Today's Weather: Abe-tastic

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Feb 12, 2009 3:00PM

You may have heard sometime during the course of your week that today is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. There will be many celebrations, including one by Sen. Dick Durbin in Washington, D.C. and one in Springfield by President Obama, though it wasn't until Lincoln was 21 that his family actually moved to Illinois. It was in Illinois that Lincoln began his political career and launched the campaign that would take him to the White House. Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, it doesn't really matter where he was from as Lincoln is celebrated as one of the nation's most beloved presidents. We're sure Lincoln saw his share of cold, raw, awful February days growing up in the Midwest. Today would not be one of those. The warm spell is gone but we remain above normal temp-wise with highs in the lower 40s and partly cloudy skies. Tonight, temps will drop into the upper 20s. And for the approaching weekend? It seems snow will make its triumphant return.