Temperatures rose to just 11 degrees at O'Hare this afternoon, just a few days after a record 63 degrees was recorded on Tuesday. With wind chills below zero, Chicago was experiencing it's second coldest day of the winter season. The winter weather will continue when an Alberta Clipper moves into the area after 9pm tonight and could deliver Chicago's largest snowfall of the year. Being as that the largest snowfall is 1.1", it won't take much to break that record. However, with a series of clippers moving in the next couple of days, Chicago's 3.5" season total is likely to double, if not, triple by the middle of the week. Tonight's disturbance will drop a general 1-3" in most areas, with a few areas seeing more. Snow will continue into the morning and snow showers continue tomorrow before another round of accumulating snow hits Sunday night and Monday as well.
Even though this system won't pack a ton of moisture, the extremely cold temperatures will amount to high snow to water rations and very light fluffy snow that will accumulate quickly. By tomorrow morning, it may actually look like winter around the Chicago area. Stay tuned to here and the Tadychsphere Facebook page for the latest weather conditions and snowfall totals!
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