Highs in the 80s will make it feel like July

By Admin on April 24, 2009

Temperatures on Friday jump to summer levels. It’s a change guaranteed to capture Chicagoans’ attention in a month that has averaged 2.5-degrees below normal to date. Wind trajectory forecasts, which allow the tracking of air movement, indicate Friday’s warming originated 24 hours ago in Mississippi and Louisiana, where Thursday highs hit the mid-to-upper 80s. Powerful southwest winds–expected to reach 60 m.p.h. several thousand feet above the ground this afternoon–will transport that warmth…