A winter storm is expected to move into the Chicago area Wednesday, bringing several inches of snow. A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued for the entire Chicago area, including surrounding counties in Illinois and Indiana. Snow is expected to begin Wednesday morning and continue through Thursday. Temperatures will also drop significantly, with wind chills as low as -5 degrees on Thursday.
A winter storm is expected to move into the Chicago area Wednesday, bringing several inches of snow. A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued for the entire Chicago area, including Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Will, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, La Salle, Lake, McHenry, Ogle and Winnebago counties in Illinois, and Lake and Porter counties in Indiana, from 9 a.m. Wednesday until 3 a.m. Thursday. A similar advisory is in effect from 9 a.m. Wednesday until 3 a.m.
Thursday for Kenosha County in Wisconsin. Northern Indiana has also been upgraded to a Winter Storm Warning until Thursday 7 a.m., including: De Kalb, Eastern St. Joseph, Elkhart, Lagrange, Marshal, Noble, Northern Kosciusko, Northern La Porte, Southern Kosciusko, Southern La Port, Starke, Steuben, Western St. Joseph and Whitley. ABC7 AccuWeather Meteorologist Larry Mowry said the storm could dump 3 to 6 inches of snow across the area. Mowry said snow is expected to begin Wednesday between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m., and 1 to 2 inches of snow could be on the ground by noon. The heaviest snow will come between noon and 5 p.m., with 3 to 5 inches of snow expected to be on the ground by 5 p.m., Mowry added. Intermittent snow is expected to continue from 5 p.m. to midnight and could bring another 0.5 to 2 inches of additional snowfall. Temperatures will stay in the 20s on Wednesday, and Thursday will see some bitterly cold temperatures move in, with wind chills from 5 to -5 degrees. Friday will be quiet, but snow showers are expected to arrive later in the evening, and the ABC7 AccuWeather Team is watching a storm system for Saturday as well. That could bring more accumulating snow, Mowry said
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