The Chicago area is experiencing its first snowfall of the season, and officials are beginning to issue reports on just how much snow has fallen.

Residents in the Chicago area were hit by a wintry scene on Thursday morning, as the season’s first accumulating snowfall blanketed the region.

The Chicago area's first snow of the year began Wednesday evening, and forecast snowfall totals keep on increasing. A strong low-pressure system from Canada has moved over the Great Lakes, and will bring the coldest air of the fall season so far to Chicago along with the first snowfall.