The snow is piling up across the area, and places south of the city are getting hammered as a winter storm moves through.
The storm, which has already dumped over six inches of snow in areas south of the NBC 5 viewing area, is snarling traffic and causing hazardous conditions throughout the region.
Here are the latest snowfall totals as of 3:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon:
Cook County:
Elk Grove Village: 1.6 inches
Lansing: 1.5 inches
Midway Airport: 3.5 inches
Local
Northbrook: 2.6 inches
O'Hare Airport: 1.9 inches
Palos Park: 1.5 inches
Schaumburg: 2.1 inches
DeKalb County:
Sycamore: 2 inches
DuPage County:
Lombard: 3.5 inches
Grundy County:
Carbon Hill: 2.3 inches
Iroquois County:
Ashkum: 8 inches
Onarga: 8 inches
Watseka: 9 inches
Kane County:
Aurora: 2.6 inches
Batavia: 3.1 inches
St. Charles: 3.2 inches
Kankakee County:
Bourbonnais: 2.8 inches
Kankakee: 3.8 inches inches
Lake County:
Libertyville: 1.8 inches
Riverwoods: 1.8 inches
LaSalle County:
Herscher: 1.4 inches
La Salle: 5.4 inches
Ottawa: 2.5 inches
Peru: 1.3 inches
Streator: 7.2 inches
Livingston County:
Pontiac: 9.3 inches
McHenry County:
Crystal Lake: 3.5 inches
Marengo: 1.9 inches
Will County:
New Lenox: 1.8 inches
Peotone: 3.1 inches
Here are our Indiana Counties:
Porter County:
Valparaiso: 4 inches
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There is a Winter Weather Advisory in effect for some areas south of Chicago that will last until 3 a.m. Sunday morning.