HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 804 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009
Expiration: 815 AM CST WED DEC 09 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP TODAY AND MOVE ACROSS NORTHEAST
ILLINOIS LATE TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY
AS THIS STORM CONTINUES TO TAKE SHAPE IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS. SNOW
WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT AS THE
LOW APPROACHES...WITH PRECIPITATION LIKELY BECOMING MIXED
RAIN...SNOW AND POSSIBLY SOME SLEET SOUTHEAST OF A CHICAGO TO
PONTIAC LINE. HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
INTO THE FAR NORTHERN SUBURBS OF CHICAGO TONIGHT INTO EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH LESSER ACCUMULATIONS SOUTHWARD.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BEHIND THE DEPARTING STORM
SYSTEM WEDNESDAY WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
EXPECTED ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING
BEFORE WINDS BEGIN TO DIMINISH. SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT.
HOWEVER...SPOTTER REPORTS OF SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE
APPRECIATED.
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COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS CHICAGO
WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO
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