Good morning, Chicago.

An early-season storm is expected to lead to chaotic and dangerous travel conditions for rush hour this morning across the Chicago area — offering residents a quick taste of what’s to come this winter with a forecast of larger snowfall totals than in recent years.

The conditions are “definitely not normal” for this early in the season, said Gino Izzi, senior meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Chicago.

“It’s not really common that we get snowfall rates like we’re expecting with the lake-effect snow band,” Izzi said. “It’s pretty unusual. It sometimes happens once a year, once every two or three years.”

Read the full story from the Tribune’s Adriana Pérez and Laura Turbay .

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