Chicago weather

• A winter advisory for the area begins at 9 a.m., after which the snow is expected to begin.
(Huffington Post)
• The heaviest snow will fall later today and accumulations may reach 8 inches in the Chicago area, said Charles Mott, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Romeoville, Illinois.
(San Francisco Gate)
• A winter weather advisory went into effect at 9 a.m. Thursday until 10 a.m. Friday ahead of a snowstorm thats estimated to dump between 4 and 8 inches on Chicago. Northwest Indiana is expected to get even more.
(msnbc.com)
• Northwest Indiana is expected to get even more. Flakes started flying in Chicago before 9:30 a.m., missing the morning rush. Rockford and Oswego saw flurries before 7 a.m.
(NBC Chicago)
• Dress warmly, avoid braking suddenly and, above all, do not panic. Things to recall as the city re-acquaints itself with snow Thursday — perhaps as much as eight inches and just in time to bedevil evening commuters.
(Chicago Sun-Times)
• The seasons first serious storm is expected to dump as much as 8 inches of snow on the Chicago area Thursday and Friday, and the National Weather Service says high winds and plunging temperatures could make traveling hazardous.
(Chicago Tribune)
• The heaviest snow will start falling later today and accumulations may reach 8 inches in the Chicago area, said Charles Mott, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Romeoville, Illinois.
(San Francisco Gate)
• The National Weather Service in northern Illinois predicts between 6 and 8 inches of snow in Chicago and Joliet and 4 to 6 inches in Rockford, Dixon, LaSalle and Pontiac. Between 2 and 5 inches of snow are forecast in central Illinois.
(St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
• Poor weather was creating headaches for travelers across the Midwest and Northeast today.
(USA Today)