CHICAGO - A winter storm with potentially life-threatening winds and reduced visibility is set to march across the state Thursday, and experts are cautioning
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By Tuesday evening, a five- to eight-inch blanket of snow was expected to settle over the Chicago area in what forecasters expected to be the largest snowstorm in recent years.
The lion’s share of accumulation the heavy wet stuff was expected to fall in the late evening hours of Monday and the wee hours of Tuesday, with lighter fluffier snow continuing to fall through most of the day Tuesday, according to National Weather Service Meteorologist Matt Friedlein.
For sledding enthusiasts, “this is an opportunity,” he said.
Areas north of the city will see the most snow, with perhaps even 10 inches falling in parts of Cook and Lake Counties.
With rain totals Saturday night and Sunday of a half-inch or more in many parts of the Bay Area, and much more than that in the coastal mountain areas, the area got a good soaking, and with little risk of mudslides in areas burned by wildfires a few short months ago.
âIf we were to request rainfall, this was the best way to get it, slow and steady over an extended period of time,â said National Weather Service Meteorologist Matt Mehle.
And more rain is forecast for the Bay Area as early as Tuesday night, and very likely by Wednesday morning, Mehle said.