A rollercoast of weather besieged us over the weekend - cold and rainy, warm and cloudy, cold and snowy. We got it all it! It’s springtime in Chicago, babyyy.

Very light snow will fall, intermittently, throughout the morning before turning more showery this afternoon and tapering off before dinner-ish. We may add ~½-1” more of snow before all is said and done. Temps will be quite chilly, topping out only in the upper 20s. 

(Why are temps so cold? You might be tempted to suggest that this is “winter returning”, but, actually, this spring storm was so strong that it reached deep into the upper atmosphere and this allowed for colder upper-level air (near where jets fly) got pulled down to the surface en masse and will affect our region as the cold blob transits eastwards)

Tomorrow will be quite chilly as that colder air mass settles in and a large ridge builds along the west coast. Temps tomorrow will only be in the 20s under partly cloudy skies. It’s possible some light snow will fall tomorrow evening as a small disturbance transits through, but don’t expect it to be like last night’s snow. 

But have no fear - warmth will return by the end of the week! Highs in the 60s are expected Friday and Saturday :) 

Tl;dr - snow showers tapering off. 20s today and tomorrow. MUCH warmer by Fri and Sat (60s). Springtime, baby!

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