WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...
* TIMING...RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO WET SNOW ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA THIS EVENING. SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES PARTICULARLY DURING THE EVENING HOURS...BEFORE GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.
* ACCUMULATIONS...IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS.
* MAIN IMPACT...HEAVY WET SNOW MAY FALL AT RATES GREATER THAN AN INCH PER HOUR THIS EVENING. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN QUICK ACCUMULATION OF WET SNOW ON ROADS...RESULTING IN SLIPPERY AND POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
* OTHER IMPACTS...IN ADDITION TO ACCUMULATION AND SLIPPERY TRAVEL IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIND WHIPPED HEAVY WET SNOW CAUSING SEVERELY REDUCED VISIBILITIES THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT. DUE TO THE HIGH LIQUID CONTENT OF THE SNOW...THOSE WITH HEALTH CONCERNS SHOULD USE CAUTION WHEN SHOVELING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
