Snow Up to 5” Predicted For Evanston Tuesday

Wind gusts could reach as high as 40 mph.

Another snowstorm is headed our way Tuesday and could bring a mixture of freezing rain, sleet and snow.  The National Weather Service has issued a hazardous winter outlook for much of the Chicago suburbs and predicts between three to five inches of new snow accumulation in Evanston.  "Heavy snow and strong east-northeast winds gusting to 40 miles per hour, especially on the lakefront, will reduce visibility and make travel hazardous," National Weather Service officials said in their winter weather message Sunday night.  The snow is expected to begin falling after 1 p.m. on Tuesday, according to Evanston Supt. of Streets and Sanitation Jim Maiworm, and will be heaviest between 3 and 8 p.m. Snowfall is expected to continue on and off …

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Update: Tollway Has Helped 159 Motorists So Far in Storm

Tollway mobilizing full fleet to prep for storm

Updated Friday 9:10 p.m. The Illinois Tollway has helped 159 motorists so far today, according to a press release. Its trucks will continue to plow overnight to deal with the heavy snowfall. "Once the main roadways are clear, work will begin to remove remaining snow from roadway shoulders, ramps and toll plazas across the 286-mile system," the release said. Updated Friday 3:35 p.m. The Tollway has helped 28 motorists so far in today's storm, according to a press release. Employees have changed tires and batteries, given out fuel and called for tow trucks. Thursday evening: In anticipation of Friday's four to seven inches of predicted snow, the Illinois Tollway is readying its full fleet of 183 snowplows to clear the roads. The National …

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About Town

Live Webcams at Northwestern University

Keeping an eye on the storm.

Despite anxious throngs of Evanston residents stocked up with water, flashlights, batteries, candles and matches in anticipation of the predicted storm-a-ganza, there are just as many happy faces Around Town. When when Interim Principal Kate Biggs Ellison announced over the P.A. that school would be closed Wednesday, Feb. 2, Washington School students screamed and shouted from every one of the building's three stories. A snow day in EVANSTON?????  I'm sure the whoops of victory were heard throughout the city's schools. Another happy resident is Tim Harwood.  Tuesday's 25 degree temps ushered in a  howling snowstorm, sending this East Coast native to the lakefront to watch the rollers.  Harwood has a thing for water ... even freezing water…

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