As Chicago gears up to celebrate Washington's Birthday, the city can expect some fairly mild weather conditions throughout the week. In a forecast released by the National Weather Service, city dwellers are promised mostly sunny skies with a high near 46 degrees on the holiday, followed by a low around 30 degrees tonight. The calm will be stirred by a south wind circling 5 mph, with evening gusts hitting possibly 15 mph.
The rest of the week continues along the same placid lines with sunny skies pegged for Tuesday, wrapping around a high near 50 degrees, while the night's atmosphere folds increasing clouds over a low around 37 degrees. Despite these pleasant predictions, pockets of dense freezing fog disrupted the early morning in parts of McHenry, western Lake, & far NW Cook counties, with some slick spots, as noted by a post from NWS Chicago. They also remarked that the week's highs, starting in the 40s and creeping into the 50s by mid-week, stand above typical values for this time of year.
Pockets of dense freezing fog will continue through roughly 10 AM across parts McHenry, western Lake, & far NW Cook counties. Temperatures are in the low-mid 20s as well, so be on the lookout for slick spots. Here's a webcam image from near Volo, IL in western Lake County: pic.twitter.com/CVZ4Z2bY0J
— NWS Chicago (@NWSChicago) February 19, 2024
A modest chance of rain may occur on Wednesday night into Thursday, chiefly south of I-80. "This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of north central Illinois...northeast Illinois and northwest Indiana," according to a separate statement from the National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville IL. However, it notes, "No hazardous weather is expected at this time," at least for Tuesday through Sunday.
Attention is called to potential hazards for waterborne Chicagoans later in the forecast, with Thursday and Friday "Hazardous conditions for small craft are likely," followed by a similar prospect on Sunday.
