...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
7 PM CST THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A FREEZING
RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
7 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.
* TIMING...FREEZING RAIN...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH A SHORT PERIOD OF
SLEET AT THE ONSET OF THE PRECIPITATION...WILL MOVE INTO THE
AREA BY MIDDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. BY LATER THIS
AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FREEZING WITH
JUST RAIN OCCURRING LATE THIS AFTERNOON ON INTO THE NIGHT.
* MAIN IMPACT...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A COUPLE TENTHS OF AND
INCH ARE EXPECTED BEFORE TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING LATER
IN THE DAY. BY LATER AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO
RISE ABOVE FREEZING WITH JUST RAIN OCCURRING LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND ON INTO THE NIGHT.
* OTHER IMPACTS...PAVEMENT AND SOIL TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW
FREEZING...SO ANY LIQUID PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY FREEZE ON
CONTACT AND RESULT IN ICY AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON
UNTREATED ROADWAYS. SIDEWAYS AND WALKWAYS COULD ALSO TURN TO
SHEETS OF ICE MAKING WALKING DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY
DANGEROUS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND SIDEWALKS.
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING ON ICY ROADS.
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