Tom Skilling

Dear Tom, Has Chicago ever experienced a colder Thanksgiving than Christmas in the same calendar year? Chuck Kennell Dear Chuck, We asked Chicago climatologist Frank Wachowski to check it out...

The morning starts with cloudy skies and a chance of flurries in northwest Indiana but skies should clear by early afternoon. Game time conditions at Soldier Field for the game...

An Alberta clipper that brought a winter weather advisory to southeast Minnesota and northeast Iowa overnight and this morning brings wet snow here to start our Saturday. The snow will...

Dear Tom, In your experience, do you think the California wildfires are causing a buckle in the jet stream that is causing the difference in our weather? Steve Parker, Antioch...

Thursday saw cloudiness and occasional sticking snow over our area — accumulations of 1 to as much as 2 inches in some locations, as low pressure moved from the Ohio...

Dear Tom, I was wondering why snow is white? — Megan S., Aurora Dear Megan, As winter approaches, it's time to revisit this frequently asked question. Visible sunlight consists of...

Dear Tom, You say the anvil tops of thunderstorms are formed when the rising column of warm, moist air in the storm finally encounters air warmer than itself. But we...

The very cold Arctic-source high-pressure air mass will be departing eastward today, but it could leave behind some record low temperatures Wednesday morning. Early morning temperatures in the teens areawide...

Dear Tom, Our niece lives in the California high desert and the dew point there was listed as minus 6. Could this be accurate? William Girard, Shorewood Dear William, It...