Winter Weather Advisory Effective This Morning Until 11:00 AM

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Expecting about 1.4. inches of snow and sleet between now and 7:00 p.m. Less than one-quarter inch of light snow has already fallen in Arlington Heights. Sleet is reported in south suburbs.

URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
517 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013

WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-
LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-LAKE IN-PORTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…ROCKFORD…BELVIDERE…WOODSTOCK…
WAUKEGAN…OREGON…DIXON…DEKALB…AURORA…WHEATON…CHICAGO…
OTTAWA…OSWEGO…MORRIS…JOLIET…GARY…VALPARAISO
517 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS
MORNING…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SLEET…SNOW…AND FREEZING RAIN…WHICH IS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING.

* TIMING…PERIODS OF SLEET…SNOW…AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE
POSSIBLE THROUGH MID MORNING.

* ACCUMULATION…SNOW AND SLEET UP TO AN INCH WITH ONLY MINOR ICE
ACCUMULATION EXPECTED.

* MAIN IMPACTS…MODERATE…TO AT TIMES…HEAVY SLEET COULD FALL
THROUGH MID MORNING CREATING SLIPPERY CONDITIONS AND
SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTING THE MORNING COMMUTE.

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.

NWS Forecast as of 6:40 a.m. Monday March 18, 2013.

Today
Snow, mainly before 4pm. High near 37. East wind 5 to 15 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total daytime snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.

Tonight
A chance of snow showers before 7pm, then a chance for flurries. Cloudy, with a low around 16. Wind chill values as low as zero. Breezy, with a west wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 10%.

Tuesday
Partly sunny, with a high near 31. Wind chill values as low as -2. Breezy, with a west wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.

Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 13. Wind chill values as low as 1. West wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Wednesday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 24. Blustery, with a west northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Wednesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 13.

Thursday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 29.
Thursday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 19.

Friday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 35.


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