A fast moving weather system brought up to a two inches of snow to the Chicago area late Saturday, just 48 hours after Thursday evening’s 6 to 10 inch ordeal. The week ahead promises more of the same as early season cold and snow continue to grip the city.
Early Sunday morning Chicago temperatures crept up to 33º preventing the city from breaking the 11 day record for consecutive days with temperatures of 32º or lower for so early in the season which was established from Nov. 28 to Dec. 8 in 1976. With Saturday's high of 32º reached just before midnight, the city was able to tie the existing record. This morning's 33º high reached at both 1 and 2 a.m. were the city's first thawing temperatures since since Nov. 29, when the mercury climbed to 39º.
Another round of light snow could bring small accumulations tonight, but computer models show a gathering of forces in the Midwest later this week that could produce the month’s second significant snowstorm.
