What you need to know amid dangerous cold – NBC Chicago

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Some Chicago-area schools have announced closures or shifts to e-learning on Tuesday as the region braces for dangerously cold wind chills.

While many schools were already closed across the region for Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, some added Tuesday closures as the bitter temperatures were set to worsen.

Across the entire Chicago area, a cold weather advisory was in effect until Monday. 12.00 with wind chill as low as 20 degrees below zero. This notice will be effective again at 21.00 and lasts until Tuesday at 12:00 p.m., when chills are expected to drop as low as 20 to 25 degrees below zero.

Tuesday, morning lows will be around -6, with wind chills between -15 and -25.

According to emergency shutdown center, several Chicago-area schools were scheduled to be closed Tuesday, including Horizon Science Academy Belmont in Chicago, City of Hobart Schools in Indiana, District 155 in Calumet City and Faith Movers Academy in University Park. However, it was not immediately clear whether all of these closures were due to the cold.

City of Hobart Schools issued a warning that they were switching to e-learning due to “the severe wind chill factor.”

Faith Movers Academy in University Park said classes were canceled “due to inclement weather” and no in-person or virtual learning would take place Tuesday.

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Some relief is expected Wednesday with highs in the low 20s and a chance of light snow. But chills will remain in the single digits, Sack said.

By the weekend, temperatures were expected to climb into the mid-30s, with more chances for occasional snow, Sack said.