Chicago: More typical mid-October weather. Extensive cloudiness, slowly strengthening ENE winds. Rain prospects increase across the southern suburbs first but expanding northward into the city and north suburbs by afternoon. Rainy periods at night. Totals 0.50″ or more possible city and south. Gusty ENE winds continue.
HIGH: 55
LOW: 43
Note: Predicted high and low temperatures on the Tribune weather page are chronological–the “high” refers to the maximum reading expected during the day and the “low” is the minimum reading expected the following night.
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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.




