HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 434 PM CST WED DEC 09 2009
Expiration: 415 PM CST THU DEC 10 2009

/513 PM EST WED DEC 9 2009/
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE
DIMINISHING LATE THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN
INCH OR LESS ARE EXPECTED. WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 45 MPH THIS
EVENING WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED
VISIBILITIES...PARTICULARLY ACROSS OPEN AREAS.
A BITTERLY COLD AIR MASS WILL OVERSPREAD NORTHERN ILLINOIS
TONIGHT. WIND CHILLS OF AROUND 20 BELOW ZERO ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS
FAR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS LATE TONIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
WIND CHILLS OF AROUND 20 BELOW ZERO ARE POSSIBLE EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING ACROSS FAR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS.
.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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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 321 PM CST WED DEC 09 2009
Expiration: 1000 PM CST WED DEC 09 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM
CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
* TIMING: OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING WITH A
  POTENTIAL OF PERHAPS ANOTHER INCH OF ACCUMULATION BEFORE THE
  LIGHT SNOW TAPERS OFF BY MID TO LATE EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE
  SNOW...WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS
  EVENING RESULTING IN AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED
  VISIBILITIES. VISIBILITIES ACROSS OPEN AREAS MAY BE TEMPORARILY
  REDUCED TO A QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS THIS EVENING. VISIBILITIES
  WILL IMPROVE LATER THIS EVENING AS WINDS BEGIN TO SUBSIDE.
* ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN AN INCH.
* MISC HAZARDS: VERY STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CAUSE
  BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THIS EVENING. GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE
  POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND
  DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES.
* IMPACTS: BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE CONTINUED POOR
  TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW
AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
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