Snow Forecast For Chicago, Heavier Totals In NW Indiana
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Snow is expected to fall across Chicago with up to five inches possible in portions of Northwest Indiana.
Snow may start in the far northwest suburbs around 9 p.m. Friday and spread into the city by midnight and then northwest Indiana by 1 a.m.
Snow spreads south this eve. 1-2" across NE IL. Lake effect snow continues Sat, & 2-5" psbl across Porter County. Gusty winds Saturday. pic.twitter.com/GGynYQ6qxP
— NWS Chicago (@NWSChicago) December 8, 2017
The snow for most of the area will lapse by lunchtime on Saturday, with one to two inches possible.
However, lake effect snow in Northwest Indiana will continue during the day, with 2 to 5 inches likely.
The heaviest snow is expected around LaPorte, which will be under a winter storm warning all day Saturday.
LaPorte County could, according to forecasters, can see as much as nine inches of snow in isolated areas with winds of up to 35 mph.
Sheriff's Captain Mike Kellems says it's true what they say that some seem to have forgotten what's it's like to drive when the first significant snow comes.
He advises to take it easy and be prepared for anything.
"When you see those types of amounts, especially with the blowing snow, that's what gives us our most difficult traveling conditions," says Kellems. "Roads started to get drifted over, making them to the point where they are impassable."
Most areas in LaPorte and Porter County are expected to get snow in the three to six inch range.