There has been a lot of snow and freezing temperatures in February, and we will see more in the coming days as several warnings and warnings have been issued before a snow event that could drop between 4 and 8 inches of snow in some places on Tuesday.
The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for the entire Cook County in Illinois from 3 a.m. Monday through Tuesday morning.
Kankakee County, Illinois, along with Lake, Porter, Newton and Jasper counties in Indiana, will also be under warning from 6 a.m. Sunday through Tuesday morning.
A series of snow showers are expected in the area from Sunday evening through Tuesday morning, with lake-effect showers that will also hit the immediate Chicago area and parts of northwest Indiana.
All of this snow will reach an area that still has a chilly, chilly Sunday, and wind warmings will drop to 30 degrees below zero in some places. Things are not expected to improve much beyond that, with single-digit highs and wind chills still well below zero across the region.
Fortunately for residents, there is potential relief on the horizon. During the week, temperatures are expected to rise slowly and, next weekend, the highs of the 1930s are expected again, indicating that the long period of cold that the region has taken could come to an end. .