If you’ve already put up your Christmas lights – and gotten baffled looks from your neighbors – you may well be vindicated this weekend. The National Weather Service is predicting snowfall this weekend – whether the snow accumulates is another story – and if that sounds preposterous, then think back to 2019, when northern Illinois was pasted to where some cities had to move trick-or-treating by a day.

“The first snowflakes usually fall around Halloween, so this is right on schedule,” said Brett Borchardt, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Romeoville.

Borchardt said there are two windows for snowfall this weekend. Saturday after sunset will bring a mix of rain and snowfall, he said, but any snow is unlikely to stick.

Accumulation is more probable Sunday night into Mo

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