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Snow break today, but don’t get too excited

Don’t get too used to the snowfall break.

Forecasters are calling for a snowstorm of unknown severity for Tuesday into Wednesday. That would follow snow that hit the suburbs from Friday night into Saturday.

As for Sunday, traveling for Super Bowl parties or anything else should not be deterred by nasty winter weather.

“It’s going to get cold during the night,” National Weather Service meteorologist Jamie Enderlen said. “But during the day, we might see the sun, that weird ball in the sky.”

O’Hare International Airport had received a cumulative snowfall of 4 inches as of 6 p.m. Saturday, according to the weather service’s spotter report. Using old-school rulers and tips they receive from the weather service, other volunteer spotter totals from mid- to late afternoon included Downers Grove at 4.2 inches, Geneva at 3.9 inches and Antioch at 3.5 inches.

While Illinois State Police reported few significant problems on the area’s expressways from the latest snowfall, it affected Saturday’s varsity high school sports schedule in most areas.

Postponed boys basketball games included Wheaton Academy at Aurora Central Catholic, Kaneland at DeKalb and Batavia’s participation the Rock Island Shootout.

In girls basketball, postponements included Geneva at Larkin, Maine West at Moline and Neuqua Valley at South Elgin. In wrestling, the DuPage Valley Conference meet hosted by Glenbard East was postponed and will be contested Sunday.

Fortunately for Erin Fabbri, the St. Viator-Carmel Catholic game was not wiped out due to snow in Mundelein. With 3.9 seconds left in the contest, Viator’s Fabbri scored her 1,000th career point on a free throw as the Arlington Heights school upset Carmel 54-51.

Meanwhile, any hopes that forecasts for dismal weather will be proven wrong usually fall flat these days. National Weather Service meteorologist Bill Nelson explained the federal forecasting agency floats weather balloons across the country twice a day, keeping a close eye on patterns and any changes they may undergo.

Looking ahead, there’s no immediate break in sight from the winter many have come to hate, Nelson said.

“Indications are that February is going to be on the cold side,” he said.

Nelson said typical temperatures in the mid-30s may be reached on the back side of this month.

More than 375 flights at O’Hare and at least 105 at Midway Airport were proactively canceled Saturday. Both airports estimated 30-minute delays for the flights still scheduled.

ŸDaily Herald prep sports editor Aaron Gabriel and sports writer Joe Aguilar contributed to this report.

Images: Snow continues in the suburbs Saturday

  Barry Rothblum, right, joins forces with his next-door neighbors Carol and Robert Chubb on Islington Lane in Schaumburg, as they dig out Saturday morning. Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
  Bernie Wagner is covered in a veil of snow Saturday morning as he clears the sidewalk in front of his home on Knollwood Drive in Schaumburg. Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
  A snowplow heads west Saturday morning on Route 64 approaching Randall Road in St. Charles. Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
  Bernie Wagner of Knollwood Drive in Schaumburg shoots a plume of snow from his snowblower as he digs out from Saturday’s snowfall. Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
  Travis Crabtree with T & A Contractors out of Maple Park piles snow from the parking lot of a business strip building in Wasco on Saturday morning. This was one of 10 properties he was in charge of plowing. Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
  Teresa Nydegger, left, of Naperville and Shawn Pajor, right, of Palatine don’t mind the snow as they run through downtown Naperville. Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
  Jeff Leach of Aurora slides down Rotary Hill in Naperville with his sons Caleb, 3, and Noah, 2, as another round of snow makes its way through the suburbs. Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
  Mail carrier Bernie Szostak deliveries mail on her route on the west side of Mundelein on Saturday. George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
  Canada geese relax in Lisle, as another round of snow makes its way through the suburbs. Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
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