CHICAGO — Forget Groundhog’s Day, Chicago. Winter is here now and it’s time to brace for another significant winter storm that could drop as much as an inch of snow an hour on the area beginning Tuesday night, forecasters said. The majority of the snow is expected to fall beginning around 6 p.m. Tuesday and continuing through most of the day Wednesday, according to meteorologists at the National Weather Service in Romeoville. As much as 8 inches to 1 foot of snow could fall in the Chicago area and points south. “Widespread snow totals of 8 to 12″ will make travel difficult, if not dangerous,” …
