CHICAGO (WLS) — Bursts of lake-effect snow could drop several inches oof snow on parts of Chicago area Friday and Saturday.
A Winter Weather Advisory will be in effect from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. for Cook, DuPage, Lake and southern Will counties until 6 p.m.
A Winter Storm Watch will be in effect from 6 p.m. Friday until noon Saturday for southern and central Cook County until noon Saturday.
A Winter Storm Warning will go into effect from 3 p.m. Friday until 6 p.m. Saturday for Lake and Porter counties in Northwest Indiana.
ABC7 Accuweather Meteorologist Tracy Butler says bursts of snow will move into the area from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Illinois, coming down at as much as in inch of snow per-hour.
Butler said the lake-effect snow could intensify very quickly with little warning.
Butler said the more intense lake-effect snow will move into Northwest Indiana starting from 3 p.m. through 6 p.m. Saturday. Intense bursts of snow could fall at a rate of two to three inches of snow per hour.
From Friday through Saturday, parts of Northwest Indiana near the lake could get 6-10 inches of snow.
Other parts of Northwest Indiana and in Illinois along the lakeshore could receive four-six inches of snow.
Parts of Cook County, eastern Will and Kankakee counties could receive two to four inches of snow and western suburbs could get one to two inches of snow.
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