Snow, warmer temperatures expected this week

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Updated: February 13, 2012 8:56AM

The bitter cold temperatures that hit the Chicago area over the weekend are expected to give way to snow Monday and then milder weather by the end of the week.

Temperatures are expected to climb to 35 degrees on Monday, when there is an 80 percent chance of snow after 3 p.m., according to the National Weather Service’s website. About two inches of accumulation is possible by Tuesday morning.

While the temperature is expected to climb from a weekend low of 10 degrees Saturday morning, wind gusts as high as 20 miles per will remain Monday afternoon, the weather service said.

The snow is expected to stop by noon Tuesday, when temperatures will climb to 37 degrees, according to the weather service.

High temperatures are expected to remain in the upper-30s through Friday, and 40 degrees is possible by the weekend, the weather service said.

— Sun-Times Media