...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...
* TIMING...WET SNOW IS LIKELY TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY
TUESDAY EVENING...AND SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES.
PRECIPITATION MAY START AS RAIN OR A RAIN...SNOW...SLEET MIX.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION...THERE IS A HIGHER THAN USUAL AMOUNT OF
UNCERTAINTY WITH RESPECT TO SNOW ACCUMULATION. IT APPEARS AS
THOUGH SEVERAL INCHES OF ACCUMULATION ARE PROBABLE...WITH AT
LEAST SOME LIMITED THREAT FOR LOCALIZED ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 OR
MORE INCHES.
* MAIN IMPACT...HEAVY WIND WHIPPED WET SNOW IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WHICH COULD RESULT IN VERY LOW
VISIBILITIES AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL. WINDS MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 40
MPH. HEAVY SNOW COULD IMPACT THE LATE AFTERNOON COMMUTE...SO
PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL SHOULD ANTICIPATE POTENTIALLY
SIGNIFICANTLY ELEVATED TRAVEL TIMES.
* OTHER IMPACTS...IF HEAVY SNOW DOES MATERIALIZE...SNOWFALL RATES
OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. TRAVEL THROUGH
CHICAGO O'HARE AND MIDWAY AIRPORTS COULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY
IMPACTED. THE HEAVY AND WET NATURE OF THE SNOW WILL RESULT IN
DIFFICULTY SHOVELING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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