Chicago RealTime Weather Alert: Snow Coming Late Wednesday; Winter Weather Advisory Parts Of Area
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Snow arrives by the evening commute on Wednesday and lingers into Thursday through about midday.
Temperatures drop to near 0 by Friday morning.
On Tuesday night, look for mostly clear conditions with a low of 20. On Wednesday, it will be mostly cloudy with snow by sunset – especially south of the city.
The evening commute will be impacted.
Snow continues overnight and through midday Thursday. Total accumulations of 1 to 3 inches expected, with isolated totals of 4 inches or more – mainly in southern counties.
A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued for Northwest Indiana, as well as Will, Grundy, and Kankakee counties in Illinois, from 4 p.m. Wednesday to 9 p.m. Thursday.
CBS 2 Meteorologist Robb Ellis also expects Wind Chill Advisories to be a possibility by Thursday, but likely for outlying counties.
Behind the snow, temperatures will stay in the 10s for most of Thursday with gusty winds.
Lows will drop to near 0 by Friday morning. Wind chills could be -10 or lower.
Friday will be in the mid-10s, but the mid-30s return the next day.
