First snowfall of the season for parts of Chicagoland

Northwest Indiana is under a winter weather advisory for the next hour. Gabriela Primas joins us live with more on how things look right now. Gabby, do we see some snow falling behind you there? What's going on? We do see some snow falling here in northwest Indiana. Natalie, I was talking to Mike Kaplan this morning, and he said, okay, head over to Lake County, Indiana. That's where a majority of the snow is going to be falling. And sure enough, as we're heading southeast on the Skyway, it changed from a lot of rain to a whole lot of snow falling. And we decided to get off of I-65 here in Crown Point and just kind of drive through some of the neighborhoods off the expressway situation just to show you some of the flurries and that that snow is indeed sticking on. We'll be right back. Still on our way on the Skyway. This is a crash that happened. This was near Kennedy Avenue in the Hammond, Indiana area. We were at a complete stop there for a while as first responders were trying to get the situation figured out. It was blocking the left lane, this crash, and part of the right lane. It involved what looked like one vehicle, that truck. And it looks like they hit the railing. We can't say for sure if this was weather-related. But we're experiencing hydroplaning on the Skyway as well as low visibility because of that rain that we saw at the time. Also, we saw another one, another crash closer to Indianapolis Boulevard, and you could barely see it as we pass. It involved two vehicles, and it looked like it was pretty bad, but people were out of their vehicles. Thank you. There was Indiana DOT already there assessing the situation. It wasn't blocking any traffic. I also wanted to grab some just screenshots, really, of live cameras around the northwest Indiana area. Here's two right now. The first one is I-65 at US-30 in Merrillville. We were seeing a lot of rain at the time, again, hydroplaning at times, visibility was a little iffy on I-65, but it quickly turned over to snow and still in parts, low visibility. Then once you pass Crown Point and you go southbound on I-65, it started to clear up just a bit. And the second picture we have here is also from Merrillville, looking at intersection US-30 and Taft Street, very busy spot there. You can see definitely a wet road. Also, see some of that snow that's sticking on on the grass near that intersection. It's good to just leave yourself a little extra padding if you're in a hurry on the roadways this morning. And those slick spots sneaking up on drivers seems to be the bridges, overpasses, untreated ramps. You could say the same for any time we see some precipitation during the winter months. And of course, when you hit one of those heavier lake effect bands, visibility drops really fast. But it kind of looks like a winter wonderland, I feel like, here in Crown Point as we head northbound on Main Street. Natalie, I don't know if you heard me talking to Anthony and Liz in the last hour. I said, I think that they're filming a movie here in downtown Crown Point because I saw some cameras on people's backs, some serious equipment. They're setting up some stuff in front of, I think, is City Hall. I stopped and quickly rolled down my window and asked what they were doing. Actually, it's a JCPenney gift exchange that's happening for the Crown Point community later on this afternoon. Oh, that's nice. I was looking for a little more information. They said that they'd release more, but it was very picturesque. I said it will be perfect for a Hallmark movie if that's what you guys want to switch gears to. Yeah, I love how we're so like, oh, this is so fun right now. And then, you know, in a month or two, we'll be like, OK, when is the first day of summer? But thank you so much, Gabby, for bringing that to us. 905. Now, Caitlin is in the house. And Caitlin, we understand that Lake County, Indiana, under a winter weather advisory until noon today. That's right. So right where Gabby's driving, there is some big old fluffy snowflakes coming down. As Gabby mentioned, in the city though, quite a different view there. We've got breaks in the clouds, some blue skies showing. But let's take a look at our satellite and radar. We have been watching as this mixed bag of precipitation, really associated with this lake effect band of wet weather, has been moving in throughout the morning. Also, we have had secondary areas of snowfall this morning, especially in LaSalle County, but even in Grundy County, some snowfall. But really focused in northwest Indiana at this point. And our radar is showing mostly green. But I can say that we have seen some snowflakes coming down, too, as you saw from that live shot. A dusting out there. There are generally under a half inch of accumulation so far, mostly those elevated and grassy surfaces, pavement. It's too warm. It's melting, which is a good thing for traffic, but the ground is going to be wet, and we still have that rain coming down or even that snow, as mentioned. The potential for wet weather is going to last, unfortunately, on and off throughout the day today and even into tonight before drier weather does return. Currently still seeing some light, spotty rain showers in Kankakee County, even in Jasper-Newton counties. He's getting in on some of the wet weather temperatures right now are ranging in the 30s. It is 35 at the lakefront, 39 at Midway and Gary, 37 in Morris, 38 in Kankakee, 34 at Woodstock and Waukegan. You are in the mid 30s. We're going to have a bit of a gusty breeze today right now, seeing winds strongest north of the city. And south of the city there in Gary, 31 miles per hour, but really focused in Waukegan and DeKalb where we're having those gusts at 20 to 25 miles per hour. Straight out of the north, straight out of the lake. It is going to be a gusty and cool day today. Temperatures remaining in the 40s this afternoon. Here is your... Day planner, 10 a.m. around 38 by noon, 38, and 2 p.m. 40, so it's a slow climb. We're not going to be climbing too much. As mentioned, that cool air is sticking with us not only today but through the weekend. And here's a look at our future cast. As mentioned, we are going to have on and off wet weather throughout the day today. In fact, even in the city, we could see some rain showers. And then we get into tonight. This is 1115. The rain is still coming down in northwest Indiana before it starts to pivot east, giving... Dry weather for this weekend, for the most part. Clouds still holding on in northwest Indiana, but from Chicago points west, dry skies with sunshine. Back to you, Nat. Thank you, Caitlin.