Chicago weather forecast: After several inches of snow accumulation from winter storm, deep freeze moves in across area - WLS-TV

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- Bitterly acold temperatures person moved successful Friday crossed the Chicago country pursuing a wintertime snowfall storm.

Across the metropolis and downtown Friday, radical are bracing for the frigid temperatures, with immoderate shoveling the snowfall that came Thursday night.

Wind chills Friday greeting reached arsenic debased arsenic -40 successful immoderate areas and aerial temperatures beneath zero. The acold is forecast to proceed with upwind chills staying good beneath zero done the day.

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The snowfall moved successful Thursday and punished the Chicago country into the evening hours. Now we are near with precocious winds and bitter cold.

Hundreds of formation cancellations astatine O'Hare, Midway airports again Friday with brutal cold

Some suburbs saw respective inches of snowfall accumulation Friday.

Snow Totals

Streator: 2.5 inches

Romeoville: 2.5 inches

Elmhurst: 2.3 inches

Peotone: 2.3 inches

St. Charles 2 inches

Downtown: 2 inches

The brutal acold comes with galore dangers immoderate tegument that is disposable to the aerial could get frostbite precise quickly.

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The wintertime upwind is besides creating problems astatine Chicago's airports during the engaged vacation question season.

Meanwhile, galore are inactive trying to get past infinitesimal errands done earlier Christmas and they're uncovering it hard to get around.

In Hyde Park, Quentin Kimbrough wore aggregate layers included heated thermals arsenic helium worked extracurricular to wide the snow.

"If you immoderate tegument that is disposable to the air, it's going to get frostbite beauteous fast. If you're not layered you're going to consciousness each spot of this wind," helium said. "I would accidental not spell out. I would picture this arsenic excessively windy to beryllium successful the city."

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The upwind is inactive creating hazardous conditions connected Chicago country roadways, with crystal and blowing snow.

IDOT spokesperson Maria Castaneda said portion astir of the snowfall has been cleared from expressways, the freezing temperatures trim the effectiveness of roadworthy salt. Castaneda besides said drivers should beryllium disquieted astir achromatic crystal connected bridges and overpasses.

Indiana State Police Sergeant Glen Fifield said roads determination had precise mediocre visibility with dozens of clang overnight.

Heat Ordinance:

Chicago instrumentality requires residential buildings to person indoor somesthesia to beryllium astatine slightest 68 degrees from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.

The minimum is 66 degrees during the different hours. Landlords and gathering owners tin look fines.

Call 311 to study inadequate heat. For much information, visit: www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/bldgs/supp_info/chicago-heat-ordinance.html.

ComEd prepares for powerfulness outages

ComEd said it is successful presumption to assistance radical rapidly successful the lawsuit of powerfulness outages.

ComEd customers tin substance OUT to 26633 (COMED) to study an outage and person restoration accusation arsenic good arsenic pursuing ComEd connected Twitter oregon connected Facebook. Customers tin besides telephone 1-800 EDISON1 (1-800-334-7661), oregon study outages via the website astatine ComEd.com/report oregon usage the ComEd app.

Stay tuned to ABC7 Eyewitness News and ABC7Chicago.com for the latest forecast and snowfall amounts arsenic the wintertime tempest approaches.