Wintry cocktail for Thursday

A band of heavy wet now will fall from the Dakotas through southern Minnesota and northern Iowa through southern Wisconsin and the northern tip of Illinois into Lower Michigan Thursday, as low pressure tracks out of the northern plains southeast through Missouri and then up the Ohio River Valley. In the Chicago metro area – a Winter Storm Watch has been issued for Thursday afternoon and nigh. A cloudy and raw Thursday morning is expected with snow developing toward midday, becoming heavy in the afternoon and Thursday night. Snow will be falling during the evening rush hour.Rain or a wintry cocktail of rain and mixed sleet developing Peru to Morris, Kankakee and Renssalaer, Ind.Heavy snow and windy Thursday night….