WWUS43 KLOT 192020
WSWLOT
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
220 PM CST THU NOV 19 2015
...SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF
SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION...
.THE FIRST ACCUMULATING SNOW OF THE SEASON WILL UNFOLD ACROSS THE
REGION BEGINNING FRIDAY EVENING AND PERSISTING THROUGH THE DAY
SATURDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY TRANSITION FROM A RAIN AND
SNOW MIX EARLY IN THE EVENING TO ALL SNOW. WARM GROUND...ESPECIALLY
PAVEMENT...WILL INITIALLY LIMIT ACCUMULATIONS ON SURFACES FRIDAY
EVENING. HOWEVER RATES ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVERNIGHT FRIDAY
NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR SNOW TO
ACCUMULATE AT A QUICKER RATE. THE POTENTIAL FOR 4 TO 8 INCHES OF
SNOW CURRENTLY EXISTS IN MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA...OUTSIDE OF
IMMEDIATELY NEAR THE LAKE SHORE INCLUDING DOWNTOWN CHICAGO. THE
PRECISE TRACK AND INTENSITY OF THE WEATHER SYSTEM CONTINUES TO BE
RESOLVED AND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO LEAD TO FLUCTUATIONS IN THE
PRECISE SNOWFALL FORECAST.
/O.EXT.KLOT.WS.A.0004.151121T0300Z-151121T2100Z/
MCHENRY-LAKE IL-KANE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOODSTOCK...WAUKEGAN...AURORA
220 PM CST THU NOV 19 2015
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY EVENING
THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...
* TIMING...A RAIN AND SNOW MIX BEGINNING FRIDAY EVENING
TRANSITIONING TO A WET SNOW AND PERSISTING THROUGH MID
AFTERNOON ON SATURDAY...WITH SNOW BRIEFLY HEAVY AT TIMES.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES.
* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS
AND SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES.
* THE FIRST ACCUMULATING SNOW OF THE YEAR CAN CATCH MOTORISTS
OFF GUARD. ENSURE TO PLAN ACCORDINGLY AND USE EXTRA CAUTION IF
TRAVELING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS.
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