The snow cover that has lasted in north-facing shaded areas should disappear as temperatures slowly fall into the 30s but remain well above freezing.
Steady rain or drizzle persists well into tonight before changing to wet snow by Tuesday morning. Rainfall amounts are expected to be well under a quarter inch. Snow lets up, but then returns later Tuesday night. As of this time, not much snow accumulation is anticipated because the snow that falls is expected to be rather wet, initially melting on contact and then packing down once it begins to stick. Snow will end Wednesday as a cold, stable high pressure air mass spreads into northeast Illinois. This high pressure will hold over the Midwest Thursday and Friday. On Saturday, the chance of precipitation will rise as an extensive low pressure system moves out of the southern Rockies into the Plains.
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Tom Skilling is chief meteorologist at WGN-TV. His forecasts can be seen Monday through Friday on WGN-TV News at noon and 9 p.m.
WGN-TV meteorologists Steve Kahn, Richard Koeneman and Paul Dailey plus weather producer Bill Snyder contribute to this page.
