Good morning. Illinois. I'm Aaron Jolly. Wake up to a damp, mild start. But don’t get too comfortable. That 59-degree reading you’re seeing? It’s the calm before the change. A sharp cold front is slicing through Illinois right now. And by this afternoon, you’ll feel like you’ve jumped into a different season. Classic March—where spring teases you in the morning and winter reminds you it’s not done by lunch. Chicagoland starts at 60 degrees—yes, 60 in March—but that’s your high for the day. By noon, temperatures **plummet** to the mid-40s as the front blows through. Expect showers and even a few rumbles of thunder before 2 P.M., then clearing skies by evening. Winds howl out of the west-southwest at 15 to 20 miles an hour, gusting to 30. Tonight? A chilly 37 degrees—feeling more like late February than early March. Central Illinois sees a similar  ...