The Northwest Indiana Department of Transportation shows one of its trucks being loaded up with salt in between routes. Provided
The harshest cold of the season is expected to hit the Chicago area this weekend, after another round of accumulating snowfall covers the ground, forecasters say.
The National Weather Service forecast low temperatures to fall into the single digits Friday night. Temperatures could fall below zero Saturday night.
High temperatures between 10 and 15 degrees were predicted Friday and Saturday, and Sunday s high temperature could rise only into the single digits, forecasters said.
That was predicted to arrive after the sudden, heavy snowfall, carried by heavy winds, fell across several Northwest Indiana communities Thursday.