Chicagoland weather radar [LIVE RADAR] is all clear at about 8:07 a.m. No precipitation is in the forecast until midnight Tuesday/Wednesday. Possibly an inch of snow could fall from midnight to 10:00 a.m. Wednesday.
Satellite images show few clouds over the Midwest at 5:45 a.m. Today is expected be mostly sunny. Clouds are not expected to start increasing until Tuesday about 9:00 p.m.
Infrared satellite images show clouds in central and eastern Iowa — moving east, but dissipating. Cloudy skies are expected to start clearing at about midnight and gradually continue to clear until midnight Monday/Tuesday.
Our below average temperature trend will continue. Our current temp of 23º is going to be the days high. @nbcchicago pic.twitter.com/attS5ws5uZ
— NBC's Storm Team 5 (@NBCStormTeam5) December 9, 2013
Unseasonably cold by 14 degrees.
Temperature is the big weather topic this week. Temperatures will hold at about 20 to 21 degrees from about 8:00 a.m. until about 2:00 p.m. today. Then the temperatures will drop down to 13 degrees by about 6:00 p.m., and 10 degrees (0 wind chill at Soldier Field, -5 wind chill in Arlington Heights) by the end of the Bears-Cowboys game about 10:00 p.m.
Wind gusts are forecast to be from the west at 20 to 26 MPH from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The gusts are expected end by 8:00 p.m. at Soldier Field and in Arlington Heights.
Wind chill temperatures will also decrease throughout the day and night from 7 degrees at 9:00 a.m. down to -12 degrees at 5:00 a.m. Tuesday.
The wind chill is not expected to rise above 4 degrees during the day Tuesday with an actual high of 20 degrees. Winds are expected to gust up to 36 MPH on Tuesday.
Wednesday’s high of 20 degrees on the thermometer will arrive at 4:00 a.m. and last until only 10:00 a.m. Then temperatures are expected to drop again like today. The wind chill Wednesday is forecast to drop from a high of 13 degrees at 5:00 a.m. down to -1 degree at noon, -10 at 6:00 p.m. and -13 degrees at midnight Wednesday/Thursday.
Thursday’s low is forecast at -1 from 4:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. with an associated -15 wind chill.
A warm up is due Friday.
TODAY Sunrise: 7:08 AM Sunset: 4:20 PM
Scattered flurries and freezing drizzle before 10am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 21. West wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with a low around 5. Wind chill values as low as -10. West wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 20. Wind chill values as low as -12. Breezy, with a west wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Tuesday Night
Snow likely after 1am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 14. Wind chill values as low as zero. West wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.
Wednesday
Snow likely before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 21. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around -2.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 19.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 14.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 28.
Friday Night
A chance of snow. Cloudy, with a low around 21.
Saturday
A chance of snow. Cloudy, with a high near 30.
Saturday Night
A chance of snow. Cloudy, with a low around 19.
Sunday
Mostly cloudy, with a high near 29.
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