As windchills ease, next snowstorm on its way

Northeast Illinois was hit with bone-chilling cold and blizzard conditions Sunday.
Howling west winds gusting more than 40 m.p.h. and subzero temperatures gave life-threatening
windchills of 20 to 40 degrees below zero. In open or rural areas, the winds picked up
and blew the 1 to 2 inches of Saturday's snow, cutting visibilities to near zero and icing
over portions of many north-south roadways. Windchills around 20 degrees below zero
Monday morning will gradually "moderate" to near zero in the afternoon as readings slowly rise
and winds decrease.
NEXT WINTER STORM ON THE WAY
Developing in the Texas Panhandle, low pressure is forecast to move northeast with
leading-edge snows possibly reaching this area Monday night. As the storm approaches, several
inches of heavy accumulating snow are possible over northern Illinois Tuesday.
WHITE CHRISTMAS LIKELY FOR THE AREA
The snow-bearing system should move east Wednesday with a fresh snow cover in place over
Chicago. While Christmas Day will be partly sunny here, a new rain/snow system may
arrive later Thursday night.
--By Paul Dailey, WGN Weather Center Meteorologist