![]() Shuttle buses continued to replace Orange Line service between Pulaski and Midway. The Blue, Brown and Orange lines were running with delays, after track switching problems caused problems during morning rush hour. ![]() As of 2:15 p.m., 475 canceled flights were reported at O’Hare International Airport, and 311 at Midway, according to the Chicago Department of Aviation. ![]() Travelįlight cancellations continued Friday morning at Chicago’s airports. They don’t change their routine,” Mastorakos said. It’s going to stop a lot of people, but there’s people who have to go to work or go out. Manager Peter Mastorakos said there was a steady flow of customers since the restaurant opened at 6:30 a.m. Friday, the parking lot at Egg Headz Cafe in Tinley Park was packed despite the negative temperatures outside. However, if temperatures reach 50 degrees late next week as expected, it could feel up to 90 degrees warmer than it did Friday morning.ĭespite the frigid temperatures and blowing snow, some people throughout the south and southwest suburbs still braved the weather to run errands and gather with friends ahead of the Christmas holiday.Īt about 11:15 a.m. The implication is next week’s active pattern is likely to spill over into the following week.It’ll get warmer Saturday and Sunday, but not noticeably so, as wind chills will likely reach below zero during the holiday weekend. Colder air is likely to lock in that system’s wake maintaining the same sort of active jet stream across the region. The potential appears to be there for a wintry mix as it looks now-but critical details on the system’s structure remain to be worked out in the 4-5 days before it arrives. Just what form the precip takes when it arrive Wednesday will be interesting to monitor. The huge north/south temp spread sets up a powerful jet stream which sweeps from west to east across the country and gives rise to the development of a huge late winter storm season in the Wed/Thu time frame.Ĭhicago sits straddles the boundary between warm and cold air and is likely to get in on the storm’s expansive precipitation shield and its likely strong wind field from the ENE which will start to come into play here Tuesday night. At the same time, WARM TEMPS are to occur across the South. It’s one in which frigid arctic air takes up residence the length of the Lower 48 along and south of the Canadian border. I’ve mentioned the pattern taking shape by the middle and end of next continuing into the week which follows. LONGER RANGE: Temps cool modestly Monday and Tuesday next week though both day’s average temps are to still come in more than 5-deg above normal. The Saturday/Sunday high temps are to come in 7 to 15-deg above normal-with highs more typical of mid and late March than mid February. Sunday looks even milder with a high topping 50-deg a good bet. Saturday will see a 15 to 20-deg increase over today as gusty SW winds import milder Pacific air amid a good deal of sunshine. The good news heading into the coming weekend is TEMPS ARE TO BOUNCE BACK to the month’s dominant ABOVE NORMAL WAYS. Chicagoans shivered through the first BELOW NORMAL DAY in 2 weeks and the 2 nd COLDEST DAY OF FEBRUARY with this day’s high of 26 (normal high for Feb 17 is 36-10-deg warmer).Ĭold like this hits hard in a month which has posted a 5-deg surplus and in which 13 of the past 17 days have come in ABOVE NORMAL and a year to date which, despite a few sharp cold blasts have seen nearly 80% of days come in MILDER THAN NORMAL.
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