Chicago weather forecast: More snow for PM commute Monday | O’Hare, Midway airports recover from weekend flight cancellations
CHICAGO (WLS) — More snow is in the forecast for Monday as the Chicago area digs out from a major winter storm last weekend.
Fog and black ice are potential problems for commuters Monday morning.
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ABC7 Accuweather Meteorologist Tracy Butler says light snow is expected to move into the area early Monday afternoon. Butler says an additional one to two inches of accumulation are expected for most of the area, with three inches of accumulation possible in areas to the south and west.
A Winter Weather Advisory is scheduled to go into effect from 2 p.m. until midnight.
The latest snow comes after a winter storm dump several inches of snow across the area.
O’Hare saw 8.4 inches of snow on Saturday, making it the snowiest November day in Chicago’s recorded history, according to the NWS.
O’Hare, Midway recovering from weekend cancellations
After more than a thousand cancellations over the weekend, O’Hare and Midway airports are working to get back to normal.
Monday, many of those going to O’Hare and Midway hope for no delays or cancelations.
Many travelers going to O’Hare and Midway are hoping for no delays or cancellations after weekend winter storm caused many travel troubles.
Over the weekend, there were over 1,300 flights cancelled between O’Hare and Midway.
As of 5 a.m. Monday morning, there have been 50 cancellations at O’Hare and none at Midway.
The Federal Aviation Administration said at one point on Sunday that departures to O’Hare were delayed on average by nearly an hour due to snow or ice, and that departures from the airport were delayed an average of 15 minutes.
Many travelers said it has been a mess, with some actually getting on a flight, waiting in the tarmac for hours, only to deboard the plane and do it all over again.
“We had to stop in Denver and that is when we heard our cancellation had just gotten later and later and later and later,” traveler Fran Reynolds said. “I think we were probably an hour-and-a-half on the runway here.”
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