National Weather Service officials posted a Hazardous Weather Outlook early Tuesday morning for portions of north central and northeast Illinois, and northwest Indiana as a deepening low pressure system approaches.
Southeasterly winds may produce wind gust up to 30 mph Tuesday night into Wednesday, officials said. These conditions were expected Thursday through Friday with a low chance of snow.
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Much of the central United States, from the Rocky Mountains to the Midwest, was braced Tuesday for blizzard-like conditions, while states farther south saw tornado warnings from a massive storm blowing across the country. An area stretching from Montana into western Nebraska and Colorado was under blizzard warnings, and the National Weather Service said that as much as 2 feet of snow was possible in some areas of western South Dakota and northwestern Nebraska.
Meanwhile, ice and sleet were expected in the eastern Great Plains. The National Weather Service warned that up to half an inch of ice could form and winds could gust up to 45 mph in parts of Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota.
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Current temperatures at Midway Airport registered at 36 degrees.
The forecast was mostly cloudy, with a high near 42.
The Associated Press contributed
