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HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
1100 AM CST MON FEB 4 2013

WEEKLY RIVER ICE CONDITIONS
REPORTED BY RIVER ICE SPOTTERS
ID      LOCATION         RIVER             ICE              PCT ICE
                         CONDITION         STATUS             COVER

KANKAKEE RIVER...
KK-4    WILMINGTON IL   PARTLY FROZEN     ICE BREAKING/MELTING   50
:PHELAN ACRES
KK-5    KANKAKEE IL     PARTLY FROZEN     ICE FORMING            40
:1 MI UPSTREAM OF DAM
KK-7    KANKAKEE IL     PARTLY FROZEN     ICE FORMING            10
KK-10   WILMINGTON IL   PARTLY FROZEN     ICE FORMING            30
:BARDWELL ISLAND
KK-22   MOMENCE IL      OPEN RIVER        ICE FORMING            10
KK-29   KANKAKEE IL     PARTLY FROZEN     ICE FORMING            40

IROQUOIS RIVER...
IR-2    AROMA PARK IL   PARTLY FROZEN     ICE FORMING            30

FOX RIVER...
FX-13   ANTIOCH IL      ICE COVERED       ICE FORMING            90
FX-14   DAYTON IL       PARTLY FROZEN     ICE FORMING            30
FX-18   OTTAWA IL       ICE COVERED       NO CHANGE              100
:AT OTTAWA HOSPITAL
FX-18   WEDRON IL       ICE COVERED       NO CHANGE              100

ROCK RIVER...
RK-7    DIXON IL        ICE COVERED       NO CHANGE              90
RK-8    DIXON IL        ICE COVERED       ICE FORMING            100
RK-14   STERLING IL     ICE COVERED       NO CHANGE              100

OUTLOOK:
OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DIP INTO THE SINGLE
DIGITS TONIGHT AND INTO THE TEENS TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS MAY RESULT IN
SOME NEW ICE FORMATION ON AREA RIVERS. FROM MIDWEEK
ON...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN A SLIGHT WARMING TREND. BY
THIS COMING WEEKEND...DAYTIME HIGHS COULD BE IN THE UPPER 30S TO LOW
40S...RESULTING IN SOME ICE MELT.


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