SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 315 PM CST SAT JAN 24 2015 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 315 PM CST SAT JAN 24 2015 /415 PM EST SAT JAN 24 2015/ PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY...BRINGING A WINTRY MIX TO PORTIONS OF THE REGION AND ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS PRIMARILY SNOW NORTH OF I-80 TONIGHT...BUT A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND RAIN IS EXPECTED TO THE SOUTH. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW SOUTH OF I-80 EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON SUNDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO FALL IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE NORTHWEST OF A STREATOR TO WAUKEGAN LINE...AND 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE TO THE SOUTHEAST. NORTHEAST WINDS WITH GUSTS IN THE 30 TO 35 RANGE ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY. THIS MAY RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY...MAINLY IN OPEN AREAS NORTH OF I-80. SOUTH OF I-80...WETTER THAN AVERAGE SNOW MAY LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF BLOWING SNOW TO SOME DEGREE. TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY FROM DAYBREAK THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY.
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