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April showers bring snow plowers -- and more in the forecast

Posted April 05, 2009 11:00 pm

Lee Filas

Fresh snow coated tree branches and lawns but left pavement dry for motorists and walkers Monday in Arlington Heights. Bill Zars | Staff Photographer

An April snowstorm that fell over the Chicago area left thousands without power overnight, ComEd officials said this morning.

The weather, which dropped more than 3 inches of snow overnight also postponed the home opener for the Chicago White Sox on the city's south side.

ComEd officials said up to 11,000 people were without power overnight, though less than 5,000 customers were still in the dark as of 5 a.m. today. Of those 5,000, less than 1,000 outages were in the northern suburbs.

The National Weather Service said Naperville and Aurora seemed to tally the highest snowfall accumulations, picking up more than 3 inches late Sunday and early Monday.

Lake and Cook counties seemed to escape somewhat unscathed, only picking up about an inch of actual accumulation.

Flights at O'Hare were delayed 15 to 30 minutes during the heart of the snowstorm, but everything was back on track for the Monday rush, officials from the Chicago Department of Aviation said.

Meteorologists predict temperatures will hit 40 degrees today, before getting into the 50s Tuesday and Wednesday. Rain or snow is expected to fall again late Thursday or early Friday.

Scillia flowers fewer than than 2 inches tall poke through the snow in Arlington Heights. Bill Zars | Staff Photographer

Easter eggs keep fresh with a dusting of snow Monday in Arlington Heights. Bill Zars | Staff Photographer

An elk at the Busse Forest Elk Pasture in Elk Grove Village finds a section of grass to nibble on Monday morning that has not been covered with a fresh coat of snow. A spring snow dropped anywhere from 1 to 3 inches of snow in the suburbs overnight. Jeff Knox | Staff Photographer

Snow and ice are not what you would normally expect to see clinging to a fence in early spring. Winter conditions are still hanging on though as seen with this snowy fence in Arlington Heights Monday morning. Jeff Knox | Staff Photographer

A robin puffs up its feathers to fend off the cold and finds a peaceful perch near the snow-covered Mundelein Park District's Regent Center Monday morning. Paul Valade | Staff Photographer

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