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Chicago, IL – Illinois is positioned for a wetter and potentially wintry stretch during the Thanksgiving travel window, as new longer-range federal outlooks show above-normal precipitation statewide from November 23 through November 29.
According to the Climate Prediction Center’s 8–14 Day Outlook issued Saturday, Illinois sits solidly within a 40–50% probability zone for above-normal precipitation. This region extends from Texas through the central Plains and into the Great Lakes, forming an active storm corridor that often influences Midwest travel during late November…