...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
10 AM CST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO 10 AM CST WEDNESDAY.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA BETWEEN
MIDNIGHT AND 4 AM...PEAKING IN INTENSITY OVER NORTH CENTRAL
ILLINOIS BETWEEN 3 AND 6 AM CST...AND OVER THE CHICAGO AREA
BETWEEN 4 AND 8 AM CST.
* ACCUMULATION...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION 2 TO 4 INCHES.
* MAIN IMPACT...SNOW WILL RESULT IN TREACHEROUS TRAVELING
CONDITIONS FOR THE WEDNESDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR...WITH SNOWFALL
RATES OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH PER HOUR POSSIBLE WITH THE MOST
INTENSE SNOW.
* OTHER IMPACTS...VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL MAKE REGULAR NON-
TREATED ROAD SALT LESS EFFECTIVE...WITH COLD TEMPERATURES
RESULTING IN SNOW IMMEDIATELY ACCUMULATING ON ROADWAYS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL
DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS...LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
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