Happy Thanksgiving !! It is a frigid one out there this morning with temps in the 20s. It was such a warm autumn, these temperatures feel shocking. (And they *are* a bit colder than “normal”, but what even is “normal” anymore). It remains quite breezy outside, but that should taper off throughout the day. Luckily temps will “warm” into the mid-30s this afternoon to help you digest all that food! :) 

The sun will briefly return tomorrow and temps will be similar to today, but the real story is a MAJOR WINTER STORM brewing for the weekend…. 

This will be a tricky storm to forecast because the core of the system ill pass almost directly over Chicago which means temperatures will remain right around freezing during the period of most intense precipitation on Saturday. This means that while it is likely to snow everywhere, that snow will be wet and sloppy and rain-like the further south you are. 

That said, pretty much every model agrees that we will pick up between 6 and 12 inches of snow when all is said and done. Again, some of that could fall as a rain-like slop which, in my opinion, is the worst of all worlds.

More updates tomorrow! Happy Holidays!!

Tl;dr - cold today and tomorrow, sun returning. SNOW on saturday. 6-12 inches of wet + sloppy snow could fall….

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