Chicagoland weather radar [LIVE RADAR] is all clear at about 8:37 p.m. There is a small chance of drizzle all day, but the more significant precipitation is not expected until about 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and lasting until morning Friday about 5:00 a.m. A little over .25 inch of rain is forecast during the period. Freezing drizzle or freezing rain is possible from about midnight until 5:00 a.m. Friday.
Satellite images show clouds over most of the Midwest. Cloudy conditions are forecast through Christmas Day.
Winds light from the South then Southwest then West. High temperature forecast for today is a little lower than forecasted earlier in the week — only 36 degrees.
First day of winter? High #temps for Sunday suggests spring! Well above normal values for places in the #east! pic.twitter.com/9IOMkWLv3e
— NWS WPC (@NWSWPC) December 18, 2013
Some warmth this weekend? More likely east of us for the first day of Winter.
TODAY Sunrise: 7:15 AM Sunset: 4:22 PM
A chance of drizzle between 10am and 3pm, then a chance of rain or drizzle after 3pm. Patchy fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 36. Calm wind becoming east northeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Tonight
Rain before midnight, then rain or freezing rain. Low around 31. East wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New ice accumulation of around a 0.1 of an inch possible.
Friday
A chance of rain before noon, then a slight chance of rain and snow. Cloudy, with a high near 33. North northeast wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Friday Night
A 20 percent chance of snow. Cloudy, with a low around 28. North northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday
A chance of rain and sleet before noon, then a chance of snow and sleet. Cloudy, with a high near 34. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east northeast in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Saturday Night
Rain, possibly mixed with freezing rain. Low around 31. Chance of precipitation is 100%.
Sunday Snow likely. Cloudy, with a high near 32. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Sunday Night
A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 10.
Monday
A chance of light snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 17.
Monday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 3.
Tuesday
Partly sunny, with a high near 24.
Tuesday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 17.
Christmas Day
A slight chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 32.
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