MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT SAYS SHE

WANTS TO HAVE CHICAGOANS GET

THE CHANCE TO USE THE LIBRARIES

SERVICES.

ROBB ELLIS HAS A CHECK OF

THE FORECAST.

AND MAN, WE CAN THROW OFF THOSE

HEAVY WINTER COATS.

WE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE

WARM PATTERN.

I WANT TO THROW SOME NUMBERS TO

IT.

HOOSIER OVERNIGHT LOW

TEMPERATURE.

I WILL GO THROUGH QUICKLY.

33 IS WHAT I EXPECT TONIGHT.

MAYBE A COUPLE OF UPPER 20s.

LOOKING AT THE NEXT TWO DAYS,

LOW 50s IS WHAT WE EXPECT

ALMOST IDENTICAL TO TODAY.

PLENTY OF SUNSHINE.

TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 50s.

TUESDAY WE GET TO 51 SOME AREAS

ALONG THE WISCONSIN BORDER MAY

STAKEHOLDER.

LOOKS LIKE A WEAK FRONT MAY TRY

TO KEEP THE TEMPERATURES ON THE

COOLER SIDE.

CHRISTMAS DAY 52 IS WHAT WE

EXPECT.

THE DIFFERENCES WE WILL ADD

SOME CLOUDS TO THAT.

SO JUST WATCH FOR THAT.

YOU WILL NOTICE THINGS CHANGING

BY THE MIDDLE TO THE END OF

NEXT WEEK.

50 DEGREES OR WARMER.

WE'VE ONLY DONE THAT ON

CHRISTMAS NINE TIMES.

WE'VE ONLY GOT INTO THE 60s ONE

TIME AND THAT WAS 1964.

IT WOULD TIE IF WE GOT TO 52 TO

MAKE IT IN THE TOP FIVE, THE

TOP 10 DEPENDING ON WHERE WE

FALL WITH THE RECORD.

JUST TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE

RECORDS HERE.

64 AND 17 BELOW IS THE RECORD

HIGH IN THE RECORD LOW.

THESE OCCURRED IN BACK TO BACK

YEARS.

WE WILL GO BACK TO 1982.

THIS IS WHEN WE HAD THE WARMEST

CHRISTMAS ON RECORD.

I DON'T ADVISE BRINGING THOSE

SHORTS BACK.

IF HE COULD NOT SHOW THAT GUYS

SKATING AGAIN.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

IT IS INTERESTING TO SEE HOW

PEOPLE WERE ENJOYING THE WARM

WEATHER.

NOW A YEAR LATER IT WAS THE

COLDEST CHRISTMAS ON RECORD.

YES THESE WERE BACK TO BACK

YEARS.

THIS IS 1983 FOR WHEN WE WERE

-17 FOR BELOW.

AND -5 WAS THE HIGH.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CHRISTMAS

FORECAST, IT WILL BE MUCH NICER

BECAUSE WE ARE MOVING THE

SYSTEM OUT OF THE DEEP SOUTH.

THE REST OF THE WEEK LOOKS

QUITE.

HERE IS TUESDAY.

HERE'S WEDNESDAY AND INTO

THURSDAY.

NOTHING MAJOR IS MOVING AWAY.

FRIDAY WE START TO NOTICE

SHOWERS TO THE WEST.

SATURDAY WE MOVE THOSE IN.

MAYBE WRAPPING UP AS A LITTLE

BIT OF SNOW BEFORE THIS IS OUT

OF HERE.

AND FINALLY CLOSER TO AVERAGE.

STILL ABOVE THE AVERAGE WHEN

YOU LOOK AT THE SEVEN-DAY

FORECAST.

EVEN THE COOLDOWN WE EXPECT BY

SUNDAY WHEN WE GO FROM 50s ALL

THE WAY ACROSS THE BOARD TO 42

FOR SATURDAY.

THE SYSTEM ROLLS THROUGH.

THAT BRINGS US DOWN TO 36 BY

SUNDAY.

IT DOES APPEAR WE WILL DROP A

FEW DEGREES AS WE HEAD INTO

MONDAY.

BUT THAT IS STILL ABOVE THE