Chicago Could Get 6 To 12 Inches Of Snow This Weekend
By Rachel Cromidas in News on Nov 19, 2015 3:39PM
Weather forecasts are now predicting that Chicago could be hit by as much as a foot of snow this weekend, as cold wind and a storm bring winter weather to the Midwest for the first time this season.
The snow could hit the Midwest as early as Friday afternoon, according to the Washington Post, as a storm system heading east reaches Iowa and later Illinois and Wisconsin. Chicago can expect to see snow by Friday evening, with the heaviest snowfall touching ground between late Friday night and early Saturday morning. Northern Indiana and Michigan will get snow from Friday night to Saturday night. The storm is expected to "taper off" by Saturday evening.
The Post says Milwaukee and Chicago stand to be hit the hardest of Midwestern cities, but that could change as weather models are updated. Some models are showing that northern Illinois's snowfall will reach 8 to 10 inches, tops, but at least one pushes those numbers up to 15 inches.
The National Weather Service is more bearish on the snow, but there's still plenty in the forecast: the service predicts at least six inches of snow in just 12 hours Friday night.
Accuweather says it will feel like a true winter storm that will require Chicago to break out its snow shovels and plows:
"For portions of Wisconsin, northern Illinois and northern Michigan, it will seem like a storm in the middle of the winter, rather than a storm during the middle of November," AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Brian Wimer said.