Snow Squalls May Impact New Year's Eve Travel from the Great Lakes to the Northeast; Heavy Rain Returns to California

An Alberta clipper will bring lake effect snow downwind of the Great Lakes, with the highest snow totals downwind of Lakes Erie and Ontario. Snow squalls may impact New Year's Eve travel during the evening and overnight hours across parts of the Great Lakes, Ohio Valley, and Northeast. Heavy rain will bring a flash flooding threat for southern California on New Year's Eve into New Year's Day. Read More >

Freezing Drizzle into Tonight

Colder Temperatures To Bring In The New Year

Hazardous Marine Conditions

Temperature Trends into January

Freezing drizzle this evening has been creating some slick spots out there. Areas of freezing drizzle are expected to persist for a couple more hours this evening with gradual improvement overnight. While many roads may be free of ice, some unsuspecting areas of black ice could cause problems this evening. Winter Weather Advisory in effect until 3 AM. Use caution out there!

Colder temperatures are expected New Year's (Thursday) morning. Low temps of 5 to 20 below zero with wind chills as cold as 20 to 35 below zero are forecast. Wind chills may be even colder in inland Cook County. Frostbite can develop on exposed skin in as little as 10 to 30 minutes at these temperatures. If you will be outdoors ringing in the new year, bundle up and make sure to cover exposed skin. Published 5:37 AM CST Tue Dec 30, 2025

Hazardous marine conditions are expected Wednesday into Thursday. A few areas of the far North Shore are expected to see Gale force strength gusts to 35 knots Wednesday PM into very early Thursday AM.

Colder temperatures to end 2025 and usher in 2026. Warming trend starts Saturday and continues into early next week. The latest 8-14 day outlook from the Climate Prediction Center indicates a trend for above average temperatures for the second week of January. Published 5:45 AM CST Tue Dec 30, 2025

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Snow Squalls May Impact New Year's Eve Travel from the Great Lakes to the Northeast; Heavy Rain Returns to California

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