Snow will continue to taper off to flurries and then end this morning. While additional accumulations will be minor, strong winds will continue to result in significant blowing and drifting snow early this morning. #ILWX Continue reading Snow Tapering Off – Winds are Still Strong, Monday November 26
The travelers guide to NWS Winter Products gets right to the point. If you’re in a Blizzard Warning or Winter Storm Warning tonight, you are urged to postpone non-emergency travel. Continue reading A Dummies Guild to the Snow Storm of November 25-26
A narrow band of rain across north-central Illinois has started to change over to snow late this morning. Minor accumulations are expected under this band through mid-afternoon as it shifts N to NE. Heavy snow is still expected to spread … Continue reading Rain Changing to Snow. 350 Flights Cancelled at O’Hare
Another fast moving weather system will affect the area on Wednesday. A few periods of snow are possible for portions of the area, but confidence is low in trends. The first potential round of snow is in the early morning hours across parts of north central and northeast Illinois. The next potential round of snow will be in the afternoon hours. Finally, conditions will become favorable for a period of lake effect snow Wednesday evening and night. Stay tuned for the latest updates at weather.gov/Chicago. Kinda sounds like a snowy one two punch right!? Stoke up those snow blowers. In … Continue reading Weather for Wednesday December 13, 2017 – Snow in most area 1″ and greater that 1″ in Porter and LaPorte Counties
Heads up for this morning: the coldest air mass of the month thus far combined with gusty northwest winds will result in wind chill values near to slightly below zero. Dress appropriately if you’ll be spending prolonged time outdoors and remember to bundle up the kids for school. In addition, in the wake of Monday’s snow and the well below freezing temperatures, black ice is possible. Scattered flurries may have also coated area roadways overnight. Be alert for slick road conditions. Leave yourself extra travel time for the morning commute. After Monday evening’s quick shot of snow, look for windy … Continue reading Weather for Tuesday December 12, 2017
A period of light snow is expected Friday night across the region. Snow is expected to start fairly early in the evening near the Wisconsin-Illinois border, gradually spreading south and east across the area, likely reaching Pontiac to Rensselaer and points south late in the evening or just after midnight. Many areas will see just a dusting to an inch of accumulation, with localized amounts of 1-2\” expected, especially across northwest Indiana. Northwest Indiana always gets the crap weather. Even though snow amounts are expected to be light, it only takes a little bit of snow or ice on … Continue reading Weather Update for Chicago, Friday- December 8, 2017
For Thursday, cloudy skies should at least partially clear in the afternoon and winds will be much weaker than the past few days. Yea now that all of our faces are red from the relentless wind and various items that just so happen to fly right up in our face. Expect temperatures to only top out in the middle to upper 20s. Snow will be likely Friday night into Saturday morning. Some accumulations of an inch or 2 are possible. For those of you who still have your lights in your garage or basement, good luck with that. Consider … Continue reading Weather Update for Chicago, Thursday- December 7, 2017
Under mainly clear skies, winds have ease a bit since earlier today, though it will remain blustery. Clouds will increase again after midnight, with a few flurries possible into early Wednesday morning mainly south of I-88 across Illinois and into northwest Indiana. Sunshine will return by mid-morning Wednesday. Temperatures will settle into the 20’s overnight, and will not recover much above the lower 30’s over the next few days. Another disturbance will bring another chance of flurries late Wednesday night into early Thursday. Wednesday Mostly sunny, with a high near 35. Breezy, with a west wind 15 to 20 … Continue reading Weather Update for Chicago, Wednesday- December 6, 2017 – Cold & Flurries
More typical December temperatures are in the forecast for the rest of this week, into the weekend, and likely into next week. Windy conditions will continue today, with gusts at times of 40-45 mph. Late tonight and into Wednesday morning there will likely be some flurries. There could be flurries at times Thursday morning as well. Later Friday into Saturday there is a chance of light snow across the area. We warned you last week about this stuff. Now would be the time to make sure that snow blower starts. Maybe not this week, but as we move forward … Continue reading Weather Update for Chicago, Tuesday- December 5, 2017 – Wind Advisory Wind Gust upto 45 mph
Very windy gust up to 45 mph and unseasonably warm conditions are on tap for Monday, but Monday will be the last mild day for what looks to be quite some time! So I hope you have your Christmas lights up and all your yard work done because things are going to get very real very quick. A spotty shower or two is possible, mainly early in the morning and toward evening. A cold front will move through Monday evening with gusty showers followed by sharply falling temperatures. There are going to be a down comforter type of … Continue reading Weather Update for Chicago, Monday- December 3, 2017
Several more days of unseasonable warmth are on tap with the warmth likely culminating in temperatures in the 60s by Monday! Ohhhh baby! Beyond that, changes are coming. Much colder air arrives Tuesday and all indications are Tuesday’s cold is only hint of what’s to come with even colder air looming. Some rain is expected at times Monday into Monday night. Long range forecast do indicate that this will be a cold and snowy winter. So make sure that snow blower is ready. If you are thinking about a new car, Jeeps are great! Hint! Plus, studies show that … Continue reading Weekend Weather Update for Chicago, Friday – December 2, 2017
Sunny and mild late fall/early winter weather on tap for the weekend…but more winter-like temps are on the horizon for next week…So get out and enjoy this weekend. You never know what is in store for you weather wise or otherwise. Today Sunny, with a high near 48. Southwest wind around 5 mph. Friday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 36. South wind 5 to 10 mph. Saturday Sunny, with a high near 51. West southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Saturday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 35. West southwest wind around 5 mph becoming … Continue reading Weather Update for Chicago, Friday – December 1, 2017
After the departure of early morning cloud cover and isolated rain, sunny skies with above normal temperatures will continue. So continue on with your above normal happiness because the sun is going to shine through most of the weekend. Today Mostly cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 50. West northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Tonight Mostly clear, with a low around 33. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light west after midnight. Friday Sunny, with a high near 47. Calm wind becoming southwest around … Continue reading Weather Update for Chicago, Thursday – November 30, 2017
Continued mild and generally fair weather conditions expected through the rest of the week. So go out and be mild and fair….as much as you can you rabble-rouser! Expect temperatures to run 5-10 degrees above normal each day. We bet after all that running around you will be doing your temperature will be 5-10 above normal. There is a chance of rain Wednesday night; otherwise, dry conditions will prevail into the weekend. Have fun folks, it’s going to be a beaut! So we know some of you will feel compelled to run around partially clothed so we must ask, … Continue reading Weather Update for Chicago, Wednesday – November 29, 2017
Next chance for rain, will be late morning Tuesday for the northwest portion of the area with an increasing chance spreading east through the day. Although the rain chance is not great. The system for late Wednesday night into Thursday morning does not look like a heavy rain producer at all, and it is possible much of the area is dry by mid-morning Thursday. Dry weather is then expected to return for the end of the work week and into the weekend. Today A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly after 3pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 58. … Continue reading Weather Update for Chicago, Tuesday – November 28, 2017
