700 flights out of Chicago canceled due to snow warning

[sabra]

http://abcnews.go.com/

UNITED AND AMERICAN AIRLINES CANCEL MORE THAN 700 FLIGHTS OUT OF CHICAGO O'HARE TOMORROW MORNING DUE TO SNOW

[Captain Hilts]

1. Take the overnight train to NYC or DC. It's great. nt

[Parche]

2. ORD

There is snow place like Chicago


DFW is also having its weather time today, with snow and freezing rain
AA is really taking a beating, as DFW is their major hub, along with ORD!!

[Liberal In Texas]

6. The weather "event" is pretty much over now for DFW, just a few flurries

left getting down into the 20s tonight, then sunny and 52 tomorrow.
Air traffic via DFW should not be effected by weather here.
-Cancel the panic-

[kestrel91316]

3. I'm going to be changing planes at O'Hare after Christmas on

my way home. Not looking forward to THAT.

[JetCityLiberal]

4. If this is the system that just dumped over a foot on us (Seattle area)

then I am really feeling for them, it was a nightmare storm!

Hang in there you guys!

[CatholicEdHead]

7. Same upper level dynamics but not surface dynamics

This is a lee cyclone that has formed on the front side of the upper level trough that dived down through the pacific NW earlier in the week.

[Clinton Crusader]

5. LOVE snow! Wish it would come here!

We're having snow SHOWERS Monday, but that's it.....

[DemoTex]

8. Dr. D. got out of ORD for DCA two hours late this afternoon.

Seems that American got clobbered in Dallas today (cancelled 200 flights at DFW). They were feeling the effects of DFW cancellations in ORD. Here is the NWS Winter Storm Warning for the Chicago area:

Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
559 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES FROM EASTERN
ARKANSAS THIS EVENING TO LOWER MICHIGAN BY MIDDAY FRIDAY. HEAVY
SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
ILLINOIS. IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA A MIX OF
FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY FRIDAY
MORNING. SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO FLURRIES BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS
THE LOW MOVES RAPIDLY NORTHEAST.

ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010800-
/O.CON.KLOT.WS.W.0002.061201T0600Z-061201T1800Z/
WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE ILLINOIS-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-
DUPAGE-COOK-LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-
IROQUOIS-FORD-LAKE INDIANA-PORTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...WOODSTOCK...WAUKEGAN...
OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...CHICAGO...OTTAWA...OSWEGO...
MORRIS...JOLIET...KANKAKEE...PONTIAC...WATSEKA...PAXTON...GARY...
VALPARAISO
559 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY...

SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 13 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS A LARGE
PART OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST ILLINOIS BY NOON FRIDAY.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. A MIXTURE OF
SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE AT THE ONSET OF THE
PRECIPITATION MAINLY EAST OF I-57...INCLUDING WATSEKA...
KANKAKEE...THE SOUTHEAST SUBURBS OF CHICAGO...AND NORTHWEST
INDIANA. PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME ALL SNOW BY MORNING. SNOW WILL
BE HEAVIEST DURING THE MORNING RUSH HOUR FROM ABOUT 300 AM
THROUGH 900 AM. SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE LIKELY AT
THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM AND LIGHTNING AND THUNDER ARE POSSIBLE.

THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 13 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN A
CORRIDOR FROM OTTAWA TO ELGIN. 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM
POLO TO ROCKFORD AND ALSO EAST OF I-55 FROM GIBSON CITY TO
KANKAKEE TO GARY. FURTHER EAST FROM WATSEKA TO VALPARAISO SNOWFALL
TOTALS WILL BE 4 TO 7 INCHES.

NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY
FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL TURN MORE NORTHWESTERLY BY FRIDAY
AFTERNOON AND GUST AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THIS
WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN RURAL
AREAS.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. AVOID TRAVEL LATE TONIGHT AND
ESPECIALLY DURING MORNING RUSH HOUR FRIDAY.