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Snow hits Chicago area, with up to 2 inches expected

By Fox 32 Digital Staff and Sun-Times Media Wire
Published  November 26, 2023 8:10am CST
Winter Weather
FOX 32 Chicago

Chicago area issued Winter Weather Advisory Sunday morning

A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect for a majority of Chicago-area counties until 2 p.m. Sunday. The city will see a light dusting, potentially up to an inch of snow, while some northern suburbs will see as much as 3 inches.

CHICAGO - Snow was falling across the Chicago area Sunday. As much as two inches might be left on the city and suburbs and possibly three inches across northwestern Illinois.

A winter weather advisory expired at 2 p.m. Sunday, with most of the snow expected to stop by 4 p.m., according to the National Weather Service.

The weather service said to expect slower travel times and slick road conditions.

Sunday’s snow was the first substantial, widespread snow of the season in Illinois, according to Weather Service Meteorologist Lee Carlaw.

The first accumulating snow of the season fell on Halloween, but that inch of snow mostly fell on the Chicago area, he said.

Snowfall amounts this season are about average, Carlaw said.

Temperatures are expected to plummet to the teens and single-digits overnight into Monday, bringing the risk of black ice on roads for the morning commute, he said.

Cold weather is expected to continue Monday and Tuesday, but warmer temperatures should return later in the week. 

Cook County, DuPage County, Will County, DeKalb County, Grundy County, Kane County, Kendall County, La Salle County, and McHenry County are under an advisory until 2 p.m.