Snow falling in Chicago area amid hazardous driving conditions, O’Hare ground delay: Live radar

Snow is continuing to fall in the Chicago area on Sunday morning, making roads slick.

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The National Weather Service issued multiple alerts for Saturday evening and Sunday morning:

• A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued for Boone, DeKalb, LaSalle, Lee, Ogle and Winnebago counties from 9 p.m. Saturday to 8 a.m. Sunday.
• A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued for Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Grundy, Lake (Ill.), Lake (Ind.), Porter, McHenry and Will counties from midnight to 9 a.m. Sunday.

A Winter Weather Advisory was issued for Wisconsin’s Racine, Kenosha, and Walworth counties, but it has expired.

Snow started to fall in the area between 9 p.m. Saturday and midnight and is expected to stop, from west to east, between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. Sunday, ABC7 Chicago AccuWeather Meteorologist Jaisol Martinez said.

By 5 a.m., areas south of I-80 were mostly seeing lingering flurries from the overnight system, Martinez said. The snow is expected to come to an end in most areas by 8 a.m.

Between 2 and 4 inches of snow is forecast for most areas, with some isolated higher totals north of Interstate 80.

Snow totals as of 6 a.m. Sunday

• Wadsworth: 5 inches
• Batavia: 4.1 inches
• O’Hare: 4 inches
• Midway: 3.6 inches
• Homer Glen: 1.8 inches
• Romeoville: 1.7 inches

Rain might mix in for Kankakee, southern Will, Grundy and southern LaSalle counties, which will impact totals for those locations.

Lake-effect will linger in parts of Illinois and Indiana through midday.

Temperatures are expected to drop Sunday afternoon, and lake-effect snow could set up in the evening hours, dropped another inch of snow in parts of Illinois, Martinez said.

Snow creates hazardous driving conditions

Snow is continuing to fall in the Chicago area on Sunday morning, making roads slick.

ABC7 meteorologists issued an AccuWeather Alert for Sunday morning, as roads have become slick and snow-covered.

Chicago’s Office of Emergency Management and Communications encouraged drivers to slow down and use caution.

“DSS will activate a Phase II snow program overnight. More than 220 salt spreaders will be out citywide,” the Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation said in a statement. “Crews will monitor arterial streets, DLSD, bridges, and overpasses to ensure roads are safe and passable for emergency vehicles, public transportation and other travelers.”

While driving through the area in ABC7’s Storm Tracker early Sunday morning, our crew witnessed multiple traffic incidents.

Illinois State Policed were seen trying to help a driver whose car had apparently spun out from the roadway and into a bank on the city’s Far South Side.

Another vehicle was seen speeding before side-swiping a car in front of Strom Tracker.

Plows are out on Sunday morning, so be sure give them plenty of space as they work to clear area roads.

Winter weather prompts ground delay at O’Hare

Flight cancellations have started at Chicago O’Hare International Airport.

There is a ground delay at O’Hare from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday due to snow or ice, with delays averaging 94 minutes, according to the Federal Aviation Administration’s website.

The city’s FlyChicago website says 107 flights have been canceled at O’Hare as of 5:41 a.m. Sunday.

More snow is in the forecast for this week before temperatures take a drastic dip on Saturday.

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