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Parts of Illinois may see their first snow of the season this weekend as temperatures drastically dip and a wet front moves through the region. Here's the forecast.

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Published in Nature Sustainability, the research traces atmospheric moisture back to its source. Moisture from the ocean can travel long distances through storms and other large weather events.