Rockford Weather

This is going to sound like a repeat of a repeat because it is. Prepare for a third Winter Storm in less than 2 weeks that will roll through before this weekend ends.

A Winter Storm Warning will be in effect for most of Northern Illinois and Wisconsin as we prepare for what could be "twin blizzards" according to some forecasts.

It's still several days away and could change, but multiple weather forecasts are showing the possibility of blizzard-like conditions for Chicagoland and the Rockford region next week.

We're hearing about a record number of Americans who will be traveling this upcoming Thanksgiving holiday including over 2 million Illinois residents planning to drive to their destination. That could be challenging with the snow in the forecast the weekend after Turkey Day.

It wasn't that many years ago kids had to wear snow boots with their Halloween costumes after several inches of early-season snow accumulated in the Stateline.

Chicago's average first snow happens by November 16, but it has happened as early as October 12, according to the Weather Channel.

A weather system that is dumping heavy wet snow on some states in the western part of the U.S. will arrive in Illinois by this weekend, according to the Weather Channel.

Everything I have been reading about what's coming to Northern Illinois and Wisconsin this winter says it's going to be brutal.

Below-average temperatures and lots of snowstorms, sleet, ice, and rain this winter.

If you've been enjoying these cool mornings and fall-like temperatures around the Rockford region, it kind of makes you hope the hot days of summer are done.