Light to moderate snow will continue across most of the Chicago area through 9PM this evening before tapering to flurries between 9PM and Midnight. For the first time since Noon, there are no Chicago weather stations reporting heavy snow.
Snowfall accumulations thus far range from 3.5 inches to almost 7 inches. An additional one to three inches is possible before the snow finally ends overnight.
Visibility at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport is up to 2.5 miles, and indication that the storm is beginning to wind down. We still have a couple more hours of snow on the way, but it won’t be nearly as heavy as it was this afternoon.
Snowfall totals through 7PM
6.9″ Homewood
6.7″ Bollingbrook
6.5″ Naperville
6.1″ Joliet
6.0″ Oswego
5.5″ Chicago- Jefferson Park
5.2″ Winnetka
3.8″ Zion
5.9″ Chicago- Midway
The storm has had a history of inch-per-hour snow near its core in Iowa earlier Friday and during the afternoon in northern Illinois and Indiana, and southern Wisconsin and southwestern Lower Michigan.
That zone of heavy snow will continue to push across northern Ohio into western Pennsylvania this evening.
Heavily falling snow has been reducing the visibility in Chicago to a quarter of a mile. So far, more than 700 flights have been cancelled at the Chicago O’Hare International Airport.
Forecast Friday night-Saturday
