The latest forecast for the Chicago area includes heavy, wind-whipped snow before it transitions to rain.
Editor's Note: A winter weather advisory went into effect at 7 a.m. for parts of the Chicago area. More details here.
A blustery, snowy day is in store for the Chicago area, with a winter weather advisory, a wind advisory and "wind-whipped" snow possible for the Thursday morning commute.
Accompanying the snow will be wind chills in the teens and 20s, with gusts as high as 40 or 50 miles-per-hour at times. According to the National Weather Service, a wind advisory will go into effect at 10 a.m. for the entire area.
"Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects," the National Weather Service said in a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. "Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result."
Illinois road conditions: Slippery roads, reduced visibility expected as snow moves in
Conditions around 6 a.m. were mostly quiet, the NBC 5 Storm Team said, though wind chills were in the teens. Winter weather was expected to pick up just in time for the Thursday morning commute, as a system with heavy snow slowly crept down from Green Bay into Chicago's northern counties.
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