyclone (low pressure system) containing sustained winds of 64 knots (74 m.p.h.) or higher. Hurricanes are known as typhoons and cyclones in other areas of the world.
———-
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.
