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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
925 PM CST TUE JAN 20 2015

ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019-
210800-
WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-
LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-
LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK...
WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...WHEATON...CHICAGO...
OTTAWA...OSWEGO...MORRIS...JOLIET...KANKAKEE...PONTIAC...
WATSEKA...PAXTON...GARY...VALPARAISO...MOROCCO...RENSSELAER...
FOWLER
925 PM CST TUE JAN 20 2015 /1025 PM EST TUE JAN 20 2015/

...LIGHT WINTRY MIX EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...

LIGHT DRIZZLE OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THIS
EVENING. AROUND MIDNIGHT DRIZZLE WILL TRANSITION TO A MIXTURE OF
WET SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 39.
FURTHER EAST DRIZZLE OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE UNTIL
THE PREDAWN HOURS...THEN BECOME MIXED WITH WET SNOW. TEMPERATURES
WILL REMAIN NEAR FREEZING...WITH ONLY TRACE AMOUNTS OF ICE
EXPECTED BEFORE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO A WET SNOW OVERNIGHT.
SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM AROUND AN INCH NORTH
OF INTERSTATE 88 ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS TO
THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY
MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF...WITH ADDITIONAL MINOR ACCUMULATIONS
POSSIBLE. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM LESS THAN A HALF
INCH SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80...TO 1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS NORTHERN
ILLINOIS ESPECIALLY CLOSE TO THE WISCONSIN BORDER.

LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF WET SNOW
OVERNIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MAY MAKE FOR SLIPPERY TRAVEL
CONDITIONS IN SOME AREAS. IN ADDITION...PATCHY FOG WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITIES OVERNIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS WEST
OF CHICAGO. IF TRAVELING ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT OR WEDNESDAY...BE
AWARE OF VARYING VISIBILITY AND ROAD CONDITIONS.

$$

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