WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-
LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-LAKE IN-PORTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...WOODSTOCK...WAUKEGAN...
OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...CHICAGO...OTTAW A...OSWEGO...
MORRIS...JOLIET...GARY...VALPARAISO
753 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST TUESDAY...
...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT
FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
SNOW IS MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS EARLY THIS EVENING AND
WILL SPREAD OVER NORTHERN INDIANA DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS.
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN OVERNIGHT TO 20 TO 30
MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 MPH. THE COMBINATION OF FRESH SNOW
COVER...CONTINUED LIGHT SNOW OVERNIGHT...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS
WILL LEAD TO BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND DANGEROUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS...WITH WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES OF ONE QUARTER OF
A MILE OR LESS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND MAY
BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH IN SPEED TOWARD MIDDAY TUESDAY.
IN ADDITION...ARCTIC AIR MOVING INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS BEHIND
THIS SYSTEM WILL ALSO PRODUCE BITTER WIND CHILLS OF 15 BELOW TO
20 BELOW TUESDAY MORNING.
ANOTHER CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND
INDIANA ON WEDNESDAY...BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW. THIS
SYSTEM...POTENTIALLY...LOOKS EVEN STRONGER THAN THE SYSTEM
TRACKING ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE
POSSIBLE AGAIN...WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW BEGINNING EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING AND BLIZZARD FORCE WINDS BEGINNING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUING INTO THE NIGHT.
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT ACCUMULATING SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR
BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES.
THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DANGEROUS.
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