CHICAGO (CBS) — After Chicago’s coldest Thanksgiving Day in a decade, temperatures will get even colder over the holiday weekend.
Unusually cold air from Canada will blow through northwest winds, dropping temperatures 15 degrees below normal and bringing morning winds into the single digits starting Friday.
Temperatures will finally moderate halfway through next week, but after that another blast of cold air is lurking.
Apart from some passing showers overnight into Friday, most areas will remain completely dry for the next week or more.
Prediction at a glance
Tonight: Cold and windy. Cloudy with some showers. Low: 21, single digits for wind chill
Tomorrow: Clear skies. Cold and windy. High: 27, wind chill 10s
Saturday: Mostly sunny, cold and windy. High: 27, wind chill 10s