WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 429 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2009
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...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /1 AM
EST/ TONIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CST /1 AM EST/ TONIGHT.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS MORNING...WITH THE
SNOW GRADUALLY DIMINISHING IN INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON.
* ACCUMULATIONS...TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION BY
EARLY THIS EVENING.
* HAZARDS...IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 15 TO 25
MPH BY THIS EVENING WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF THE NEW FLUFFY SNOW...ESPECIALLY ACROSS OPEN AREAS.
* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS DUE TO
THE NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION. TRAVEL MAY ALSO BECOME HAZARDOUS DUE
TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEW SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
THIS EVENING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
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MARSILI
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