Hundreds of flights were cancelled on Saturday at O’Hare and Midway.
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National Weather Service Meteorologist Nathan Jeruzal says about 5 inches of snow had fallen on Kalamazoo in southern MI by Saturday morning.
The storm system is moving east and will last through tonight, when it goes through MI, Otto said.
Harvey Wollman, of Sioux Falls, uses a snow blower to clear the sidewalk near his house during the first snow of the season Friday, Nov. 20, 2015, in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Parts of the Midwest from Iowa to MI saw their first snow over the weekend, and it was a big one – the second-largest November snowstorm in Chicago since records began in 1884, and the snowiest first storm of the season.
Snow totals in the northern suburbs of Chicago topped initial forecasts of 6 to 10 inches, said National Weather Service meteorologist Amy Seeley: 12.5 inches in Woodstock and 11.7 inches in Roscoe.
He added that people who don’t need to drive don’t need to be out.
“It’s a typical first snow for us, but it’s a pain in the butt”.
The northern IN city of LaPorte is no stranger to heavy snowfalls, though only about four inches were on the ground by noon Saturday. The airport had 4 inches of snow early Saturday.
According to ABC News, Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport recorded seven inches of snow by midday Saturday, forcing the cancellation of more than 440 flights.
“[Friday] night the area of McHenry County and adjacent counties got under a very well-defined snow band”, he said.
Winter weather advisories were posted for much of Lower Michigan and far northern IN, including Detroit, Grand Rapids and Lansing, the Weather Channel reported.
Behind the front, temperatures fell sharply in Iowa and South Dakota.
The weather service stated that portions of Iowa, northwest IL and southern Wisconsin could range below zero.
Parts of the Sioux City, South Dakota metro area picked up over a foot of snow Friday from a band of weather that spread across northern Iowa and IL overnight. The snowiest November storms on record are 12 inches (1895) in Chicago, and 9.5 inches (1951) in Rockford.
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Parts of Midwest are buried in a foot of snow after experiencing its first wintry storm of the season Saturday, making travel conditions hard.
