Chicago weather: Snow dies down as bitter cold, blustery winds move in
CHICAGO - Chicago's winter storm dies down just as bitter cold and gusty winds set in this weekend.
Friday's storm knocked out power for more than 100,000 people and canceled over 1,000 flights.
The Winter Storm Warning issued for the Chicago area expired Saturday afternoon. In its place, a Wind Chill Advisory was issued for Central Cook County, DeKalb County, DuPage County, Eastern Will County, Grundy County, Kane County, Kankakee County, Kendall County, La Salle County, Lake County, McHenry County, Northern Cook County, Northern Will County, Southern Cook County, Southern Will County, Lake County, Porter County.
The Advisory begins on Sunday at midnight and is scheduled to expire at 9 a.m. Wednesday.
Snow continued to fall overnight, but began to die down this morning. Chicago braces for temperatures to nosedive with wind chills reaching 21 degrees below zero by early Sunday morning.
ComEd's outage map showed over 1,300 customers still affected Saturday morning. The number was reduced to 972 customers effect by the afternoon.
As of 2 p.m., O'Hare Airport had over 200 more flights canceled and Midway Airport reported 20 cancelations. Both airports are experiencing delays of around 15-20 minutes.