Big Temperature Drop; Overnight Freeze Warning Issued
Weather Service has issued a freeze warning from 2 a.m. to 9 a.m. Saturday for many of Chicago's far western suburbs. The areas under the warning include McHenry, Kane, Kendall, LaSalle and DeKalb counties. Friday afternoon, Chicago is expected to...
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Weather Service has issued a freeze warning from 2 a.m. to 9 a.m. Saturday for many of Chicago’s far western suburbs. The areas under the warning include McHenry, Kane, Kendall, LaSalle and DeKalb counties.
Friday afternoon, Chicago is expected to see temperatures fall into the 40s with potential wind chills in the 30s.
Sunday’s Chicago Marathon is also expected to be dry with temps in the 40s as the marathon gets underway.
We’re not even midway through October and a second potentially historic snowstorm is already taking shape across the north-central United States, with blizzard conditions possible.
Freeze warning issued for Chicago’s western suburbs Saturday as plunging temperatures set the stage for a historic snowfall across the north-central US
FullscreenEMBED CNNWireFriday, October 11, 2019 10:26AMThe National Weather Service has issued a freeze warning from 2 a.m. to 9 a.m. Saturday for many of Chicago’s far western suburbs. The areas under the warning include McHenry, Kane, Kendall, LaSalle and DeKalb counties.
Friday afternoon, Chicago is expected to see temperatures fall into the 40s with potential wind chills in the 30s.
Sunday’s Chicago Marathon is also expected to be dry with temps in the 40s as the marathon gets underway.
The storm began Wednesday, dumping up to 2 feet of snow across areas of Montana — which already saw a historic snowstorm last month.
We’re not even midway through October and a second potentially historic snowstorm is already taking shape across the north-central United States, with blizzard conditions possible.
“A significant, and potentially historic, October winter storm is on track to impact the northern Rockies, and areas of the central and northern Plains through Saturday,” the National Weather Service Weather Prediction Center said Wednesday.
Tropical storm-force wind gusts over 60 mph have already been recorded near Denver, and temperatures in that region dropped more than 60 degrees Fahrenheit since Wednesday, reported CNN.
Also expected to see temperature drops with this storm Thursday and Friday are:
Amarillo, Texas: From 85 degrees to 29 degrees in 36 hours
Minneapolis: From 65 degrees to 33 degrees in 33 hours
Kansas City: From 71 degrees to 41 degrees in 15 hours
Albuquerque: From 70 degrees to 29 degrees in 15 hours
Oklahoma City: From 74 degrees to 39 degrees in 18 hours
Lubbock, Texas: From 80 to 34 in 16 hours
Chicago: From 68 degrees to 38 degrees in 18 hours
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