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You'd think there would only be so many Empire Strikes Back jokes to be made about our weather but...The snow is quickly piling up again at the Chicagoist office and we'll see an additional couple of inches by the time the day's out. High's will reach the mid-teens and there will be some brisk winds keeping the windchill at subzero levels and blowing snow about. Still, today is balmy compared to what we're about to face: upwards of 60 consecutive hours of temps (including windchill) below zero. Enough to prompt a Wind Chill Warning. Tomorrow could be the first say in 12 years that we don't crack 0 on the mercury, and it all starts tonight as winds pick up to 30 mph and temps drop to -7.

So, not much of a blizzard, eh? The heavy snow and whiteout conditions never quite materialized this time around. However, don't get your hopes up. A new blizzard watch may be issued for tonight for a system coming through tomorrow morning and, blizzard or not, it's going to be freaking cold. Temps will fall throughout the day and will fall to near 0 by the evening rush hour and brisk winds will drop the wind chill to as much as 15 below. Temps will bottom out between 3 and 5 below before they start rising and snow will move in after midnight and will pile up - and blow around - throughout the day Wednesday.

Southwest Side resident Juan Gutierrez was arrested and slapped with a cruelty to animals misdemeanor after leaving two dogs outside in the freezing cold in the 2800 block of W. Cermak. One of the dogs, a Rottweiler, did not survive.

Police arrested Gutierrez at 4:15 p.m. at 1317 W. 18th Pl. after he allegedly left two dogs outside in the cold at the 18th place address for three days and one of them, a Rottweiler, died, police said. The other dog was taken into the care of the city’s Animal Care and Control division.

Gutierrez is scheduled to appear in misdemeanor court at 3150 W. Flournoy on a date that has yet to be determined. According to Chicago police, there is a chance that the charges against Gutierrez may be upgraded. May we suggest leaving him outside in the cold as a punishment? --- By Amy Wilschke

We like to have a little fun and bitch and moan about the cold, but - sadly - there is an extremely unfortunate downside to the cold. The Cook County medical examiner's office has already reported four deaths that are at least partly related to the winter's cold. While a few of the deaths were primarily caused by other factors, autopsies showed that the deaths were aided by exposure to the cold, including one Tuesday night in which a woman fell outside her home. Please bundle up, everyone.

Damn, this doesn't feel like December. WBEZ just told us it's 8 degrees with a wind chill of -3 and we believe it. Hard to think this will seem balmy in a month. Sunny skies will rule the early part of the day and temps will make their way to the low 20s but winds between 10 and 15 mph could keep that wind chill right at 0. Clouds move in late and we could see some more snow tonight into tomorrow morning with new accumulations around and inch or two, so keep the boots handy and stay warm.

Smokers, meet Winter. Winter, smokers. Timed perfectly with a bone-chilling cold, Illinois's smoking ban went into effect at midnight, Jan. 1.