HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 349 PM CST FRI DEC 18 2009
Expiration: 400 PM CST SAT DEC 19 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
INTERMITTENT LIGHT SNOW OR A RAIN...SNOW MIX IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS INTO THE EVENING. THE
PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW AFTER SUNSET AS
TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW FREEZING. THE AREA OF SNOW WILL SAG
SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE NIGHT. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD OCCUR
OVERNIGHT...PERHAPS UPWARD OF AN INCH...MAKING SOME ROADS
SLIPPERY.
THERE IS A CONTINUED RISK OF LOCALIZED ICE JAM FLOODING ALONG
AREA RIVERS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF DURING THE DAY SATURDAY...BUT SOME LAKE
EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS COULD DEVELOP SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT.
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COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS CHICAGO
WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO
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