NWS warns of ‘wind-whipped’ snow showers bringing accumulation, hazardous journey to Chicagoland space

Forecasters are warning about “wind-whipped” snow showers that would sharply scale back visibility and convey just a few inches of snow to the Chicagoland space Saturday night.

The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a hazardous climate outlook on Saturday afternoon for the northern Illinois space.

The outlook covers the Winnebago, Boone, McHenry, Lake, Cook, DeKalb, Kane, DuPage, Will, Ogle, Lee, LaSalle, Kendall, Grundy, Kankakee, Livingston, Iroquois and Ford counties.

The outlook mentioned scattered to quite a few wind-whipped snow showers are anticipated on Saturday, primarily through the night hours.

The snow showers will produce sharply diminished visibilities and convey localized coatings of snow, presumably up to a couple inches of accumulation throughout a slim hall or two, the outlook mentioned.

The NWS mentioned motorists ought to pay attention to probably hazardous journey because of the fast snow accumulations and quickly altering situations.

Timing for the transient, heavy snow showers is predicted from 5 p.m. to midnight.

The blustery situations with scattered snow showers will give technique to quieter climate to begin subsequent week.

It will likely be short-lived as durations of primarily gentle precipitation are anticipated to return mid-week, the NWS mentioned.