Forget Sunday's chills; 70-degree warmth is near
Early March-like cold continues today; then northeast winds diminish, slowly turning
to the south, and temperatures begin to moderate Monday. By Tuesday winds
strengthen out of the south and significant warming begins. Wednesday Chicagoans
should experience the first 70-degree day of the season, more than two weeks
beyond the March 31 date of average first occurrence.
BRIEF DRYING AIDS SWOLLEN RIVERS
Portions of the Des Plaines, Fox, Rock, Kishwaukee and Pecatonica in northeast
Illinois are near or in flood. With no rain in the forecast until Thursday, these rivers
will be allowed to crest and begin a slow fall.
SNOWFALL’S FINAL GOODBYE?
This weekends flurries could mark the end of Chicago's snowiest snow season (60.3
inches) since the all-time snowiest winter of 1978-79 when 89.7 inches fell.