Little chance for accumulation of ice or snow during the next 24-hours.
Tonight
A chance of freezing rain before 4am, then rain or freezing rain likely. Cloudy, with a low around 30. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Little or no ice accumulation expected.
Thursday
Rain or freezing rain likely before 7am, then rain, possibly mixed with snow and sleet between 7am and 1pm, then rain, possibly mixed with snow after 1pm. High near 35. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east northeast in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Thursday Night
Rain and snow before 1am, then a slight chance of snow between 1am and 4am. Low around 27. North wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.
Lake County and McHenry County are now under a Winter Weather Advisory, while counties just above the Wisconsin state line have a Winter Storm Warming issued.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
514 PM CST WED FEB 6 2013
WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE ILLINOIS-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-
DUPAGE-COOK-LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-
IROQUOIS-FORD-LAKE INDIANA-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON-
514 PM CST WED FEB 6 2013 /614 PM EST WED FEB 6 2013/
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS…
NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.
.DAY ONE…TONIGHT.
MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION IN THE
PREDAWN HOURS. RAIN…FREEZING RAIN…AND SNOW MAY LEAD TO
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE…MAINLY NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 80.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
SNOW OR WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED
THURSDAY…ESPECIALLY NEAR THE WISCONSIN BORDER WHERE SOME SNOW
ACCUMULATION IS LIKELY.
Winter Weather Advisory
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
846 PM CST WED FEB 6 2013
MCHENRY-LAKE IL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…WOODSTOCK…WAUKEGAN
846 PM CST WED FEB 6 2013
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TO 9 PM CST
THURSDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TO 9 PM CST
THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING…ACCUMULATING WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE AS EARLY
AS LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON…BUT MORE LIKELY THURSDAY EVENING.
* PRECIPITATION…SOME LIGHT SLEET…SNOW…OR POSSIBLY A TOUCH OF
FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING…BEFORE TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING CHANGING THE
PRECIPITATION TO ALL RAIN. WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR OR JUST ABOVE
FREEZING THE CHANCE OF ANY APPRECIABLE ACCUMULATION LATE TONIGHT
INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING APPEARS LOW. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MIX
WITH AND CHANGE OVER TO WET SNOW LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON OR
THURSDAY EVENING. A PERIOD OF MODERATE SNOW IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY
EVENING WITH SOME SNOW ACCUMULATION EXPECTED AT THAT TIME.
* ACCUMULATION…SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
THURSDAY EVENING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
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