Today's Weather: Impatient

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Feb 5, 2009 3:00PM

The long, slow climb out of the zero degree hole begins today, but not before we deal with the 12th 0 or below morning (at O'Hare), making this the winter with the most 0 or below low temp readings in 25 years. Also, we're entering our 31st consecutive day under a snow cover of at least one inch. But fear not, Chicago. Winter's long, terrorizing grasp loosens as we head into the weekend, and it all starts today. Sort of. Temps will "soar" into the upper 20s under partly cloudy skies, and lows will drop into the upper teens tonight, but it's still an improvement. 50 degrees still seems a possibility Saturday and with rain and temps above freezing predicted well into next week, we'll probably be seeing bare ground soon enough.