WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 935 PM CST MON DEC 07 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST WED DEC 09 2009

...WINTER WEATHER PROMPTING WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES FOR NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
.A STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY PASSING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES
WILL EMERGE OVER THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE REGION EARLY
TUESDAY. LATEST COMPUTER GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THIS STORM WILL THEN
TRACK NORTHEAST TO THE WEST OF CHICAGO BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
THIS SYSTEM WILL THEN INTENSIFY AS IT HEADS ACROSS NORTHERN LOWER
MICHIGAN LATE IN THE DAY WEDNESDAY.
ILZ005-006-011-012-019-081145-
/O.UPG.KLOT.WS.A.0003.091209T0000Z-091210T0100Z/
/O.NEW.KLOT.WW.Y.0012.091208T1200Z-091210T0000Z/
MCHENRY-LAKE IL-DE KALB-KANE-LA SALLE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOODSTOCK...WAUKEGAN...DEKALB...
AURORA...OTTAWA
935 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 6 PM
CST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY
TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.
* TIMING: INTERMITTENT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHERN
ILLINOIS TUESDAY MORNING. AS MOISTURE LADEN AIR IS DRAWN
NORTHWARD IN ADVANCE OF THE STORM CENTER...SNOW WILL BECOME
HEAVIER AND MORE WIDESPREAD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SNOW MAY MIX
WITH SLEET OVER NORTHEAST ILLINOIS TUESDAY EVENING. GREATER
SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH OR MORE PER HOUR ARE MOST LIKELY TO
OCCUR TUESDAY EVENING. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO EXIT THE
AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
* ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW TOTALS ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 7
INCHES IN THIS 36 HOUR PERIOD OF SNOW.
* MISC HAZARDS: STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON
WEDNESDAY RESULTING IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
* IMPACTS: TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY DETERIORATE RAPIDLY TUESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH MOST ROADS BECOMING SNOW COVERED
TUESDAY EVENING. DRIFTING SNOW MAY BE A PARTICULAR PROBLEM...
ESPECIALLY ALONG NORTH TO SOUTH ROUTES ON WEDNESDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
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RLB

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 454 PM CST MON DEC 07 2009
Expiration: 500 PM CST TUE DEC 08 2009

/552 PM EST MON DEC 7 2009/
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
A LARGE AND STRONG LOW WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST ILLINOIS BY
WEDNESDAY MORNING. A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW MAY OCCUR NORTHWEST OF
A LINE FROM WAUKEGAN TO STREATOR ILLINOIS. AREAS EAST OF THE
LINE MAY RECEIVE RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WITH LESSER ACCUMULATIONS
THERE.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT.
&&
COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS CHICAGO
WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO
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WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 456 AM CST MON DEC 07 2009
Expiration: 700 PM CST WED DEC 09 2009

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF
NORTHEAST ILLINOIS FOR TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...
.A LOW WILL INTENSIFY IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS AND WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST
ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS LOW WILL
BE VERY DEEP AND INTENSE AS IT MOVES INTO MICHIGAN DURING THE DAY
WEDNESDAY.
ILZ006-071900-
/O.EXA.KLOT.WS.A.0003.091209T0000Z-091210T0100Z/
LAKE IL-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WAUKEGAN
456 AM CST MON DEC 7 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING.
* TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHERN
  ILLINOIS AND PERHAPS NORTHWEST INDIANA EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
  THE GREATEST SNOWFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT.
* ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW TOTALS ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM NEAR 10
  INCHES ALONG THE ROCK RIVER...TO NEAR 9 INCHES TO ZION AND
  WAUKEGAN.
* MISC HAZARDS: STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON
  WEDNESDAY RESULTING IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
* IMPACTS: TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY DETERIORATE RAPIDLY LATE
  TUESDAY AFTERNOON OR TUESDAY EVENING...WITH MOST ROADS
  BECOMING SNOW COVERED. DRIFTING SNOW MAY BE A PARTICULAR
  PROBLEM... ESPECIALLY ALONG NORTH TO SOUTH ROUTES ON
  WEDNESDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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