Chicago: An early chill fades under sunny skies. Readings surge into the 70s for the first time since Wednesday. Gusty WSW winds develop. A 75(degrees) high would rank as May 2006’s warmest (previous warmest: 74(degrees) on May 10). Several gusty thunderstorms possible Saturday night.
HIGH: 75
LOW: 49
POSSIBLY MAY’S WARMEST TO DATE
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.
