...LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW AND WINDY CONDITIONS TO THE AREA MONDAY... .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL SLIDE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES TONIGHT. MEANWHILE A SECOND AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL LIFT NORTHEAST FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THESE TWO LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS WILL CONSOLIDATE OVER SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN LATE TONIGHT AND QUICKLY DEEPEN. AS THIS SYSTEM INTENSIFIES...MUCH COLDER AIR WILL ARRIVE AND CHANGE RAIN OVER TO SNOW. THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF A WINTRY MIX DURING THE TRANSITION...BUT SHOULD BE RATHER QUICK. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL QUICKLY TURN WEST TO NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS NEARING 40 MPH. THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND SNOWFALL MAY CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES. LOCALLY HIGHER TOTALS ALONG AND NORTH OF A HARVARD TO WAUKEGAN LINE. * WINDS...WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEARING 40 MPH. * IMPACT...AS TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW FREEZING ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITIES ESPECIALLY ON NORTH/SOUTH ROADWAYS LATER MONDAY INTO MONDAY EVENING.
Posted on: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 21:28:41 +0000
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