A potent early spring storm will be exiting the Chicago area Sunday morning after lacing the region with cold rain and even some thunderstorms Saturday evening. Although most of Chicago and areas to the south received rain, areas to the north and west of the city from DeKalb to Waukegan, where the mercury hovered around the freezing mark, were glazed by a mixture of sleet, freezing rain and snow. The icy wetness coupled with north winds gusting to 40 m.p.h. made for a raw, damp evening.
Colder air spreading across the metropolitan region Saturday night was expected to switch the precipitation to all snow before sunrise. Accumulations should total as much as 8 inches in areas north and west of the city, tapering to an inch or two of snow in southeast sections.
A ROUGH DAY TO RUN
Runners in Sunday morning's Shamrock Shuffle will be severely tested, facing freezing temperatures and gale-force north winds (gusting in excess of 40 m.p.h.). They will likely find it slushy underfoot after the overnight snowfall.
Temperatures will rebound to seasonable readings the rest of the week, but rain is expected Tuesday and Thursday.
