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TheForecast Post

A chronicle of American weather and climate  ·  Wednesday, 16 September 2026

Chicago, Illinois Revisions MILEPOST 1036

Chicago's forecast for Monday has moved 10°F warmer

73°F in the 20260908T06:00Z run, 83°F in the 20260910T00:00Z — the 3rd-largest revision of the 6 cities on the roster that moved at all. The current run's 10th-to-90th percentile spread at that hour is 21°F.

Successive cycles do not merely refresh a forecast; they leave a trail. For Monday, September 14 at 21Z in Chicago, that trail runs from 73.4°F in the 20260908T06:00Z cycle to 83.2°F in the 20260910T00:00Z — a move of +9.9°F across 8 runs.

The change sits well inside the run's own spread, which is the guidance converging rather than reversing.

Model NBM-QMD, via api.weather.city /v1/history. Percentiles are the same run's own.

The numbers in this piece, with what they are measured against
forecast revision for Monday at 21Z
api.weather.city /v1/history (nbm-qmd)
9.9 °F normal 0.0 °F · 3 of 6
8 synoptic cycles
10th-to-90th percentile spread at that hour
api.weather.city (nbm-qmd)
20.9 °F normal 9.9 °F
current run
Milepost
1036 · laid 2026-09-10T12:29:55Z
Model
nbm-qmd · cycle 20260910T00:00Z
Desk
revision v1
Method
the same valid time read from successive synoptic cycles; the move is last run minus first run
Source
https://api.weather.city/v1/history
Digest
4ce56d6b76df9178d0421208724ff9538119587f32ca628fa12d049bf404ef2c
Machine
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