...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
* TIMING...SLEET AND WET SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH RAIN...WILL
INCREASE IN INTENSITY BY EARLY AFTERNOON WITH PRECIPITATION
LIKELY TO TRANSITION TO ALL WET SNOW IN MOST PLACES BY EARLY TO
MID AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING AND MAY
BE HEAVY AT TIMES.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION...THERE REMAINS A HIGH DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY
WITH RESPECT TO SNOW ACCUMULATION. AT THIS TIME THE BEST
FORECAST ESTIMATE IS THAT 3 TO LOCALLY 6 INCHES OF SNOW WILL
HAVE FALLEN BY LATE EVENING ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. THERE IS A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF ISOLATED THUNDERSNOW WHICH COULD RESULT IN
ISOLATED TOTALS OVER 6 INCHES.
* 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 THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE LATE AFTERNOON
COMMUTE...SO PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
SHOULD ANTICIPATE SIGNIFICANTLY ELEVATED TRAVEL TIMES.
* OTHER IMPACTS...SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR
COULD OCCUR. 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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