1988 versus 2018: A study in atmospheric extremes
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Unsettled week ahead; weather to turn colder by Friday
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Wild weather week; big snow, historic cold, rapid warm-up
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Temps take plunge but more wintry weather due by weekend
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Next big weather maker to bring rain and wind to Chicago
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Travel weather good through Christmas, but not for sleighs
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Coldest weather in 11 months spawns a second winter storm; its wintry afternoon mix shifts back to snow Tuesday night and Wednesday morning; dangerous cold, winter’s chilliest to date, hits Thursday night/Friday
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Wintry weather to ease across country through mid-December
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Cold and snow in rear-view mirror as milder weather moves in
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Cold weather continues its winter break; westerly upper winds keep “mild” air coming through next week—daily temps 6 to 13-degrees above normal; precip nil until late week; sub-32-deg highs to cover less than 11% of the country
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Coldest spell in 9 months settles over the area in wake of Sunday night’s blizzard; north & NW suburbs—site of the storm’s heaviest snows—may see single digit lows; eastbound Pacific storm a possible weather-maker here this weekend
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Lake-effect flurries flutter earthward across lakeside counties Saturday; better organized snows due late Saturday night into Sunday night: 2 to 4” possible; it’s an offshoot of the West’s stormy atmospheric river”
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2nd powerful storm of the week less than 24 hours away—this one wet rather than snowy; weather here deteriorates rapidly over night; high winds, drenching, possibly thundery rains and shoreline lashing waves coming; 40s due late Sat
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Clearly remembered: The 1988 New Year’s Eve fog bowl
