HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville Il 346 PM CST TUE JAN 20 2015 WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE ILLINOIS-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE- DUPAGE-COOK-LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON- IROQUOIS-FORD-LAKE INDIANA-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON- 346 PM CST TUE JAN 20 2015 /446 PM EST TUE JAN 20 2015/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. AREAS OF FOG WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING...WITH LOCALLY DENSE FOG ESPECIALLY WEST OF CHICAGO. A PERIOD OF PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING ALONG AND NORTH OF A STREATOR TO KANKAKEE LINE. FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL TRANSITION TOWARDS LIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOW LATER TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. conditions are favorable for ice jam development...especially along areas of the kankakee river. ice jams can create rapidly fluctuating river levels which could lead to localized flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. LIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY OF ONE INCH OR A LITTLE HIGHER ARE FORECAST NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80...WITH UP TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR NORTHERN ILLINOIS NEAR THE WISCONSIN BORDER. THIS COULD CAUSE MINOR TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...INCLUDING DURING THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. conditions will remain favorable for ice jam development. ice jams can create rapidly fluctuating river levels which could lead to localized flooding.
Posted on: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 22:57:36 +0000
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