Fickle winds

Today is one of those classic Chicago spring days. It's 43 degrees right now, with winds blowing from the northeast. The fetch of the lake is reaching well into Illinois, as far west as Rockford. But it's 74 in Moline, 150 miles or so west of Chicago. A quick Internet check shows that we're still not the coldest spot in the Lower 48 tonight. It's 33 in Marquette, Mich., 41 in Kenosha, Wis., and 40 in Caribou, Maine. We are cooler than International Falls, Minn., which is holding at 50. Oh yeah, high here yesterday was 80 and the lakefront was a beach volleyball/cycling/jogging paradise.