HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 414 PM CST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 400 PM CST WED DEC 09 2009

/458 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009/
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
SNOW...SLEET...RAIN IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...WITH ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BE MOSTLY SNOW
OVER NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND MOSTLY RAIN OVER SOUTHEAST
PORTIONS OF THE AREA. DURING THE NIGHT...THE SLEET AND RAIN MIX
WILL TRANSITION FARTHER NORTH AND WEST. PRECIPITATION MAY BE HEAVY
AT TIMES ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
TOTALS POSSIBLY RESULTING IN SOME PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
FAR NORTHWEST PARTS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA...WHERE PRECIPITATION HAS
A GREATER POTENTIAL TO REMAIN ALL SNOW...MAY SEE SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATION OF SNOW TONIGHT.
IN ADDITION...STRONG EASTERLY WINDS COULD GUST TO 40 MPH FOR A
TIME THIS EVENING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW COULD FALL THURSDAY BEFORE SNOW SHOWERS
TAPER TO FLURRIES DURING THE AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...WEST WINDS
WILL GUST TO 45 MPH OR HIGHER AT TIMES THURSDAY RESULTING IN
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
WIND CHILLS COULD APPROACH 30 BELOW ZERO OVER PORTIONS OF NORTH
CENTRAL ILLINOIS LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO RELAY SNOWFALL REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
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COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS CHICAGO
WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO
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