weather 101

It may seem contradictory to get more snow during a warm winter, but for Chicago, Lake Michigan has a lot to do with it. Lake Michigan certainly isn’t warm right now, but it is milder than average for early February. As of Thursday morning, the water temperature of Lake Michigan near Chicago was 38 degrees. That’s cold, but it’s...

It may seem contradictory to get more snow during a warm winter, but for Chicago, Lake Michigan has a lot to do with it.

January 2020 will go down as the warmest January that Chicago has had in the past eight years, but one of the reasons for the mild weather may have you feeling a little down: The clouds. Chicago has had only two sunny days (70% or more sunshine) all month long, and each of the past nine days has been completely…

January 2020 will go down as the warmest January that Chicago has had in the past eight years, but one of the reasons for the mild weather may have you feeling a little down. Paul Deanno explains.

The Chicago area is getting hit by a super-slow-moving storm that will bring a light snow chance for four straight days. The snow began Wednesday evening and won’t completely leave until Saturday afternoon. But “why” is this storm moving so slowly? It’s because this type of storm system is “cutoff” from the jet stream. The jet stream is a...

NBC 5 Storm Team Meteorologist Paul Deanno details how a slow-moving storm can keep snow and rain chances elevated for days.