Makes me want to go to my secret spot at Daroga State Park, can't wait for summer. Currently 70 degrees over here right now though, so that helps.

Again... there's a reason desert golf courses are very busy in the winter and dead in the summer. It's much more enjoyable when it's not very hot.

You've experienced the record breaking warmth yourself this Winter. PHX UHI may be 2-3F, but records are being broken now far exceeding that marginal stuff. Makes me think the UHI estimate is even overdone, and that it's more about something happening in the SW, US, for a while now.

This much

Looking more into the setup for Friday, there is some discrepancy on wind direction, but whether the winds turn onshore or go more northwesterly, I think being post-frontal is probably going to screw Chicago out of 70 on Friday.