We should break a record today -- but watch out for the 'pneumonia front'

We should break a record today -- but watch out for the 'pneumonia front'
 
7:27 a.m. CDT, March 14, 2012

Today is expected to set a new record high as the Chicago area enters what could be a historic warming spell this early in March.

But they'll be a brief slap of reality when a "pneumonia front" hits Thursday afternoon, sending temperatures plunging as much as 30 degrees along the lakefront before they rebound Friday for a string of days in the 70s.

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