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...SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION EXPECTED IN SOME AREAS... .THE FIRST ACCUMULATING SNOW OF THE SEASON WILL UNFOLD ACROSS THE REGION BEGINNING THIS EVENING AND PERSISTING THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY TRANSITION FROM A RAIN AND SNOW MIX EARLY THIS EVENING TO ALL SNOW LATER TONIGHT. WARM GROUND TEMPERATURES...ESPECIALLY PAVEMENT...WILL INITIALLY LIMIT ACCUMULATIONS ON SURFACES THIS EVENING. HOWEVER SNOWFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVERNIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING AND WILL ALLOW FOR SNOW TO ACCUMULATE AT A QUICKER RATE. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY VARY FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES NEAR THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR...TO AS MUCH AS 8 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS. LIGHTER AMOUNTS OF SNOW...GENERALLY 2 TO 5 INCHES...ARE LIKELY ALONG THE IMMEDIATE SHORES OF LAKE MICHIGAN...INCLUDING CHICAGO...DUE TO SLIGHTLY WARMER SURFACE TEMPERATURES. ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM CST SATURDAY.

* TIMING...RAIN THIS EVENING WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO SNOW BY LATE EVENING. THE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH MID TO LATE AFTERNOON ON SATURDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 6 INCHES.

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AND SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY AWAY FROM THE LAKE.

* THE FIRST ACCUMULATING SNOW OF THE YEAR CAN CATCH MOTORISTS OFF GUARD. ENSURE TO PLAN ACCORDINGLY AND USE EXTRA CAUTION IF TRAVELING.

* AFFECTED AREAS: GRUNDY ... KANKAKEE ... LIVINGSTON ... WILL

Instructions:

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.