Bitter cold continues through Tuesday night

The Blizzard Warnings and Winter Storm Warnings from Sunday night have ended, but Wind Chill Warnings continue through Tuesday afternoon; Wednesday morning for Rockford. 

Wind chills Monday morning have dropped between -30 and -35 degrees and will likely remain in that range through the afternoon with temperature readings staying near -5 degrees today.  Winds will still have a gust from the Northwest, but won't be nearly as strong as what they were Sunday night!  Blowing and drifting snow will still be problematic through the evening commute in open and rural areas.  In fact, as of 10:30am many rural roads remain closed due to drifting or snow plows/tows trying to dig stranded cars out of the ditch.  For a list of road closures in Illinois, click here.

Skies will remain clear through the afternoon and once the sun sets tonight temperatures are expected to quickly drop into the double digits below zero.  Overnight lows will fall between -14 degrees and -20 degrees in many spots through Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin.  Unfortunately, it won't take much of a wind to drop wind chill values as low as -40 degrees tonight into Tuesday morning!  The sun will continue into Tuesday, but highs are only expected to remain a couple degrees below zero.

Tuesday night winds will have shifted to the southwest and are expected to pick back.  Temperatures will fall after sunset Tuesday night but will slightly rise through daybreak Wednesday with the southwest wind.  Wednesday will still remain cold with highs only in the middle teens.