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A good dose. Up to half an inch is possible as the system moves through. A stationary front is stopped in our region. Late night a cold front drops temperatures eventually trying us out. Today High Temperature is about 12 degrees below average. As we look at the temperatures its 37 degrees in waukegan. 43 at ohare. 39 at the lakefront. 42 in aurora. Cooler in joliet. Dont expect the temperatures to move too much. We will be stuck pretty low for most of the day. Thunder and lightning to the south. In moving towards pontiac right now. The good news is this is not a widespread severe event. The Severe Weather is down to the south. Todays high will be 42. Showers early and late. Tomorrow we are 52. Mostly sunny high of 48. And everything is looking good. A bit of construction but not causing many delays. No accidents to report. Four people are dead after a mass shooting at fort hood. The shooter was an iraq veteran being treated for Mental Health issues. Tonya francisco is in the newsroom
Sunshine today. Todays High Temperature is 22 degrees below average. Here we are right now at two degrees at the lakefront. As a travel to the west is extremely cold. This is not the wind chill. This is the current temperature. 19 in kankakee. The good news is, it is not windy. Wind chill is not as low as it could be carried 324 aurora. In kankakee its 19 and closer to zero as a travel closer to the lake. We are dry and we stayed dry today. A weak system comes through tomorrow jumping our temperatures and to bring in the chance of rain and snow wednesday into thursday. Today we make 12 degrees. 7 degrees by 9 00 p. M. Tomorrow we mig23. Mostly cloudy. Thursday were mostly cloudy High Temperature of 33. Things are looking good. No accidents yet. The very smooth ride in northwest indiana. A few pockets of overnight construction. But none seemed to be causing any big delays. Another update in a few minutes. A man tried to rob an offduty cook county sheriffs sergeant. Instead of getting mo
Families finally opening combat positions to women after more than a decade of war in iraq and afghanistan. Most here are of one mind that the field of battle is no place for a woman. If i was out there and i sought a woman get killed to in my unit that would totally destroy me. But this congresswoman certainly doesnt feel that way, tami duggar tool lost her legs into partial use of her arm flying a blackhawk helicopter is in favor of what defense secretary will announce tomorrow that women who want to fight on the front lines can and should do just that. If women didcannot meet the standards than they should graduate from the program but if they cant then they should be able to be on another soldier who was willing to lay their lives down. Sharing a common belief in the value of service but not necessarily in the world that women should play janice has a husband, son and father who all have seen the horrors of combat. If women want the right to defend their country on the battlefield
Thunder lightning rain freezing rain sleet ice. We saw it all, today. It rains and temperature drops. Then we get more rain. Temperatures go down, and well have even more of a skating rink. For pedestrians. Near foster and sheridan, tonight. Each step a delicate dance to avoid a slip and fall. On sidewalks glazed over with ice. I like this weather. But its hard for walking. Slick conditions on the roads. A problem for drivers. Reports of crashes. As precipitation hit the pavement. Freezing on contact. Chicagos streets and sanitation department. And idot deploying hundreds of trucks to salt streets and expressways. Rough, slick dangerous. Make sure car starts up right. Another concern tree limbs and power lines falling under the weight of accumulating ice. Com ed dealing with an increase in outages. Mostly in the north suburbs. double check numbers at 8p chicagoans dealing with a bizarre january day. And, taking it all in caution altered stride. Its pretty dangerous, so be careful out t