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Chicago, IL – A fast-building winter storm is poised to bury northern Illinois in heavy, travel-disrupting snow from late Friday night through Saturday night, with the Chicago metro most at risk. Forecasters expect rapid accumulation that could overwhelm plows and snarl travel across interstates, neighborhoods, and airport corridors.
According to the National Weather Service in Chicago, several inches of wet, heavy snow will develop after midnight Friday and intensify through Saturday. Meteorologists place the chance of more than six inches at over 70 percent for Chicago, Joliet, Elgin, DeKalb, Ottawa, and Waukegan. Snowfall rates may reach an inch per hour at times, cutting visibility and making roads slick even with active plowing…