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The National Weather Service is warning about “arctic cold” moving into the Chicagoland area that could bring up to -30-degree wind chills over the next few days.

The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a hazardous weather outlook for northeast Illinois early Saturday morning.

The outlook said an arctic cold air mass is moving in on Saturday evening with bitterly cold temperatures into Sunday morning.

The stretch of bitterly cold weather will occur from Sunday morning through Wednesday.

It will be accompanied by “dangerously cold” wind chills of -15 to -25 degrees, and locally up to -30 degrees, the NWS said.

The coldest time will be Sunday night into Monday morning and Monday night into Tuesday morning.

Forecasters say the cold will bring hypothermia risk with frostbite occurring in less than 30 minutes.

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Forecasters recommend people limit time outdoors, cover all exposed skin and bring pets indoors.

Residents should also be cautious about freezing pipes.

The NWS said ice jam flooding is possible on area rivers and streams.