MINOR ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY...
RAIN SHOWERS AND DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES
REMAINING SEVERAL DEGREES ABOVE FREEZING IN MOST PLACES. WHERE
TEMPERATURES MAY DROP TO OR JUST BELOW FREEZING WILL BE FAR NORTH
CENTRAL ILLINOIS...INCLUDING THE BELVIDERE...BYRON...DIXON...AND
ROCKFORD AREAS. FREEZING DRIZZLE OR EVEN LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS
POSSIBLE THERE FROM 3 AM THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF THE MORNING
COMMUTE.
COOLER AIR MOVING INTO THE REGION TUESDAY MORNING WILL ALLOW
PRECIPITATION TO TRANSITION TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST. THE
LIKELIHOOD FOR SNOW ACROSS THE CHICAGO METROPOLITAN AREA WILL
INCREASE QUICKLY AFTER 9 AM. THERE WILL BE A PERIOD DURING THE
LATE MORNING AND INTO THE MID AFTERNOON WHERE BRIEF MODERATE SNOW
MAY OCCUR. SNOW SHOULD END BY OR JUST AFTER SUNSET. MINOR SNOW
ACCUMULATION BETWEEN ONE HALF AND TWO INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS
THE AREA...WITH THE HIGHER TOTALS FAVORED NEAR THE WISCONSIN STATE
LINE.
IN ADDITION...QUICKLY INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS BY LATE TUESDAY
MORNING...GUSTING AT TIMES TO 35 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON...WILL
CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS MAY LINGER INTO
THE EVENING. THESE WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE TEMPERATURES TO
GRADUALLY FALL THROUGH THE 20S. THE COMBINATION OF THE
WINDS...FALLING TEMPERATURES...AND SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY PRESENT
SLOWER TRAVEL TIMES. ANYONE TRAVELING LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR ICY AND
POTENTIALLY SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY.
