Feb. 03--After taking a punch from the fifth largest snowstorm on record, Chicago could see a couple more inches of snow Tuesday before frigid temperatures set in later this week.
The National Weather Service is predicting snow to develop across the north suburbs Tuesday afternoon, with up to 2 inches of accumulation possible. Highs are expected to hit the mid 20s.
Snow is also expected for the north suburbs and the city Tuesday evening, with Chicago possibly seeing an inch or so, according to the weather service.
Forecasts call for some light snow Wednesday afternoon across southern portions of the Chicago region with highs in the lower 20s. Wednesday night, temperatures are expected to drop into the low single digits, with wind chills as low as 10 to 20 degrees below zero, according to the weather service.
Thursday will see below-zero wind chills and highs in the teens before warming to the mid 30s by Saturday.
The city is still digging out from under more than 19 inches of snow from a blizzard that rolled through the region from Saturday night through Monday morning. O'Hare International Airport recorded the official total of 19.3 inches, but some areas saw more snow. Lincolnshire, in Lake County, saw the most with 22 inches.
Some of Chicago's snowplow drivers were given a brief break overnight Monday, but at 3 a.m. all 350 snowplows were back on the roads, according to the Department of Streets and Sanitation.
The city's arterial streets were clear by Monday evening, and according to the department, almost 90 percent of neighborhood streets had a plow pass over them at least once.
