Forecast for Arlington Heights accumulation upped to 5.2 inches with thundersnow between 9 p.m. and 2:00 a.m. Radar shows and small band of snow just southwest of Naperville and Joliet. The edge of the major area of the storm has passed Peoria — moving southwest to northeast.
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
243 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013
MCHENRY-LAKE IL-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-KENDALL-WILL-LAKE IN-PORTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…WOODSTOCK…WAUKEGAN…AURORA…
WHEATON…CHICAGO…OSWEGO…JOLIET…GARY…VALPARAISO
243 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY…
* TIMING…SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE
INTO FRIDAY. THE SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO AND POSSIBLY MIX WITH
LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE FRIDAY MORNING.
* SNOW FALL RATES…A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE THIS
EVENING THROUGH THE EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH SNOW FALL RATES
OF ONE INCH OR MORE PER HOUR EXPECTED.
* STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION…AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS
THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH.
* WIND…WIND GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS
TO 35 MPH.
* VISIBILITY…HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN
VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN ONE HALF OF A MILE. BRIEF WHITE OUT
CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
* OTHER IMPACTS…THE MORNING COMMUTE MAY BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO
SLUSHY ROAD CONDITIONS…BLOWING SNOW…AND LOW VISIBILITIES.
SHOVELING WILL ALSO BE DIFFICULT GIVEN THE HEAVY WET SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW…SLEET…OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
Snow Accumulations Forecast …
Northern Buffalo Grove … 3.3 inches
Glenview 3.3 inches
Elgin … 3.5 inches
Cary … 3.6 inches
Schaumburg at Woodfield Mall … 3.3 inches
Oak Park … 3.3 inches
Wheaton … 3.2 inches
Naperville … 3.2 inches
Joliet (downtown) … 3.3 inches
Park Forest … 3.1 inches
Kankakee … 3.5 inches
Downtown Chicago … 3.3 inches
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