***SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT*** NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO - TopicsExpress



          

***SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT*** NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 359 PM CST SUN FEB 2 2014 WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK... WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...WHEATON...CHICAGO...OTTAWA...OSWEGO...MORRIS...JOLIET...KANKAKEE...PONTIAC... WATSEKA...PAXTON...GARY...VALPARAISO...MOROCCO...RENSSELAER... FOWLER 359 PM CST SUN FEB 2 2014 /459 PM EST SUN FEB 2 2014/ ...ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE LIFTS OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHERN PLAINS STATES. SURFACE LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY...AND MOVE JUST SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY AND INTO WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WELL NORTH OF THE LOW TRACK FROM WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...BEFORE TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST WEDNESDAY MORNING. A FEW LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS MAY LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FROM THE ILLINOIS AND INDIANA STATE LINE EAST INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA...BEFORE SNOW COMPLETELY ENDS. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT SEVERAL INCHES OF ACCUMULATION ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE AREA FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL...POTENTIALLY AROUND 6 INCHES...IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO OCCUR SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR FROM CENTRAL ILLINOIS INTO NORTHERN INDIANA...WITH AMOUNTS DECREASING FARTHER NORTH TOWARD THE ILLINOIS WISCONSIN STATE LINE. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE PERIODS. ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. IN ADDITION...GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MAY PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. ANYONE WITH TRAVEL PLANS ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY...INCLUDING THROUGH CHICAGO O`HARE OR CHICAGO MIDWAY AIRPORTS...SHOULD STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECAST INFORMATION...AS TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED BY THIS WINTER STORM.
Posted on: Mon, 03 Feb 2014 00:21:26 +0000

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