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Heavy rain: A term descriptive either of rain intensity or total rainfall. Intensity: more than 0.03″ in six minutes or more than 0.30″ per hour. Total rainfall: usually 1.00″ or more in 24 hours.
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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.
