Northern Illinois will be on the northern edge of a wintry weather mix early this week. The low pressure system that gave steady rain and totals of 0.50 to 0.75” Saturday has moved east.
Thanksgiving weekend travelers will depart Chicago under fair skies, but run into weather problems the farther they go as they head west, north and east. The rains just experienced here lie in wait for those headed east. Snows from that same low pressure system are diminishing, but continue to fall to the north, especially along the lee (downwind) shores of lakes Superior and Michigan. Heavy snow is expected today in the west-central Plains and central Rockies as a low pressure system pushes into the Southwest.
As that storm moves out of the Southwest its track will determine Illinois weather later Monday and Tuesday. Much of Illinois could be in store for rain with a wet snow or rain/snow mix across the north.
