HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 345 AM CST SAT JAN 2 2010
Expiration: 345 AM CST SUN JAN 03 2010
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHWEST INDIANA
TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH TODAY
AND ANOTHER INCH POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...MAINLY ACROSS
NORTHEAST PORTER COUNTY.
LOW TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH WIND SPEEDS AROUND 10 MPH WILL
PRODUCE WIND CHILLS NEAR 20 BELOW ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS.
ELSEWHERE...WIND CHILLS OF 15 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED.
LOCALIZED ICE JAM FLOODING REMAINS POSSIBLE ON AREA RIVERS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHWEST INDIANA
THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 6
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHEAST PORTER COUNTY BY SUNDAY
MORNING.
VERY COLD AIR WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH EARLY NEXT
WEEK. WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 15 BELOW TO 20 BELOW
ZERO AGAIN SUNDAY MORNING.
LOCALIZED ICE JAM FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ON AREA RIVERS THROUGH
NEXT WEEK.
A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA
WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY.
.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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