It will turn to snow as cold air arrives, Mowry said. The first wave of wintry precipitation began as rain Tuesday afternoon. In the southwest and south suburbs and northwest Indiana, snow is expected to begin in the evening and continue through until Thursday, though the intensity is likely to ebb and then increase again.Ĭity dwellers can expect to wake up Wednesday morning with a couple inches of snow on the ground by 7:30 a.m., while areas to the south are more likely to wake up to five to six inches, Mowry said. A second wave of snow is expected Wednesday night into Thursday. and continue through to Wednesday afternoon. Snow is expected to start in the city around 8 p.m. There's also likely to be a sharp cutoff between areas that get just a dusting of snow and areas that get significantly more. All appointments will be rescheduled, the city said.ĪBC7 Chicago meteorologist Larry Mowry said there will be two waves of snow, which may only be distinguishable by the snow intensity. Thursday for Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee and Livingston counties in Illinois and La Porte, Benton, Jasper, Lake, Newton and Porter counties in Indiana, until 6 p.m.Ĭook County is closing its county-run COVID vaccination sites Wednesday due to the snow, and the city of Chicago has canceled its in-home vaccination appointments for Wednesday and Thursday. Wednesday for DuPage, Kendall, central Cook, eastern Will, Grundy, LaSalle, northern Will and southern Cook counties in Illinois.Ī Winter Storm Warning is in effect from 10 p.m. Heavy snow and dangerous travel conditions are possible Tuesday evening through Thursday this week, as the latest winter storm takes aim at the Chicago area.Ī Winter Storm Warning is in effect from 8 p.m. A winter storm is bringing tightly gradianted bands of snow to the Chicago area, with some areas just getting a dusting and others possibly topping 10 inches.ĬHICAGO (WLS) - A winter storm warning has prompted Governor JB Pritzker to issue a disaster declaration for the state ahead of the arrival of the snow.Ĭlick here to see school closings, moves to e-learning in the Chicago area
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