It’s unusual for the area’s first snowfall to dump more than 6 inches, Ms. Seeley said.
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Doesn’t sound like he’s too upset about it.
Millions of people will feel the effects of the first significant wintry storm of the season, which is forecast to bring up to a foot of snow to parts of the Midwest.
Winter storm warnings continue from parts of northern IL, southern Wisconsin, northern IN and southern Lower MI, including the Quad Cities, Rockford, Milwaukee, Chicago, South Bend and the north and west Detroit suburbs.
Snow before Thanksgiving is not uncommon in the Midwest, Terry said, but Saturday’s early snow levels are noteworthy: Southeastern South Dakota got 18 inches overnight, while parts of Iowa and IL woke up to more than a foot.
Chicago’s O’Hare worldwide Airport had 5.4 inches of snow by daybreak Saturday, prompting officals to cancel about 250 flights.
Marengo, about 65 miles northwest of Chicago, recorded 12 inches of snow, according to weather service meteorologist Bruce Sullivan. The weather service said it’ll start off as rain and snow early Friday night, but turn into wet snow through Saturday afternoon. Indianapolis was expected to receive 1 to 3 inches of snow.
The snow will taper off Saturday morning and we will have clearing skies, but the winds will stay gusty throughout the day.
Alizha Demunck, a clerk at the city’s Little Chocolates store, said, “Northern IN, we’re used to snow. Most people aren’t even fazed by it”.
Between 5 and 8 inches of snow had fallen on far northern IN and southern MI, the weather service said.
Hope Peterson, 22, and Alex Cutler, 24, both of Sioux Falls, shovel the sidewalk in front of Cutler’s parents’ house during the first snow of the season Friday, November 20, 2015, in Sioux Falls, S.D. But operations were expected to return to normal on Sunday with only a few cancellations.
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Temperatures today are expected to rise to about 45 degrees before falling to near-freezing tonight.
