TUESDAY MORNING...SOME FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE...
LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM MISSOURI ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA INTO
TUESDAY MORNING. CHANCES FOR LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL INCREASE
THROUGH THE EVENING ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA
WITH AREAS OF FOG DEVELOPING. SOME OF THE FOG MAY BECOME DENSE IN
SPOTS. PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL FURTHER INCREASE INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH THE MORE STEADY RAINFALL OCCURRING EAST OF A
GARY TO PONTIAC LINE.
A COOL FRONT WILL SETTLE INTO NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
ILLINOIS THIS EVENING ALLOWING SLIGHTLY COOLER AIR TO BUILD INTO
THESE AREAS BEFORE A STRONGER PUSH OF MUCH COLDER AIR ARRIVES
EARLY TUESDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT AREAS NORTHWEST OF A LINE
FROM NEAR LAKE FOREST IN LAKE COUNTY ILLINOIS TO NEAR MENDOTA IN
FAR NORTHERN LASALLE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FAR NORTHERN AND
NORTHWESTERN CHICAGO SUBURBS...COULD SEE A PERIOD OF LIGHT
FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE AFTER MIDNIGHT BEFORE
TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW. AREAS TO THE SOUTHEAST WILL SEE RAIN
AND DRIZZLE TRANSITION TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST STARTING AROUND
DAYBREAK AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TUESDAY MORNING.
SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE GENERALLY NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 80...WITH A CHANCE FOR SOME AREAS TO SEE 3 INCHES NEAR
THE WISCONSIN BORDER. AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 MAY
SEE UP TO AN INCH OF ACCUMULATION. STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS
WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY MORNING WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH AT TIMES.
THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A MILE
OR LESS WHERE HEAVIER SNOW FALLS. TEMPERATURES WILL PEAK IN THE
MORNING THEN FALL INTO THE LOW TO MID 20S THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
ANYONE TRAVELING LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR ICY AND POTENTIALLY SNOW COVERED
ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. CONTINUE TO MONITOR UPDATED
FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
