It's still several days away and could change, but multiple weather forecasts are showing the possibility of blizzard-like conditions for Chicagoland and the Rockford region next week.
According to the National Weather Service, we got about 1.5 inches of snow accumulation in Rockford on Sunday (11/26), and there's more in the upcoming forecast.
We're hearing about a record number of Americans who will be traveling this upcoming Thanksgiving holiday including over 2 million Illinois residents planning to drive to their destination. That could be challenging with the snow in the forecast the weekend after Turkey Day.
It wasn't that many years ago kids had to wear snow boots with their Halloween costumes after several inches of early-season snow accumulated in the Stateline.
Accuweather is predicting a "big transition" in the weather pattern for parts of the Midwest when they say "chillier air around the end of September" could mean an early frost for Chicago, Milwaukee, and Rockford.
At least 9 confirmed tornadoes rolled through Illinois on Friday, and shocking photos and videos of the destruction are now going viral on social media.