EARLY THIS MORNING...AN AREA OF LIGHT PRECIPITATION IS SPREADING
ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND SHOULD SPREAD INTO EAST-CENTRAL
ILLINOIS AND NORTHWESTERN INDIANA BETWEEN 500 AM AND 600 AM CST.
WITH SURFACE TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA RANGING FROM 32 TO 35
DEGREES AT THE SURFACE...THE PRECIPITATION INITIALLY WILL BE A MIX
OF RAIN...SLEET AND SOME PATCHY FREEZING RAIN. BY AROUND 600 AM
CST... THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BECOME PREDOMINANTLY RAIN...THOUGH
THERE WILL BE A LINGERING CHANCE FOR SOME AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING
RAIN. THE THREAT FOR FREEZING RAIN WILL COME TO AN END BY AROUND
900 AM CST...WITH RAIN CONTINUING FOR THE REST OF THE MORNING AND
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
THE AREAS OF FREEZING PRECIPITATION MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES
EARLY THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY ON LIGHTLY TRAVELED ROADS AND
OVERPASSES. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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