Wind chills were already in the teens Wednesday evening as commuters tried to make it home. The walk over the bridge to Union Station was a teeth-chattering, face-numbing just-put-one-foot-in-front-of-the-other ordeal.
The Chicago weather forecast includes an AccuWeather Alert Thursday as wind chills between -10 to -20 are expected. There was snowfall Wednesday.Snow was falling in some parts of the Chicago area Wednesday afternoon, but the big weather story is the temperatures starting to plummet.ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watch
"Well, I don't have a hat today. It just penetrates everything," said Kate Christian, who was out walking in the cold. "I thought I was dressed warmly. I'm not."Wind chills were already in the teens as evening commuters tried to make it home. The walk over the bridge to Union Station was a teeth-chattering, face-numbing just-put-one-foot-in-front-of-the-other ordeal.
Amid the arctic blast, people across the area could wake up to single-digit temperatures with wind chills below zero Thursday morning. Wind gusts were getting up to 35 mph Wednesday evening, ABC7 Meteorologist Larry Mowry said.The arctic cold was accompanied by a brief dusting of snow in some areas Wednesday afternoon."It's been a little chaotic with no-heat calls coming in, emergency furnace repairs and such," Deljo Heating & Cooling General Manager Luke Weiden said.
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