Today residents of southwestern Lower Michigan and northwest Indiana will navigate through Sunday’s lake-effect snows that occasionally lowered visibilities to near zero, drifted over highways and created extremely hazardous driving conditions. The southwest corner of Lower Michigan, more specifically Berrien County, was hardest hit with a foot or more commonplace. Benton Harbor measured 20 inches. Northeast Illinois received only light snow associated with the cold front that passed through with more than half of the area receiving just a trace to less than a half inch. More light snow similar to that experienced Sunday will occur over Chicago today.
Readings will average about 8 degrees below normal through midweek, then a strong cold front will pull very cold air into Chicago area Thursday, followed by a reinforcing front Friday that will bring bitterly cold arctic air with subzero temps and dangerous wind chills next weekend.
--By Paul Dailey, WGN Weather Center Meteorologist
WGN-TV Chief Meteorologist Tom Skilling and the WGN Weather Center staff provide daily coverage of weather in the Chicago area.
