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Chicago weather: Brutally cold wind chills are on the way
Temperatures are going to begin to drop on Saturday ahead of a Wind Chill Advisory beginning at midnight on Sunday. The advisory lasts through Wednesday morning with wind chills in the negative 20s.
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.
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Chicago snow plows prepare roads for chilling temperatures
Chicago's Department of Streets and Sanitation has about 240 trucks out on the road scraping residual slush and salting the streets in preparation of temperatures well below freezing.
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.
Chicago Winter Storm Coverage
- Snowfall totals from Jan. 12-13 winter storm
- Blizzard conditions possible
- Chicago braces for bitter cold
- Cook County Warming Centers | Chicago Warming Centers
- Tips to beat the cold and lower energy bills as temps drop
- LIVE BLOG following Friday's snow storm
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Illinois Tollway plow trucks fight winter storm
The Illinois Tollway maintenance crew has been clearing the roads nonstop since Friday. Over 196 trucks have been out combating the blustery conditions.