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Chicago, Illinois – A strengthening winter storm signal is placing the Chicago–northwest Indiana corridor on alert for potential heavy snow later this week, with impacts increasingly likely from Wednesday, Jan. 14, through Friday, Jan. 17.
According to the National Weather Service Weather Prediction Center, the region from Chicago east to Gary, Indiana, now carries a 40 to 60 percent probability for severe winter weather impacts, with confidence increasing as the system evolves. The developing storm is expected to track through the Great Lakes, drawing colder air southward and setting the stage for accumulating snow, with lake enhancement from Lake Michigan potentially intensifying snowfall near the shoreline…