Chicago is under a winter storm watch as a lake-effect snow system is set to bring the first snow since March to the region Sunday evening.

There’s a small chance that slushy accumulation of 1 to 2 inches could hit Saturday night, while “intense bands” of snow are expected Sunday night into Monday morning, according to the National Weather Service.

The NWS has predicted 7 to 15 inches of snow for the Chicago area through Tuesday evening. But meteorologist Gino Izzi said it was too early to say definitively how much snow the Chicago area could see because of the nature of lake-effect snow.

“It could be that Lincoln Park is getting an inch and Logan Square is getting a foot,” Izzi said.

The snow system will also bring much colder temperatures to the region. Saturday night is expected to

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