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Barber: A severe storm at sea during which precipitation and winddriven spray freeze onto the decks and rigging of boats. In the Gulf of St. Lawrence, a barber is an especially severe blizzard in which windborne ice particles cut into the skin.
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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.
