Rainy and rotten Wednesday night in Chicago
CHICAGO (CBS) — Soaking rain moves into the Chicago area from south to north Wednesday evening, leading to a cool and wet overnight period.
Mainly gray skies and scattered showers linger on Thursday.
Most areas will see rain totals around 0.50", although isolated totals of 0.75"-1" are expected.
Drier, warmer weather builds in Friday into the weekend courtesy of a ridge of high pressure, but big changes follow next week.
We have your First Alert on what will likely be the Chicago area's first snow of the season. It comes courtesy of a powerful low pressure system set to bring rain Tuesday, then stall to our east Wednesday through the end of the week. Northerly flow on the backside of the system is forecast to unlock cold air from Canada and potentially bring high temperatures down to the 30s, biting wind chills, and the potential of light snow.
The system is still too far out to have any certainty on snowfall amounts or accumulations. Stay with the First Alert Weather team for updates.
What to expect Wednesday night
Rain. Steady temperatures. Low: 51
Gray and cloudy on Thursday
Lingering showers. High: 53
Drier weather Friday
Partly cloudy and cool. High: 55