CHICAGO — National Weather Service officials issued a cold weather advisory in effect until 2 p.m. Tuesday for portions of central, east central and northeast Illinois as well as northwest Indiana. Officials said dangerously cold wind chills may reach as low as 28 below zero causing frostbite to those exposed to the frigid temperatures in as little as 30 minutes.

After Monday’s daytime temperatures hovered in the single digits, they are expected to dip to minus 10 to minus 3 degrees overnight, according to the National Weather Service. Flurries and isolated snow showers are also expected in the Chicago region.

Freezing winds are expected to remain in the area until Wednesday. Monday and Tuesday morning are expected to be the coldest periods of the stretch. Monday's high will be 10 and the low minus 6. Tuesday's high will be 5 and the low minus 1,