Weather Service: Wind Chill Could Drop Below Zero Tonight

Snow didn’t fall and produce a white Christmas, but the New Year already is shaping up to be a cold and somewhat snowy one.

The National Weather Service is predicting below zero wind chill and gusts of up to 30 mph possible tonight for the Kane County and much of the Chicago area.

In the weather business, that’s called a “blustery night.”

For the afternoon, the weather service forecasts a chance of snow flurries as temperatures remain below freezing. Less than a half-inch of snow will fall today, forecasters say.

The temperature is predicted to fall to 17 degrees by rush hour.

However, no hazardous weather currently is forecast for tonight.