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Winter Weather Advisory in Effect for Northern Illinois
How much snow is expected?
Get ready for more snow! A winter weather advisory will be in effect from 9 p.m. Thursday until 6 p.m. Friday for all of northern Illinois, including the following counties: Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry and Will. The National Weather Service in Chicago says the snow should develop by Thursday evening and continue into Friday, with snowfall amounts of 3 to 5 inches expected. "A period of heavy snow with snowfall rates of 1 inch per hour is possible late Thursday evening into the overnight hours," according to the National Weather Service.
Leslie Yager
6:49 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
I lived in Evanston in the mid 90s and had great admiration for how everyone embraced the snow. It was just matter-of-fact. Back in CT now, I see such contrast. We cancel school for amounts of snow that wouldn't even phase you!   more ›