Jan. 18--A wind chill advisory expired at noon Monday following dangerously cold weather in the Chicago area and northwest Indiana, but a break is coming.
National Weather Service meterologist David Beachler said moderately warmer weather is on the way.
"Tuesday, temperatures will be in the high teens and in the mid- to upper 20s on Wednesday," Beachler said.
There is also the possibility of a dusting to an inch of snow Wednesday morning.
The National Weather Service issued a wind chill advisory for Chicago stating that 20- to 25-below-zero wind chills were expected from 9 p.m. Sunday to noon Monday. Some suburbs near the city were expecting 30-below-zero wind chills.
The coldest conditions were expected around daybreak Monday. Officials warn that exposing unprotected skin to those types of wind chills can cause frostbite in as little as 30 minutes.
For Monday's Martin Luther King Day, a high of 12 degrees is expected in the Chicago area, dropping to 5 degrees Monday night.
Sunday's high temperatures were in the single digits. Sunday into Monday night, the lowest temperatures are expected to hit zero in the city's downtown and drop down to 3 degrees below zero in the outskirts of the city and the suburbs, said Ben Deubelbeiss, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service.
For more information and updates, check the Tribune's weather page.
Authorities in Milwaukee said a 21-year-old woman probably died of exposure to the extreme cold. She had reportedly left a house party and was found outside by a passerby; she was pronounced dead just before noon Sunday.
