HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 305 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST WED DEC 09 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MUCH OF THE ILLINOIS
RIVER VALLEY.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW AND SLEET IS LIKELY THROUGH
THE EVENING...BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BY MIDNIGHT...AS A MAJOR
STORM SYSTEM MOVES NORTHEAST TOWARD CENTRAL ILLINOIS. CURRENT
PROJECTIONS SUGGEST THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3
INCHES...PRIMARILY ALONG AND WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
ONCE THE SYSTEM MOVES OFF TO THE NORTHEAST EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...
VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP...WITH GUSTS INCREASING TO
AROUND 45 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING
OF THE SNOW...WITH LOW VISIBILITIES. THESE WINDS WILL SLOWLY
SUBSIDE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER...WITH VERY COLD AIR
SPREADING OVER THE AREA...WIND CHILLS WILL BE DOWN TO NEAR 10
BELOW ZERO BY THURSDAY MORNING.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED...ALTHOUGH SNOWFALL REPORTS
WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
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