Chicago's morning weather forecast
A burst of snow slickened the morning commute but may not end Chicago's record stretch of days without an inch of snow falling.
“Looks like we will not get an inch. It will probably be closer to half an inch,” said Ben Deubelbeiss, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.
As of 6 a.m., four-tenths of an inch of snow was recorded at O'Hare International Airport. Through Thursday, Chicago has seen 334 days without an inch of snow falling in a day. That beats the previous record streak of 319 set in 1940.
Snow started falling in the Chicago area around 4:45 a.m. Within half an hour, Illinois state police were reporting slick conditions on roads and had already responded to six minor accidents. Shortly after 6 a.m., a nine-car crash was reported near North Avenue on the Kennedy Expressway, but there were no reports of serious injuries.
By 7:15 a.m., state police said they had responded to about two dozen crashes on area expressways.
The snow was expected to end this morning.
“Something like this wouldn’t be newsworthy if it wasn’t for the fact it hasn’t snowed all year,” said Gino Izzi, another meteorologist for the weather service.
Still, the Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation deployed almost 200 of its 284 plow trucks to clear streets of snow and apply salt to the roads.
"We’re going to be monitoring the weather but at this point we’re looking at snowfall at least through the rush hour," said Anne Sheahan, spokeswoman for Streets and Sanitation.
The next bout of snow is not expected until next week.
"We don’t have much of a chance of snow for the next five or six days," Izzi said. "If we miss (an inch of snow) today – today’s our one shot until we get to the middle or end of next week."
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