
But the afternoon rush has a strong chance of dangerous weather. Friday, leaving us for a dry and quiet weekend. The system will move fast and will be gone by 7 p.m. Heavy winds are also expected around the area for the entire area. 4/2 at Joliet, 5.8 at Gary and Rensselaer, and 8.1 at LaPorte. The highest potential snow totals for the Chicago area are seen with the European model, which calls for 1.8 inches at O'Hare, 3.6 at Midway. The snow totals for the more immediate Chicago area are low with this model – Joliet would see 0.8 inch, Midway International Airport 0.7 inch, and O'Hare International Airport 0.5 inch. The GFS (Global Forecast System) puts better chances of snow in our area – with 5.2 inches in Kankakee, 9.1 in Valparaiso, and 11.1 in Rensselaer. 3 inch, while LaPorte, Indiana would get. Typically, snowfall is logged from autumn. However, one model, the IBM GRAF (Global High-Resolution Atmospheric Forecasting System), has the snowstorm missing the Chicago area altogether – with no snow accumulation seen west of Valparaiso and Rensselaer, Indiana. David Landsittel Dear David, Chicago’s calendar-year snowfall in 2017 was anemic, totaling just 13.8 inches, the city’s fourth-lowest since 1885. Totals higher than 6 inches are possible for some parts of Northwest Indiana. But we expect Northwest Indiana – from about the Stevenson Expressway south/southeast into Northwest Indiana to see totals of 3 to 6 inches. But the Chicago area will be close enough as a low-pressure system passes just south of us at noon on Friday.Ĭolder air will wrap behind the system and change everything to snow for our area. All Rights Reserved.The wall of moisture that will bring us the storm will be focused on a northeasterly span from St. Valparaiso 6SSW (Porter).0.3Ĭrown Point (Lake).0.2 Kankakee (Kankakee).0.1Ĭhatsworth (Livingston).TRACEĭwight (Livingston).TRACE Marseilles (La Salle).0.2Ĭortland (De Kalb).0.1īonfield 4WSW (Kankakee).0.1 Watseka (Iroquois).0.3ĭe Kalb (De Kalb).0.2 Streator 4ENE (La Salle).0.4Įlgin (Kane).0.3Įarlville 3S (La Salle).0.3 Streator 1WSW (La Salle).0.8īyron 3N (Ogle).0.8 Somonauk 2NE (De Kalb).1.0Īurora 4SE (Du Page).1.0 Harvard (McHenry).1.0īurnham-hegewisch 2NNW (Cook).1.0 Plainfield 5SW (Kendall).1.2Įlgin 2W (Kane).1.2 Streator (Livingston).2.0Įlgin (Kane).1.8 Homewood (Cook).2.5Ĭountryside 1ENE (Cook).2.5

Mokena 1W (Will).3.8Ĭhicago Ridge (Cook).3.5 Lake Zurich (Lake).4.5Įlmhurst 1ESE (Du Page).4.4 Rogers Park 2SW (Cook).5.0ĭowners Grove 0.4NNE (Du Page).5.0 Mundelein (Lake).5.6Įlk Grove Village 2WSW (Cook).5.5 Riverwoods (Lake).6.0Įlk Grove Village 1ESE (Cook).5.6 Tuesday: Northern Illinois Snowīuffalo Grove 2N (Lake).9.0 Here are the snow totals reported to the National Weather Service for snow that fell between 7 a.m. For example, since Sunday morning, Buffalo Grove has seen 13 inches of snow.

A winter storm Sunday night into Monday morning brought only moderate amounts to most areas, but lake effect snow that started falling Monday night brought even more snow, with several inches falling north of the city.

CHICAGO (CBS) - After going nearly three months without any significant snowfall, the Chicago area has seen snow falling off and on for two days in a row. Now that its June and the 2017-2018 snowfall season is clearly behind us, its time to rewind and take a look back at a winter that featured a noticeable difference in snow totals between northern/western portions of our 30-county coverage area (snowier) and southern portions of our area (less snow, especially in north central KS).
