The first snow of the Chicago area comes with big temperature dip and the potential for wind chills overnight to drop into the teens
are expected to fall later in the day, with"intense bursts of heavy, wet snow" expected by Thursday morning, the NBC 5 Storm Team said.As you dust off your snow boots, here's a Chicago weather timeline of what to expect and when as the first flakes arrive.Wednesday morning started off rainy for some, NBC 5 Meteorologist Alicia Roman said, with heavy downpours in the 6 a.m. hour in Will, Kankakee and DuPage Counties in Illinois, and Lake County in northwest Indiana.
The rain-snow mix Wednesday afternoon was expected to transition into light snow flurries between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. Wednesday night, Roman said, with snow staying scattered overnight.Those hitting the road around Thursday morning can expect to see more snow for the rush hour commute. First accumulating snow of the season arrives with snow showers late today and tonight, and a more substantial period of wet snow Thursday.According to the National Weather Service, wet snow could fall Thursday morning at rates of one inch per hour, with highest snowfall rates in the late morning."Thursday morning could be tricky," Roman said, of what the rush hour commute could look like.
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