Chicagoans awoke to a 1 to 2-inch snowfall Sunday then watched it quickly turn to slush as temperatures warmed into the middle and upper 30s and a steady rain moved into the area. However, residents of southeast Wisconsin were digging out of a 4-8″ snowfall that targeted areas from Milwaukee north as the storm system responsible for the precipitation shifted its track further north than was expected, sparing Chicago a major snowfall.
A rather cold week appears in the offing for this area with daily highs hovering in the lower and middle 30s. Other than some passing snow flurries later in the week, dry weather is expected. This is in sharp contrast to the plight of Southern California, where a Pacific storm of epic proportions continues to bring waves of heavy precipitation ashore.
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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.
