. LIGHT WINTRY MIX EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... AN APPROACHING WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL RESULT IN LIGHT PRECIPITATION DEVELOPING FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING... INITIALLY IN THE FORM OF LIGHT DRIZZLE OR FREEZING DRIZZLE BEFORE MIXING WITH OR CHANGING TO WET SNOW OVERNIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEAR OR JUST ABOVE FREEZING THIS EVENING AS DRIZZLE DEVELOPS... WITH ONLY TRACE AMOUNTS OF ICE EXPECTED BEFORE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO A WET SNOW OVERNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM AROUND AN INCH NORTH OF INTERSTATE 88 ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS... WITH LESSER AMOUNTS TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF... WITH ADDITIONAL MINOR ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM LESS THAN A HALF INCH SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80... TO 1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS ESPECIALLY CLOSE TO THE WISCONSIN BORDER. LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF WET SNOW OVERNIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MAY MAKE FOR SLIPPERY TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN SOME AREAS. IN ADDITION... PATCHY DENSE FOG WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY THIS EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS WEST OF CHICAGO. IF TRAVELING ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT OR WEDNESDAY... BE AWARE OF VARYING VISIBILITY AND ROAD CONDITIONS.
Posted on: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 22:52:48 +0000
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