FLUS43 KLOT 302123 HWOLOT Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville IL 323 PM CST Thu Dec 30 2021 Winnebago-Boone-McHenry-Lake IL-Ogle-Lee-De Kalb-Kane-DuPage- La Salle-Kendall-Grundy-Kankakee-Livingston-Iroquois-Ford- Northern Cook-Central Cook-Southern Cook-Northern Will- Southern Will-Eastern Will-Lake IN-Porter-Newton-Jasper-Benton- 323 PM CST Thu Dec 30 2021 /423 PM EST Thu Dec 30 2021/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North Central Illinois...Northeast Illinois and Northwest Indiana. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Weather hazards expected... Limited Fog Risk. DISCUSSION... Fog is likely to develop across most of the area tonight and may become locally dense in some areas of northern Illinois into Friday morning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Friday... Limited Fog Risk. Limited Ice Accumulation Risk. Saturday... Limited Excessive Cold Risk. Limited Non Thunderstorm Wind Risk. Significant Snow Risk. Sunday and Monday... Elevated Excessive Cold Risk. Wednesday... Limited Excessive Cold Risk. DISCUSSION: The chances continue to increase for a significant winter storm to impact the area New Year's Day with the potential of several inches of accumulating and blowing snow. Travel may therefore become very hazardous due to snow covered roads and low visibilities. The most significant snow accumulations are favored to occur along and north of a line from Pontiac to Valparaiso. Stay up to date on the forecast if planning to travel. A period of some of the coldest air we have seen to this point in the season is likely to shift over the area on Sunday, resulting in sub-zero wind chills into early Monday morning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be necessary through tonight. https://wxn.io/f52vr |