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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
* TIMING...WET SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING AND BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY EVENING. SNOW MAY DIMINISH IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING BUT STILL SHOULD CONTINUE TO ACCUMULATE.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION...4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW WILL HAVE FALLEN BY LATE EVENING FROM THE ROCKFORD AND DIXON AREAS EASTWARD TO THE NORTH AND NORTHWES SUBURBS OF CHICAGO.
* WINDS...GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 MPH.
* MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR ALONG WITH WIND WHIPPED SNOW RESULTING IN TEMPORARY WHITE OUT CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS.
SNOW WILL SIGNIFICANTLY SLOW TRAVEL THROUGH AT LEAST THE EARLY EVENING COMMUTE...SO PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL SHOULD ANTICIPATE EXTREMELY ELEVATED TRAVEL TIMES.
* OTHER IMPACTS...THIS IS A HEAVY WET SNOW...SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS HEART ATTACK SNOW. DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW CAUTION SHOULD BE EXERCISED TO NOT OVER EXERT ONESELF WHEN SHOVELING.