CHICAGO (WLS) -- Cold temperatures have moved into the Chicago area Thursday after several inches of snow fell on Wednesday. There wasn't as much snow as expected, but the concern Thursday is the precipitation on the ground freezing over from the cold temperatures. ABC7 Accuweather Meteorologist Tracy Butler says wind chills could potentially get below zero in some places Thursday morning. The ABC7 Storm Tracker checked out side streets in Chicago Thursday morning, with snow packing the roadway.
Gurnee- 4.5
Wauconda-5
Valparaiso- 4
Lake Villa- 3.5
Herscher- 3.3
O'Hare- 2.8 Early Thursday morning, a sedan traveling west in the 2500-block of West Lawrence Avenue lost control and hit two planters, with one of the planters hitting a building and causing glass to break. Two women in the vehicle were transported to hospitals in good and fair condition. Thursday morning, the Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation said snow plows and salt spreaders have transitioned to clearing residential side streets. The nearly all-day snowfall caused slick spots during periods of the evening commute Wednesday. North of Gurnee, there were numerous spinouts on local roads, with many drivers - getting stuck near Wadsworth and a jack-knifed semi blocking lanes of I-94. In neighborhoods, people rushed to clear the snow before temperatures dropped. "It's bad, car sliding all over the place," driver Jeffrey Jones said. "It's been quite the adventure on the road. Not horrible, but it's slowing some things down a little bit," Kyle Whitlow said.
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Snow Totals
Winthrop Harbor - 6.0Gurnee- 4.5
Wauconda-5
Valparaiso- 4
Lake Villa- 3.5
Herscher- 3.3
O'Hare- 2.8 Early Thursday morning, a sedan traveling west in the 2500-block of West Lawrence Avenue lost control and hit two planters, with one of the planters hitting a building and causing glass to break. Two women in the vehicle were transported to hospitals in good and fair condition. Thursday morning, the Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation said snow plows and salt spreaders have transitioned to clearing residential side streets. The nearly all-day snowfall caused slick spots during periods of the evening commute Wednesday. North of Gurnee, there were numerous spinouts on local roads, with many drivers - getting stuck near Wadsworth and a jack-knifed semi blocking lanes of I-94. In neighborhoods, people rushed to clear the snow before temperatures dropped. "It's bad, car sliding all over the place," driver Jeffrey Jones said. "It's been quite the adventure on the road. Not horrible, but it's slowing some things down a little bit," Kyle Whitlow said.
