As Illinoisans return to the office after the holiday season, their Monday blues might be further magnified by lake-effect snow on the tail end of a major, disruptive snowstorm that slammed the central United States and by below-normal temperatures later in the week.

As Arctic air and frigid temperatures continue, the next chance for snow in the Chicago area comes Thursday into Friday as part of a winter storm developing in the southern U.S.

Illinois will dry out first, then Indiana—but regardless, still be careful of slick area roads and sidewalks with the ice patches.

A storm system will bring a period of light snow to Central Illinois Thursday night and Friday morning. While accumulations are expected to be on the light side, there

Chicagoland remains in a deep freeze, with early-morning temperatures Thursday in the single digits in some locations. The day will begin mainly sunny, but Thursday afternoon will bring increasing cloud cover,

The seasonably cold January weather is sticking around Chicagoland this week. Early-morning temperatures Wednesday were in the single digits away from the lake and in the teens closer to the lake, with winds out of the northwest dropping wind-chill values to around zero in some locations.