
Chicago Weather: Lake Effect Snow And Lakeshore Flood Warnings Begin Sunday Night
Sunday night through Tuesday will bring accumulating snow to parts of the Chicago area.
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Sunday night through Tuesday will bring accumulating snow to parts of the Chicago area.
The snow showers that have been with us since Wednesday night will taper off to narrow, lake-effect bands Thursday night and Friday.
Light snow will overspread the area this evening from south to north, bringing light accumulations by morning.
A wintry system brings snow to our forecast from Wednesday evening through early Friday morning.
The cold air was firmly in place Sunday afternoon – but from here through Friday, it's a steady warmup.
Snow blowing through the area Monday morning is set to dump accumulations of up to 6 inches on the ground – right in time for the morning commute.
At least one person was pinned inside their vehicle during a 29-car pileup on Interstate 94 near Hartford, Michigan, on Friday, amid heavy lake effect snow.
A narrow band of lake effect snow is expected to dissipate and move off to the east by the afternoon.
A lake effect snow warning was lifted Wednesday morning in northwest Indiana, but the after-effects of the storm could be felt for days to come.
Heavy lake effect snow created near-whiteout conditions in part of the Chicago area on Tuesday, threatening to dump up to 10 more inches on top of Monday's snow.
Flakes likely will begin falling late Monday morning along the lakefront. According to the National Weather Service, an accumulation of about an inch is expected quickly in Lake and Cook counties in Illinois, and Porter and Lake counties in Indiana.
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Snow-covered roads made for a very slick commute across the Chicago area Thursday morning, after 2 to 8 inches of snow fell in Chicagoland overnight. Lake-effect snow was still falling in some neighborhoods late Thursday morning.
Roads have been tough to negotiate, as wind has blown hard at times, and lake effect snow has been piling up.
Lake effect snow dropped more than 8 inches of snow on parts of the Chicago area overnight. With snow still falling in northwest Indiana, here are snowfall totals reported to the National Weather Service as of 10 a.m.:
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The snow might be long over in Chicago, but parts of northwest Indiana have seen six or more inches of it on Tuesday, and could get a few more, thanks to lake effect snow.
A winter storm that buried much of central Illinois in heavy snow largely missed the Chicago area Sunday and early Monday. The storm prompted many schools and universities downstate to cancel classes, and police advised people not to drive in that part of the state unless it's an emergency.
A powerful lake-effect snow system is blasting the Chicago area, and it could dump as much as 18 inches of accumulation in some areas.
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Light flurries have tapered off for most of the Chicago area, but lake effect snow in northwest Indiana could bring a lot of snow to that region by Tuesday.
Most of Chicago saw only a few inches of snow on the ground today, but a short drive into Northwest Indiana provided a totally different picture.
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