kankakee at this hour is 41 degrees nothing to complain about there. we're looking at the cold air moving to the east coming behind that and nice warmup by friday may be warmer than we expect tomorrow to be maybe 47 degrees more call they're coming for the weekend we will warm up briefly once again and then get hit with another batch of cold air we're seeing this happen in today intervals2-day intervals ... back to florida the state is suffering with freezing temperatures in the teens ... 22 in jacksonville tallahassee 18 degrees milburn 33 degrees very chilly conditions in florida ... this afternoon we see clouds increasing late in the day the high temperature may hit 39 degrees wind is west southwest 17 mi. per hour 23-28 degrees overnight with breezes at 10 to 14 mi. per hour temperatures will be 15 degrees above normal tomorrow i would say they're more like 29-33 actually into the 40's by thursday ... it will be a very nice day compared to what you typically expect this first week in january we have been extremely fortunate we will see 40 degree te

producing thunderstorms we are looking at the radar at the moment and showing you also the view from kankakeeow left on the ground there. and we're looking at the skyline very low visibility here in the city ... there are powerhouse wind gusts blowing ... we have some other rainfall accumulation totals ... the temperatures are descending 36 degrees at 0 hera 35 degrees at midway 32 degrees at 0 henr mchenry ... >>the storms are now marching through pennsylvania and sections of virginia ... the tornado season begins down on the gulf coast and and marches to the north reaching us in the springtime ... last year there were terrible tornado outbreaks down south ... there is a cooling of the equatorial pacific ocean area that has a facteffect on wednesday whichwe expect rain or snow. we are not expecting major accumulations but what may happen is that clearing may take place from the fleury's later on tonight and that standing water will be freezing all the chemicals have been washed off of the roadways so you need to be careful of the icy conditions ... there are wind advisories in indiana and oh

kankakee is simply wet ... they have had a quarter of an inch of rain. there is strong wind happening to the west of chicago ... it is currently 30 degrees at o'hare ... 28 at midway ... we missed the heaviest snowfall here in chicago that lake effect will turnon in indiana tonight ... we will have cleared here in chicago by then ... here is the new model forecast we are down to fractions but just enough to make the roads slick ... the pineapple express emanates from moisture out in hawaii ... northern california portland and seattle will be affected with heavy rain and almost a foot of snow to the north in seattle ... and these arctic blasts will be headed our way over the next several days we will continue to watch for this ... falling temperatures will go to the mid- 20s today ... we will go into a warming cycle next week ... we should get warmer after these cold blasts this week ... overall this winter is nearly 12 degrees warmer than it was last year ... 1 in. of snow forecast for the city between two and four to the north suburbs ... temperatures w

snow melting today in the sunshine kankakee before the clout to get here snow melting of the rooftop.autiful skyline. the big story is the warm air not going to last very long come said of cold their windy weather. push of milder air. have been hurt more impressive showers coming together system spitting up in place interesting to watch. rainfall scattered off at dawn here we are morning rush-hour setting up to the northwest sleet and snow by lunchtime smelling tomorrow into the evening rush hour tomorrow night as you can see and pulling out like affect snow indiana and michigan here is the model estimate how much snow might come down some spots close to 3 in. of snow 1-2 in. and other areas midmorning on. storm stands up packs the isobars wed with cooling during the day tomorrow and wind it will drop with chills single digits clipper comes along and turns the bed the southwest on wednesday next batch of cold air snow showers wednesday into thursday this thing will be the coldest air of the week system to the west snow producer several more inches of snow interesting thursday night- f

the other thing, rick santorum was a supporter of mitt romney in the late -- host: kankakee, illinois. good morning. caller: i don't think none of the republicans are going to be able to beat president obama. president obama made one mistake, thinking he could do everything -- when he had control of both houses he tried to do everything bipartisan and it never -- so i do not think any of them will be able to beat him. host: why not? caller: none of them have what it takes. host: a story about rick santorum in "the washington post." this is paul kane writing -- in the gop field, santorum is something of an anomaly -- western pennsylvania. al, independent line. caller: what that lady said about ron paul winning the election, with the popular people backing him. i believe that, too. but i don't believe the people have the power to elect a president. the electors or college picks our people. there have been people elected as president who won with the popular votes and still lost the election. that is not right. they must get rid of the electron college and go with what the people want. n