HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 151 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009
Expiration: 200 PM CST WED DEC 09 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
SNOW...SLEET...RAIN IS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
TONIGHT...WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. PRECIPITATION
WILL LIKELY BE MOSTLY SNOW OVER NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND MOSTLY
RAIN OVER SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE AREA. WITH TIME DURING THE
NIGHT THE SLEET AND RAIN MIX WILL TRANSITION FARTHER NORTH AND
WEST. PRECIPITATION MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES ACROSS THE ENTIRE
AREA...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL TOTALS POSSIBLY RESULTING IN
SOME PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
IN ADDITION...STRONG EASTERLY WINDS COULD GUST TO 40 MPH FOR A
TIME THIS EVENING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW COULD FALL THURSDAY BEFORE SNOW SHOWERS
TAPER TO FLURRIES DURING THE AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...WEST WINDS
WILL GUST TO 45 MPH OR HIGHER AT TIMES THURSDAY RESULTING IN
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
WIND CHILLS COULD APPROACH 20 BELOW ZERO OVER PORTIONS OF NORTH
CENTRAL ILLINOIS LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO RELAY SNOWFALL REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
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COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS CHICAGO
WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO
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