“There isn’t a set formula for calculating ice formation,” climatologist ... of water in the area will freeze solid. Lake Michigan and moving rivers, like the Chicago River, are not ...

CHICAGO – Due to westerly winds and above-freezing temperatures, ice has been breaking away from Lake Michigan. On Monday, WGN’s tower camera on top of the Hancock Center captured ice floes ...

A wind chill warning that had been in effect for Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Lake, McHenry and ... switches and tracks to freeze in the Chicago area.

He’s about to freeze his flapjacks off. A Chicago life coach braved single-digit temperatures to walk across “ice pancakes” that formed in Lake Michigan this week, a chill-inducing Instagram ...

That winter, the lake achieved maximum ice coverage of more than 95 percent following some incredibly cold weather in January and February. In Chicago, those months produced a total of 17 subzero ...

Chicago is experiencing ... According to the NWS, ice jams can occur when long spells of cold weather cause rivers and lakes to freeze. "A rise in the water level or a thaw breaks the ice into ...

Dale Bowman Share Ice fishing is areawide, for now, around Chicago and ... over the weekend. The lake there is about the biggest body of water I fish in the area-last to freeze and last to warm ...

CHICAGO - It was a chilly start to the week with highs in the 50s and scattered lake effect rain showers ... showers and thunderstorms possible. A Freeze Watch has been issued for the western ...

Provided by Kyle Lamm Share Perch fishing builds on the lakefront and ice fishing varies widely to lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report In island lake ... ice and freeze the wetness ...

CHICAGO (CBS ... The fleet will then shift to focus on snow and ice along major roadways like DuSable Lake Shore Drive. Officials are warning evening commuters to take precautions when ...

After a warmer-than-average fall, Lake Erie's water temperatures ... preventing a sudden freeze-over and allowing aquatic life to adapt. This is also why the ice often forms in patches.

Many Minnesota lakes from the north to the Iowa border already have a coating of ice because of below-normal temperatures starting Nov. 11 and lasting through the first part of Thanksgiving week.