Too early to forecast, but a weather system in northern Texas and northern New Mexico has the potential to become a major winter storm in Chicagoland some time on Tuesday.
At this point, areas could be in for high winds, rain, sleet and snow that doesn’t accumulate; or some deep wet snow.
The current model puts the heaviest snow hitting between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Tuesday with a possible excess of 5 inches.
Again, too early to tell. Air temperature could be warm enough to prevent accumulation of significant snow.
The National Weather Service has issued a Special Weather Statement for Tuesday …
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT…CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
327 PM CST SUN FEB 24 2013
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
327 PM CST SUN FEB 24 2013 /427 PM EST SUN FEB 24 2013/
…WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION TUESDAY…
A POTENTIALLY STRONG WINTER STORM IS POISED TO MOVE ACROSS THE
REGION ON TUESDAY BRINGING SNOW AND A WINTRY MIX TO PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. PRECIPITATION COULD BEGIN
PRIOR TO SUNRISE TUESDAY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80…THEN OVERSPREAD
THE REST OF THE AREA BY LATE IN THE MORNING. NORTH OF INTERSTATE
80 PRECIPITATION COULD FALL MOSTLY AS SNOW WITH JUST A CHANCE OF
SOME SLEET…FREEZING RAIN OR EVEN RAIN MIXING IN. SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 80…TEMPERATURES WILL HOVER CLOSE TO OR JUST ABOVE
FREEZING MEANING SNOW…SLEET…FREEZING RAIN OR EVEN RAIN COULD
OCCUR.
THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION
TUESDAY…MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80…HOWEVER TEMPERATURES
COULD BE JUST A BIT ABOVE FREEZING WHICH WOULD LEAD TO GREATLY
REDUCED ACCUMULATIONS. SNOW COULD FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES WITH
STRONG WINDS RESULTING IN A WIND WHIPPED SNOW AND REDUCED
VISIBILITIES. SNOW IS LIKELY TO IMPACT TRAVEL
CONDITIONS…HOWEVER IF TEMPERATURES HOVER JUST ABOVE FREEZING
THEN ROAD CONDITIONS MAY BE LESS TREACHEROUS THAN IF THEY ARE JUST
BELOW FREEZING.
THIS STORM SYSTEM IS STILL IN THE DEVELOPING STAGES AND A COUPLE
DAYS AWAY. ANY CHANGE IN THE FORECAST TRACK OR INTENSITY OF THE
STORM COULD HAVE LARGE IMPLICATIONS IN BOTH THE AMOUNT AND TYPE OF
PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE
ADVERSE TRAVEL CONDITIONS OF A LARGE PORTION OF THE REGION…SO
ANYONE WITH TRAVEL PLANS ACROSS THE MIDWEST ON TUESDAY SHOULD
CLOSELY MONITOR LATER FORECASTS.
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