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Fire weather: Weather variables conducive to fire ignition and intensification: high winds, high temperatures, low relative humidity and little or no precipitation in the days or weeks before the time in question.
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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.
