Chicago’s warm Monday to come at a price
Temperatures will surge to around 70º Monday as late-season warmth makes its first visit here in more than three weeks. The warm-up will be short-lived as a strong cold front passes Monday night, accompanied by a few showers that set the stage for a multiday chill-down that will last through the end of the week. Highs on Halloween will reach the low 50s, but during trick-or-treat hours it should be blustery with readings in the 40s.
High winds raked the Northeast Sunday for a second straight day with widespread tree damage and power outages due to 50-70 m.p.h. winds across portions of New York and New England. The weather observatory near the 6,288 foot summit at Mt. Washington, N.H., clocked winds at 117 m.p.h. with gusts to 143 m.p.h. as temperatures there plunged into the teens.
In the Pacific, Super-Typhoon Cimaron, one of the strongest to ever hit the Philippines, made landfall on Luzon late Sunday with gusts approaching 150 m.p.h.
--By Steve Kahn, WGN Weather Center Meteorologist