Dangerous Cold Cycle Starts Today

Jan 25, 2019 @ 9:04am

A Wind Chill Advisory remains in effect until 12 noon today for the Chicagoland Area. Wind Chills this morning were reported as low at -25 in Aurora, -19 in Crest Hill. The National Weather Service is predicting very cold temperatures for awhile. Here’s what the Weather Channel says we are in store for the next week including “Significant snow accumulations possible” on Monday 1/28.

weather.com/weather/tenday/l/USIL0592:1:US

Day	Description	High / Low	Precip	Wind	Humidity
Today JAN 25	PM Snow Showers	10^°-4^°	50%	WSW 10 mph	72%
Sat JAN 26	Mostly Cloudy	15^°4^°	20%	WSW 6 mph	73%
Sun JAN 27	Partly Cloudy	11^°8^°	20%	NNW 5 mph	72%
Mon JAN 28	Snow	30^°0^°	90%	ESE 13 mph	83%
Tue JAN 29	Partly Cloudy	3^°-19^°	10%	WNW 16 mph	83%
Wed JAN 30	Cloudy	-4^°-16^°	20%	W 12 mph	84%
Thu JAN 31	Partly Cloudy	1^°-6^°	20%	WSW 10 mph	77%
Fri FEB 1	Partly Cloudy	8^°-7^°	10%	WNW 10 mph	82%
Sat FEB 2	Partly Cloudy	13^°6^°	10%	SW 10 mph	82%
Sun FEB 3	Partly Cloudy	20^°17^°	20%	SSW 9 mph	93%

When is it Too Cold for School? Here’s what we found. Each school superintendent has to weigh a variety of weather, staffing and equipment factors before making the decision, and they have to face the public reaction as well.

During the severe cold, Metra plans to place speed restrictions on all its lines.

Frostbite possible within 30 minutes to exposed skin. If you need to head out, be sure to dress appropriately.

Oh by the way the National Weather Service says on Monday January 28th “Significant snow accumulations are possible”!