FRIDAY...
* TIMING...RAIN...MIXED WITH WET SNOW AT TIMES...WILL CHANGE TO
ALL WET SNOW ACROSS NORTHEAST ILLINOIS EARLY THIS EVENING.
SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE EVENING AND EARLY
OVERNIGHT HOURS...BEFORE GRADUALLY TAPERING IN INTENSITY LATE
TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.
* ACCUMULATIONS...FOUR TO SEVEN INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS
ACROSS LEE...OGLE...KANE...DEKALB AND SOUTHERN MCHENRY
COUNTIES.
* MAIN IMPACT...HEAVY WET SNOW MAY FALL AT RATES GREATER THAN AN
INCH PER HOUR AFTER 7 PM. 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
LATER THIS EVENING INTO OVERNIGHT. DUE TO THE HIGH LIQUID
CONTENT OF THE SNOW...THOSE WITH HEALTH CONCERNS SHOULD USE
CAUTION WHEN SHOVELING. THIS ALSO MAY LEAD TO WEIGHTED DOWN
BRANCHES AND POWER LINES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
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