It is unbelievable we havent had any snow. It really is. Well, at the we actually did get some snow today. About. 4 inch. You could go outside and blow all that away. Last time we had an inch or more of snow was back on february 24. That was 316 days ago. Look at the timelapse pictures. We started the day with a little bit of sunshine. Then clouds began producing some snow flakes. It just didnt amount to a whole another lot. A few spots had more than ohare did. Sile ill show utah list in a moment. But then here it came. The rain, and freesy drizzle is a possible for a few more hours. Here are the numbers. Kankakee came in with. 8 inch. Now, High Temperature today a little after 11 00 this morning we hit 39 degrees. And we are looking forward to some very warm air in the area the next sen days, but there is cold air pooling up to the north. And speaking of cold this is an area of freezing fog in southwest texas. That advisory in effect until tomorrow morning. Now look at this. Wind chill numbers at ohare not very impressive. The wind not very strong, but throughout the area its a little blustery. Well look at the wind plot in just a moment. You can see temperatures throughout the area. Very mild. The normal high for this date is 31 degrees. The effect of the wind, its producing wind chills that shrink the way the air feels by about six degrees in most places. 10 to 20mileanhour winds, theyll continue tonight. Not quite as gusty as in recent days. This is the forecast for wind gusts and you can see we are expecting the winds to pick up with time. Notice cold ir air up in canada. Its going to stay up there. This milder air overspread chicago but that cold air comes settling down into the midwest about this time next week and it promises to be very cold. Heres another look and where its happening at the moment, south suburbs, southern cook down into parts of will county so if you are driving there may be some slick spots on the roads. Take it easy. Now the forecast. Cloudy skies, lies, freezing drizzle possible. For tomorrow, morning clouds to start the day, but well see plenty of sun by the afternoon. Winds kicking up a little, 10 to 18. High temperature around 30 degrees give or take a temperature or two. On monday, most areas will crack 40. Thats about five to 10 degrees above normal for many of us. Southsouthwest winds about 15 to 23 miles an hour gusting occasionally 35 miles an hour. Along with warmer temperatures is going to come what appears to be rain towards the end of the week. Well talk about that and the possibility it may change over to snow later in the weekend. Ail all that moisture, but its supposed to get up into the 40s. High 40s at that. Might even see a 50 or two. Spring has arrived. [laughter] the stage is set for the next financial showdown in washington. The president and republicans prepare to spar over the debt ceiling. And an incredible 1. Million bid at an auction in japan. And all for one finish. Fish. And ron has more with the irish in miami later in sports. President obama is expected to nominate former senator chuck hagel to be the secretary of defense. The white house says that the president has not formally offered the job to hagel, a vietnam veteran but an announcement could come on monday. Hagel is a former republican senator from nebraska who harshly criticized the wars in afghanistan and iraq. His confirmation hearing is expected to be con tenseious con tentious. The senator has made controversial comments that have upset both sides of the aisle. The fiscal cliff suspension is over and now the lines are drawn for the battle or over the debt ceiling. Add as i sad earlier this week one thing i will not compromise over is whether congress should pay the bill for a tab they have already racked up. If congress refuses to give the government the about ability to pay its bills on time, the consequences could be catastrophic. Speaking for the republicans today michigan congressman davecamp faulted the president and Congressional Democrats for not working hard enough to incorporate meaningful spending cuts in the fiscal cliff deal. And the food and Drug Administration is proposing two sweeping rules to prevent food becoming con taminitied contaminated. The first rule would require companies that process food to take measures to prevent the risk of contamination. The second would require companies that harvest fruits and vegetables to prevent e. Coli contamination. Well, time to get rid of that Christmas Tree. Next, the city of coig has made that easy for some chicago residents. And its that time of year for some brave residents. Why these people are freezein for a reason. Friends and family of rocky clark gathered on the First Anniversary of his death to celebrate his life and contributions. Rocky clark was a High School Football player when he suffered a catastrophic injury. It left him a quadruplegic for until he died at age of 27. Some environmentally conscious chicagoans kicked off the new year by recycling hazard ouse items. The facility on north branch street opened early this morning and people were able to drop off a range of items including oilbased paints solvents, cell phones and many more items. You can find the complete list on their web site. And its time to take it down if you havent already. You can recycle your Christmas Tree at grant park and 22 other sites around the country. The City Sanitation Department will mulch the trees. The city would like you to take the tree to a location to creep the alleys clear. And you get to keep the mulch for free. Well, they love dogs so much theyll jump into the icy waters of Lake Michigan just to help those dogs. Again, project rescue video volunteerss joined in the fun, if you can call it that. Its for a good cause to rescue dogs. They called is freesin for a reason. Last year project rescue raised barry zito 20,000 from that event and hope to make more this year. Just hold your breath when you see that. Maybe theyll get you out there next year . Ill cheer them on the there you go. And we could find ourselves back in the mid 40s . Maybe even sooner than that. The snow is turning over to a combination of rain snow, and sleet. In oak brook according to observer patrick scatch, it stopped about 7 00 tonight. There is a cold front racing toward the chicago area that could yet cause freezing drizzle over night. Our computer models do show a little cloudiness developing over the evening. That could produce some lakeeffect snow. And take a look at these crazy numbers 29degree air on sunday, then we recover nicely, upper 40s by the time we get into friday. But in the weve indicated pain for thursday, friday, and saturday. A vigorous system coming into the area that will bring rather messy conditions for three days, it looks like and that storm could leave us with perhaps a little snow by the time it pulls out. Good grief man. This is amazing almost 50 on friday . Unheard of. All right. Thank you, tim. Today was the kickoff event for the illinois first robotics competition. Participants found out what their challenge will be as they prepare for the midwest regional championship in april. Each year students compete to create a robot that can play a game or a sport. They picked up supplies at the Illinois University of technology this morning. Its all intended to motivate students to pursue careers in science, technology, and math. Would you imagine that one fish could be sold for close that 2 million . The big fish . Well, it happened in japan. The big ticket bluefin tuna weighed just under 490 pounds. It was bought by the head of a popular sushi chain in japan for a record price of 1. 76 million. The owner says the fish is big enough to make 10000 pieces of sushi. But just to break even hed have to charge 176 dollars a plate. Its a story the conservationists probably dont like. They believe the bluefin is in jeopardy. They know that because of the scales . You can get puns in on saturday . The illiniy looking for first big win against the top 10. Highlights and more next in sports. Ded rich is here with sports. All this talk about notre dame, we cant forget illinois though. The illini college basketball. They quickly shook off the loss to purdue winning convincingly over ohio state state at assembly hall. Two old partners going at it. Thad matta and groce. Illinois pulled away in the second half. Abrams had 13. The rest is icing on the case. Egwu, huge game. Gets the flush here. Career high 16 points for egwu. I will i illinois wins to make their big ten mark 11. Notre dame old their big east schedule against seton hall and also were dominant. Scott martin had a career high six threepointers. And the number five notre dame women on the road against number one uconn. The upset was brewing in the second half. Thee sealed the upset, the irish winning against number one, 7372. Oliver purnell and depaul meeting providence. Depaul in command, they go on to win 8773. And loyola losing to young stoun state earlier. And Jabari Parker scores in simeon game. Just two days before the National Title game in miami, things getting intense monday but kind of loose today. Brian kelly and the staff doing the best they can to keep the irish nice and loose for the game. Dan roan has a story on media day. Walking into sun life stadium on media day was an irish eyeopener. To know that on monday i could be part of the team that hoists that crystal ball thats actually becoming real. A win for the irish monday could be the start of a new championship era and the end of a lesserknown, bushier era. There they go. Its like a family of animals living inside this tent. Mike golic and many more unshaven since train be camp in a solidarity show. Once monday is over i think its time for the face to get cooler. Its too hot here for the beard. And we came up with words together. Playing a watereddown version of beer pong with the championship trophy as the back board . How can you not love a team that does that . Less talk and more about why were actually here. Its a great experience for everyone. You wouldnt want to get the wrong idea about these guys. Theyre as focused as they are funloving and as always, they follow the lead of their coach. I would say that alabamas got the belt and they deserve the belt and we got to take it from them. And the moment of truth is less than 48 hours away. At the b. C. S. Championship, dan roan, wgn news. While the game gets close more celebrities and former players are making the scene. Among those arriving, former Heisman Trophy winner tim brown. Theyre going to go out there and hopefully the score is 2820 notre dame by 8. 1713, n. D. , i think its going to be a lowscoring game. I dont think n. D. Wins a highscoring game unless theres a lot of turnovers going on. 1713, n. D. And nfl playoffs tonight, Christian Ponder sidelined with a score sore arm. The score 2410 packers in the fourth quarter. Earlier j. J. Watney and the Houston Texans in a grinditout game and houston wins 1913. A masterpiece by no means but it does not matter when you advance. Its exciting, you know, to do it in front of our home crowd. After things have gone the last month right the ship, it wasnt pretty but in the end all our guys were all in. Had a great week of preparation and came away with the w. And finally, the wolves playing grand rapids tonight at the al state. The shootout not good for the wolves. They lose, 43, the griffins over the chicago wolves. Much more from dan roan all weekend long. The big game monday night. Cant wait for the kickoff. So dan and the guys are going to be working hard down in florida . Theyve been producing a lot of packages, lot of pieces. On the air. No golf. I deny it very good, rich. Thats going to do it for us this saturday night in chicago the im report jordan. And im jackie bange. Thanks for watching. See you tomorrow and have a good night, everyone