...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
* TIMING...WET SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET AND RAIN AT
TIMES...WITH CONTINUE THROUGH MID TO LATE AFTERNOON AND BE HEAVY
AT TIMES. SNOW MAY DIMINISH IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING BUT STILL
SHOULD CONTINUE TO ACCUMULATE.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION...AT THIS TIME THE BEST FORECAST ESTIMATE IS
THAT 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW WILL HAVE FALLEN BY LATE EVENING
ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. THERE REMAINS A HIGHER THAN NORMAL
DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY HOWEVER.
* WINDS...GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 TO 40 MPH WITH POTENTIALLY
HIGHER GUSTS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN.
* MAIN IMPACT...HEAVY WIND WHIPPED WET SNOW RESULTING IN LOW
VISIBILITIES AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL AT TIMES. EVEN THOUGH SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO DIMINISH IN INTENSITY SOME DURING THE COMMUTE...IT
WILL LIKELY STILL SLOW TRAVEL...SO PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL
SHOULD ANTICIPATE SIGNIFICANTLY ELEVATED TRAVEL TIMES.
* OTHER IMPACTS...SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR
COULD OCCUR AT TIMES. TRAVEL THROUGH CHICAGO O'HARE AND MIDWAY
AIRPORTS COULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED. THIS WILL LIKELY BE A
HEAVY WET SNOW...SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS HEART ATTACK SNOW. DUE
TO THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW CAUTION SHOULD BE EXERCISED TO NOT
OVER EXERT ONESELF WHEN SHOVELING.
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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