HIGH: 37
LOW: 18
* 6-8 hours of a wintry mix of precipitation begins. Reaches the city after midday and continues through evening rush hour.
* Rain or a rain/sleet mix develops this afternoon amid gusty southwest winds.
* Temps drop and precipitation trends first to sleet or a sleet/snow mix then to a period of sticking snow this evening before tapering off.
* A slushy accumulation of 1-2 inches possible–lighter amounts south, heavier totals north toward the Illinois/Wisconsin line.
* Much colder at night.
DEC. 3 TEMPERATURES
Normal high/low: 39(degrees)/25(degrees)
Record high: 71(degrees) (1970)
Record low: -5(degrees) (1940)
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