2PM Storm Update: Long duration snowfall tonight into Tuesday. Slight drop in expected metro snow totals to 4”-7”, although locally higher numbers (8”-9”) downwind of the lake (10-20% of the area) are still possible.

GOOD MORNING! It's still snowing around the area. Morgan Kolkmeyer has your updated forecast all morning on WGN Morning News! wgntv.com/live

11AM Storm Update: -Precipitation ETA remains 3-6PM. -Heaviest snow (1”-2” per hour) is expected between 6PM-Midnight. -Keep any travel tonight very local as road crews will struggle to keep up with snowfall rates (avoid expressways) -Storm totals 5”-9” by Sun Eve.

4:50PM CST Radar Check: We’re underway. #ILwx

Noon Radar Update: Downwind lake enhancement over Cook County is clearly visible on this radar loop.

Winter Storm Warning continues until 6PM. Additional accumulation this afternoon & evening: -Up to 3” downwind of the lake (Cook, Will, Lake-IN) -Around 1” or less elsewhere

I made this boomerang-esque clip last night from 24 still frames to illustrate the rolling waves churning with ice 🧊🧊

1:47PM: Heavy Snow Squall that brought some traffic to a temporary standstill in central Chicago will be moving out over Lake Michigan by 2PM.

#Thundersnow⚡❄️ #iawx #ilwx

3:12PM Radar Check: New round of snow squalls rolling in. Not quite unite as intense as the one that hit central Chicago earlier this P.M. Note the thundersnow near Bloomington. ⚡️

Per IllinoisStatePolice, roads have deteriorated and travel is hazardous. Please limit your travel if you can. #DontCrowdThePlow Road conditions as of 6:55 pm via gettingaroundillinois.com/WinterConditio….

A little peek of the Chicago skyline through icicles and ice shards deposited along the lakefront // #ILwx

9:50AM Radar Check: Heavy lake effect snow squall rolling into the city & central Cook County. #ILwx #LakeMichigan

A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect until 12AM for the purple highlighted counties. Lake effect #snow, heavy at times, could produce localized 2-4" snowfall accumulations. Plan on slick roads & reduced visibility. WGN TV News WGNTV #Chicago #ilwx

We can see on radar there is a band of lake effect #snow in Evanston. We can use the Northwestern WeatherBug camera along the Lake Michigan shoreline to see what it looks like inside that snow band. NWS Chicago Mike Hamernik WGN TV News WGNTV #ilwx

NO ARCTIC OUTBREAKS at least the next 2 weeks! Highly regarded European model suggests a warm open to March. Climatology supports this notion. Average date of first occurring 50°+ day is January 27th (we're overdue), first 60°+ day March 1. #ilwx WGN TV News

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