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Tom Skilling delivers emotional final forecast on WGN-TV

CHICAGO — Retiring WGN-TV meteorologist Tom Skilling delivered his final weather report Wednesday night, and the forecast was unseasonably warm and fuzzy. After violent storms turned summer back into winter Tuesday night, temperatures are expected to climb back into the 70s this weekend. But Skilling, long the face of Chicago weather, will not be back on the air to tell us about it. Joined by ...
WGN-TV chief meteorologist Tom Skilling stands beside his celebratory cake after his final broadcast during the 10 p.m. news on Thursday, Feb. 28, 2024, in Chicago.

CHICAGO — Retiring WGN-TV meteorologist Tom Skilling delivered his final weather report Wednesday night, and the forecast was unseasonably warm and fuzzy.

After violent storms turned summer back into winter Tuesday night, temperatures are expected to climb back into the 70s this weekend. But Skilling, long the face of Chicago weather, will not be back on the air to tell us about it.

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