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With the first snow of the season -- in the middle of fall -- the Chicago area looked like a snow globe. Overnight and early Monday morning, a winter storm dumped heavy, lake effect snow to many parts, including between six and 12 inches in some parts. But other areas, especially to the west saw "barely a dusting." "Quite the snowstorm, depending on where you live," NBC 5 Storm Team Meteorologist Pete Sack said. According to Sack, isolated areas in Lake and Kankakee Counties in Illinois, parts of northwest Indiana and parts of southeast Wisconsin were "bullseyes" for where the most snow fell, with other parts spared. Later Monday morning, snowflakes were continuing to fall in Chicago as a plume of lake effect snow was winding its way through. Those flakes were expected to continue falling through about 12 p.m. in Illinois, Sack said, bringing between one and two inches of additional accumulation. After that, it will move into northwest Indiana, where a before bringing more snow into northwest Indiana. "Expect additional accumulations up to 1-3 inches (with localized higher amounts) in addition to reduced visibility and hazardous travel," the National National Weather Service said. "Use caution if traveling in northwest IN." As sunshine moves in, temperatures Monday would be cold, Sack said, with a high of 35 degrees and an even colder wind chill. Overnight, clear skies were expected, with a slight chance of rain and snow for the morning commute. "Then, we start to warm-up," Sack said. "Slowly but surely, we'll climb out of the deep freeze we've been in." As the snow continues, here's a look at where snow totals stand, according to the National Weather Service, as of 11 a.m.
