THE HOSPITAL.

STREETS AROUND THE AREA ARE

CLOSED AT THIS HOUR.

NOW A LIVE LOOK AT

LAKESHORE DRIVE.

MARY KAY IS HERE WITH A REAL-

TIME CHECK OF THIS WARM-UP WE

ARE GETTING JUST HOURS AWAY

FROM THE WEEKEND.

EVEN TODAY IT FELT NICE

BECAUSE WE MADE IT TO 37

DEGREES.

COMPARE THAT TO YESTERDAY'S 24

DEGREE HIGH TEMPERATURE AND

RIGHT NOW IT IS 36 OUT THERE.

WE ARE RIGHT WHERE WE SHOULD BE

FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR AND IT

LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BE

TURNING UP THE TEMPERATURE AS

WE GO THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

ALL OF THAT REALLY STARTS WITH

THE GUSTY WINDS AND EXPECTING

THIS EVENING.

IF YOU'RE GOING OUT BETWEEN NOW

AND MIDNIGHT, LOOK HOW THE

WINDS WILL BE GUSTING TO ALMOST

30-35 MILES PER HOUR.

ESPECIALLY CLOSER TO THE

WISCONSIN STATE LINE.

NOTICE THE WINDS BLOWING OUT OF

THE SOUTHWEST, THAT'S WHAT'S

PULLING IN THE MILD AIR.

AND IT IS HERE TO STAY.

ALL WE CAN DO A LOT OF SUNSHINE

WILL BE IN THE FORECAST AS

WELL, 45 DEGREES FOR YOUR HIGH

ON SATURDAY.

SUNDAY IS THE WARM ONE.

WE SHOULD HIT 50 I THINK AND

SOME OF THE SUBURBS COULD HIT

THE LOWER 50s AND THEN WINTER,

GUESS IT RETURNS NEXT WEEK

STARTING ON MONDAY.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL START

AS RAIN. ONCE THE SYSTEM MOVES

EASTWARD ENOUGH MOISTURE IS

GOING TO HANG AROUND AS COLD

AIR RUSHES IN ON TUESDAY,

CHANGING IT TO SNOW FOR TUESDAY

AND INTO WEDNESDAY.

SO LOOKS LIKE OUR WEEKEND WILL

FEEL LIKE SPRING AND THEN WE DO

GO BACK TO WINTER.

RIGHT NOW WE ARE AT 36 DEGREES

IN GARY, 36 IN JOLIET, SKIES

WILL BE CLEARED THROUGH THIS

EVENING AND WE START DIPPING

INTO THE 20s FOR THE OVERNIGHT

LOWS.

I'M THINKING ABOUT 26 DEGREES

FOR OUR LOAD TONIGHT WITH CLEAR

SKIES AROUND.

THOSE WINDS WILL STAY WITH US

THROUGH THE MIDNIGHT HOUR, SO

KEEP THAT IN MIND.

DURING THE DAY TOMORROW WE KEEP

THE WINDS OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST,

BUT WE DO PUSH THAT TEMPERATURE

INTO THE 40s, PROBABLY THE MED

AND MAYBE UPPER 40s IN SOME

PLACES DURING THE DAY.

I'M SPENDING ABOUT 49 IN

JOLIET, 47 AT VALPARAISO, 46 IN

McHENRY.

AGAIN THE NORMAL HIGH AS 37 SO

WE ARE GOING TO BE ABOVE THAT.

WHAT I'M SEEING IS A WEAK

DISTURBANCE COULD BRING US SOME

CLASSES TO GET INTO THE EVENING

HOURS OF SATURDAY.

SATURDAY NIGHT HERE'S 10

O'CLOCK, WE COULD SEE A CLOUD

DECK MOVE IN, BUT NO RAIN OR

SNOW EXPECTED FROM THAT AND

THEN ON SUNDAY WE WILL CALL IT

PARTLY CLOUDY AND TEMPERATURES

SHOULD REACH THE LOWER 50s. AND

I DID MOVE THE RAIN OUT OF

SUNDAY EVENING AND MOVED IN AND

TOWARD MONDAY BECAUSE IT LOOKS

LIKE MODELS NOW ARE FAVORING

THE TRACK TO BE A LITTLE

FARTHER TO THE SOUTH OF CHICAGO

AND A LITTLE SLOWER TO MOVE IN.

AS WE CAN AND DO MONDAY NIGHT

AND TUESDAY IT STARTS CHANGING

OVER TO A WINTRY MIX FOR US,