(CHICAGO) Freezing rain will spread across the Chicago area Monday night and turn into snow by Tuesday morning, according to the National Weather Service.
Beginning about 9 p.m., a winter storm warning will be issued for Lake and McHenry counties, and all of northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin, lasting until 9 a.m. Tuesday, according to Matt Friedlein, lead forecaster for the National Weather Service in Romeoville. Heavy wet snow could accumulate from 4-7 inches with wind gusts to 30 mph.
For the city of Chicago; Cook, DuPage and Kane counties; and points west, a winter weather advisory will be issued from 9 p.m. until 9 a.m., according to Friedlein. Snow totals of 1-5 inches are possible with wind gusts to 30 mph.
The Far South Side, south and southwest suburbs, and northwest Indiana will see more of a wintry mix of ice and snow into Tuesday morning, with only minor snow accumulation, Friedlein said.
Overnights lows will drop to about 29, with a high of 32 on Tuesday,. Temperatures will stay in the low 30s through Friday, with nighttime lows in the upper 20s. Though February was relatively warm, and the past weekend broke a 121-year-old record with a high of 63, such changes in weather are common, Friedlein said.
“This is not uncommon in the late winter to early spring to have these sharp ups and downs,” Friedlein said.
