This week brings the first significant snowfall of the season to the Chicago area. Snow is expected to fall at least through the early afternoon before changing over to cold November rain.

The Chicago area is experiencing its first snowfall of the season, and officials are beginning to issue reports on just how much snow has fallen.

Temperatures rose above freezing areawide Thursday afternoon and will hold steady or even rise further overnight into Friday morning.

The Chicago area is seeing its first snow of the season this week, with the heaviest snow expected to impact the region in the mid-to-late morning hours.

Chicago experiences higher temperatures longer than outlying suburbs due to the urban heat-island effect. Its location next to Lake Michigan’s warm waters explains why the city and nearby suburbs freeze later in the year than their farther-out counterparts.

A brief isolated shower is in the forecast between 8 p.m. and midnight Tuesday night, but otherwise, cloudy skies are expected as temperatures drop below freezing in the upper 20s to near 30 degrees.As the weather pattern takes a more active turn for the middle of the country Wednesday,

Chicagoans can expect a chilly Thanksgiving holiday weekend, with a chance of snow on Wednesday and Thursday. Temperatures for Turkey Day itself are expected to be in the mid-30s, according to the National Weather Service.

Chicago's Thanksgiving weather has brought a bitter cold forecast with cold temperatures to continue into the weekend.

Unseasonably cold weather continues to blow our way from Canada, with little changing in the temperature department until a brief "warm-up" next Wednesday.

For several seconds after the football dropped in front of Rome Odunze on Thursday at Ford Field, Chicago Bears players stood rooted to the turf in stunned disbelief. The Bears were down by three at the Detroit Lions’ 41-yard line and had 32 seconds left in the game to try to move closer to set up kicker Cairo Santos for a tying field goal.