Chicago Could Get 6 To 12 Inches Of Snow This Weekend

A wind advisory is posted for much of northern and central Iowa on Thursday.

But Dankers said that even when the snow tapers off, sustained winds of 30 to 40 miles per hour, with gusts of up to 50 miles per hour, could create bitterly cold and risky conditions. Here is the timing of that area of low pressure.

Clouds increasing on Friday will thicken and lower throughout the day. The heaviest snow band will be along and north of that track.

The Chicago National Weather Service Forecast Office has issued a Winter Storm Watch (blue-shaded area on the map above) for potential heavy snowfall of 6-inches or more west and north of Chicago Friday night into Saturday morning.

In Denver worldwide Airport in Colorado is one of the busiest airport hubs where more than 100 flights were cancelled, passengers were advised to spare more time to get through airport security.

Temperatures will be in the middle and upper 30s as the storm system begins to enter the region Friday afternoon.

“At the onset, temperatures will be warm enough to limit precipitation as a rain snow mix…then quickly change over to all snow”, the watch reads.

That’s music to the ears of deer hunters, who never thought they’d get tracking snow in time for the gun season that begins on Saturday. It’ll impact us starting Friday evening and lasting through the weekend. With temperature around freezing (32°), this snow will be a “wet” snow.

Everything will be operational Thursday night, and the county’s 15 plows will be out on the roads once the snow starts to fall, Dolphin said.

Area law enforcement encourages drivers to take extra caution and reduce speeds significantly in the event of any snow on roadways. Thus, snowfall amounts will be lower south.