...WINTRY MIX INCLUDING LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATION TONIGHT...
TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO FALL THIS AFTERNOON BEHIND A COLD
FRONT...AND WILL LIKELY DROP BELOW FREEZING FROM WEST TO EAST
THIS EVENING INTO THE EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS. A STORM SYSTEM
ORGANIZING SOUTH OF THE AREA TONIGHT WILL SPREAD PRECIPITATION
NORTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA BETWEEN 7 AND 11 PM...WHICH WILL PERSIST
THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT.
PRECIPITATION OVER THE NORTHERN CHICAGO SUBURBS AND WEST AND
SOUTHWEST ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...INCLUDING ROCKFORD AND
DIXON...WILL LIKELY BEGIN AS SNOW OR SLEET BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL
SNOW. FARTHER SOUTH FROM CHICAGO SOUTHWEST ALONG THE INTERSTATE 55
CORRIDOR TOWARD PONTIAC...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAIN BEFORE
TRANSITIONING TO SLEET IN THE EVENING AND THEN EVENTUALLY TO ALL
SNOW OVERNIGHT. A TEMPORARY PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE
DEPENDING ON HOW QUICKLY TEMPERATURES FALL.
THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SNOW AND SLEET TO BRIEFLY FALL HEAVILY
AT TIMES...WHICH COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING BELOW
FREEZING COULD RESULT IN TRAVEL BECOMING HAZARDOUS. MOST AREAS
FROM CHICAGO WEST ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL EXPERIENCE
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 INCHES OR LESS. A LOCALIZED BAND OR TWO OF
HEAVIER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF A FEW INCHES MAY OCCUR.
A CHANCE OF LIGHT PRECIPITATION WILL LINGER INTO EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING...WHICH INCLUDES A CHANCE OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WHICH COULD
MAINTAIN ANY POOR ROAD CONDITIONS THAT DEVELOP.
PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL TONIGHT OR EARLY SUNDAY MORNING SHOULD
MONITOR LATER FORECASTS ON THIS WINTRY PRECIPITATION EVENT AND BE
PREPARED FOR ENCOUNTERING SLICK ROADS AS TONIGHT PROGRESSES.
