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O'Hare Airport at 3:16 p.m.

Partly Cloudy
Temperature: 45°
Wind chill: 36°
Dew point: 23°
Humidity: 42%
Wind: SSW at 25 mph
Visibility: 10 mi.

Other Chicago-area conditions

Chicago-area forecast

Issued at 3:30 p.m. CST

Tonight...Mostly cloudy with a chance of sprinkles or flurries. Lows 30 to 35. Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph diminishing to 10 to 20 mph.

Friday...Mostly cloudy with a chance of sprinkles or flurries. Highs in the lower 40s. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph becoming northwest.

Friday night...Mostly cloudy. Lows 25 to 30. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.

» Go to Tom Skilling's 7-day forecast


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Tom Skilling's seven-day forecast


TODAY TOMORROW
pt-sun 45/35
Abundant sunshine, powerful wind gusts develop—40 mph at times this afternoon. High and mid-level clouds arrive this afternoon then lower/thicken into an overcast late Thursday night. Remaining quite windy. Possible mixed rain/snow/sleet after midnight.
cloudy 38/19
A good deal of cloudiness, blustery, turning colder. Possible daybreak snow showers at some locations dimi-nish to light flurries.
SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY
sunny 43/27
Abundant sunshine, a moderate westerly wind takes hold and allows temperatures to increase 5° over Friday’s readings.
pt-sun 45/28
Sunshine and mixed patches of high/mid-level clouds. Milder than normal—close to 10° above normal.
pt-sun 47/35
Sunshine, increasingly breezy from the south and mild. Thickening high cloudiness, lower clouds arrive at night, with gusty overnight winds continuing.
rain 47/36
Intervals of overcast, fairly windy from the south, mild and hazy. Several spells of rain can’t be ruled out.
cloudrains 39/22
Inclement weather. Rain early on, likely shifting with time to wet snow, turning colder. Gusty ESE winds shift NW by late in the day.


Tom Skilling
Tom Skilling is chief meteorologist at WGN-TV. His weather forecast can be seen Monday through Friday on WGN News at noon and 9 p.m.

Chicago-area conditions

February 14, 3:16 p.m.
Sky Temp. Wind
chill
Wind Humidity
Aurora Mostly Cloudy 43° 34° S 20 mph 55%
Chicago/Meigs Field Overcast 37° 26° SSW 23 mph 60%
Chicago/Midway Partly Cloudy 45° 37° SSW 22 mph 45%
Chicago/O'Hare Partly Cloudy 45° 36° SSW 25 mph 42%
Gary Partly Cloudy 46° 39° S 17 mph 39%
Rockford Overcast 44° 36° S 17 mph 47%
Waukegan Overcast 45° 36° SSW 26 mph 42%
West Chicago Clear 43° 34° SSW 20 mph 49%
Wheeling Clear 46° 38° SSW 22 mph 38%

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