Chicago First Alert Weather: Mix of snow and freezing drizzle overnight
Lows will be below freezing in the upper 20s and low 30s.
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Albert Ramon is the chief meteorologist for CBS News Chicago. Albert joined the First Alert Weather Team in October 2021.
Before coming to CBS, Albert was chief meteorologist at the News Nation Network based in Chicago. While at the network, he covered landfalling hurricanes, blizzards, wildfires and tornado outbreaks for the entire country.
Albert also spent more than a decade at KVUE-TV in Austin, Texas, where he served as chief meteorologist. While in Austin, Albert won two regional Emmy Awards and several Associated Press Awards, including for Best Weathercast.
Before Austin, Albert also worked in Corpus Christi, Texas, at the CBS affiliate, where he also served as a chief meteorologist.
Albert holds degrees in Broadcast Meteorology from Mississippi State University and in Communication/Media Studies from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.
Albert has earned Seals of Approval from both the American Meteorological Society and the National Weather Association.
You can watch Albert's forecast weekdays at 5, 6, and 10 p.m.
Lows will be below freezing in the upper 20s and low 30s.
Fog was set to lift late Tuesday night, and severe weather had moved on -- but chillier temperatures are coming in the morning.
According to CBS 2 Chief Meteorologist Albert Ramon, a warm front will usher in milder air and moisture overnight. Expect widespread rain after midnight through the predawn hours of Tuesday.
The best chance for rain arrives late in the afternoon through the evening hours. Highs in the low 40s.
Plan for a Friday afternoon in the upper 30s under a mostly cloudy sky.
A cold front moves into the area early Friday morning, so expect highs in the 40s in the morning and afternoon temperatures in the upper 30s.
A south wind will increase tonight, gusting to as high as 40 mph.
Partly cloudy skies for Tuesday with highs in the mid to upper 20s.
Wind chills in the advisory area could be as cold as -25 degree.
As the snowfall wraps up, dangerous cold with blowing and drifting snow is expected Friday.
Conditions are expected deteriorate quickly throughout the day Thursday as snow develops.
Widespread snow develops by noon, and continues through the evening hours. Temperatures will fall from the 30s in the late morning to the single digits by the late afternoon.
The latest models models are showing between 5 to 7 inches in Chicago, with much higher amounts possible in northwest Indiana.
The potential for a significant winter weather system is likely to make Christmas travel difficult and, at some points on Friday, nearly impossible.
Saturday will be cloudy and cold with highs in the upper 20s. A chance for flurries throughout the day.