Today's Weather: Frosty
By Marcus Gilmer in News on Dec 8, 2009 2:00PM
A day after the season's first snow, we're starting in on the season's first snow storm. Already a fresh blanket of white is on the ground and more snow is falling. The system moving in has brought a Winter Weather Advisory for Cook and surrounding counties while other counties further to the west are under Winter Storm Warnings. Light snow will continue throughout the day and could become mixed with rain and sleet later in the afternoon. Then, overnight, more heavy snow falls and the winds will kick up as the storm moves through, giving some areas near blizzard conditions with blowing snow and falling visibility. And then, once the snow is gone, the temps will drop. Big time. But that's tomorrow. As for today, we'll see highs up around the low-to-mid 30s; they won't budge that much into the overnight hours but higher winds will make for some brisk wind chills. And how much snow can we ultimately expect? Anywhere from 3 to 7 inches in the city (lower totals to the south, higher to the north), with more in the suburbs and totals bordering on double-digits in the far west and north suburbs.