HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 346 PM CST SAT DEC 5 2009
Expiration: 345 PM CST SUN DEC 06 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW COULD ACCUMULATE SUNDAY NIGHT...
PARTICULARLY NEAR THE WISCONSIN BORDER.
CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA MAY
EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AS
AN INTENSIFYING STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. IT IS TOO
EARLY TO DETERMINE WITH ANY DEGREE CERTAINTY THE EXACT TRACK THIS
STORM WILL TAKE...AND EVEN A SMALL CHANGE IN THE FORECAST TRACK
CAN HAVE A LARGE IMPACT ON PRECIPITATION TYPE AND AMOUNT.
HOWEVER...BASED ON CURRENT CONSENSUS...REGARDING THIS STORM
TRACK...IT APPEARS AS THOUGH AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE FOX
RIVER VALLEY HAVE A POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TUESDAY
NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS BEHIND THIS STORM
COULD GUST TO OVER 40 MPH LATE WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY CREATING
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
.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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