Chicago: After a near-record mild overnight low, the city moves toward a rare third consecutive early-January 50(degrees) high. Extensive cloudiness, hazy and damp. A bit of drizzle possible this morning. Temperatures 20(degrees) above normal. Patches of light rain develop at night.
HIGH: 51
LOW: 38
LATE-MARCH-LEVEL TEMPERATURE!
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.




