Today's Weather: The New Abnormal
By Chuck Sudo in News on Feb 7, 2012 2:00PM
Last winter at this time we were in a post-Blizzaster deep freeze. Thus far this season we're experiencing the sixth-warmest winter on record in Illinois. It's been downright balmy; this is Chicago's warmest winter in 80 years. We're sure the Emanuel Administration will take credit for it somehow the next time they conduct a poll to gauge Rahm's job performance.
As for today, we're due to see something that's been in short supply this season: snow. Skilling Central says the first of two surges of Canadian air are arriving today, bringing increased winds and a chance of flurries later today and this evening. Parts of the Greater Chicago area could see up to a half-inch of snow. Not enough to make a snowman, but enough to remind us we aren't stuck in the changing of the seasons.