Chicago: A heavy overcast, foggy, damp but very mild as temps slowly rise into the lower/middle 50s by evening threatening the day’s 54(degrees) record high (1907). Brisk south winds. Mild and foggy overnight. Scattered showers. Mid/upper 40(degrees) lows threaten record high mins for Jan. 7 (44(degrees) 1965).
HIGH: 53
LOW: 45
NEAR-RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES
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.
