The highest amounts of snow stick to the south and east of Chicago, where 2 to 3 inches can be expected. Elsewhere, anywhere from dusting to 2 inches of snow, the lighter amounts are to the northwest. Snow tapers off Friday night and gives way to sunshine for Saturday.

Meteorologist Kylee Miller has your 10 p.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025.

The seasonably cold January weather is sticking around Chicagoland this week. Early-morning temperatures Wednesday were in the single digits away from the lake and in the teens closer to the lake, with winds out of the northwest dropping wind-chill values to around zero in some locations.