Snow showers could bring a dusting of snow to northeast Illinois, and up to an inch or two for northwest Indiana, depending on lake-effect snow conditions.
CHICAGO -- Chicago is in store for a very cold Halloween, with temperatures about 20 degrees below normal.A freeze warning is in effect from 9 p.m. Monday through 9 a.m. Tuesday for Central and Southern Cook County and Eastern Will County; as well as Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee counties in Illinois; and Benton, Jasper, Lake, Newton,and Porter Counties in Indiana. Temperatures overnight are expected to drop to the mid 20s.It will be the last freeze warning for the season in the Chicago area.
Our cold air mass will be waiting to meet this surge of instability and moisture, creating snow showers in the morning, increasing to snow squalls in the afternoon. Winds will shift from southwest to northwest around lunchtime with the passage of the cold front. Blustery conditions will be in place for the afternoon rush. Lake-enhanced snow showers will favor northwest Indiana into the evening. With the unstable air gusting over Lake Michigan, waterspouts are possible late day into the evening.
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