A winter storm is setting its sights on the Midwest, and some parts of Illinois and northwest Indiana could potentially see a foot or more of snow before the storm clears out of the area later this week.
That’s when the weather system is going to arrive, bringing showers to the area in the early afternoon.
Those showers are expected to continue until the air temperature causes the precipitation to switch from rain to snow, and from there, intense snow is expected to begin falling Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning. Kankakee County, along with Lake, Porter, LaPorte, Newton and Jasper counties in Indiana, will be under a winter storm warning around the time that transition to snow occurs, and by Wednesday afternoon it is possible that those areas could see between 6-to-12 inches of snow accumulation.
The heaviest snowfall will likely occur on Wednesday morning, with a snowfall rate between 0.5-and-1 inch per hour falling during that time. That will likely cause serious travel issues throughout the region, according to forecast models, and residents are urged to postpone unnecessary travel. Another system could follow closely behind the initial system Wednesday and into Thursday, and if it does, another 3-to-6 inches of snow could fall in the areas currently under a winter storm warning, meaning that in all residents could see up to 18 inches of accumulation in less than 48 hours.
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