Oak Park is experiencing positive temperatures for the first time in nearly 40 hours as the mercury climbed to 3 above zero shortly after 3 p.m. today, according to the National Weather Service.
Though the wind chill is 14 below zero, the current forecast no longer calls for sub zero temperatures in the seven-day predictions with a high of 15 Wednesday and a 20 percent chance of snow.
Schools and other organizations are expected to be open Wednesday.
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