Temperatures are expected to drop after about 3:00 p.m. from about 15 degrees to zero degrees at 6:00 a.m. Thursday. The extreme cold will seep in just as snowfall will taper off — totaling about 0.8-1.0 inch by 5:00 p.m. The Thursday/Friday overnight low is expected to fall to -5 degrees from midnight to about 3:00 a.m. Wind and gust will shift from southwest to northwest with gusts as high as 34 MPH by 6:00 PM and continuing overnight [LIVE PRECIPITATION TYPE RADAR].
FORECAST THURSDAY MORNING WIND CHILLS: Bitter cold Thurs morning. WC -15º to -30 in spots. Try to limit time outdoors pic.twitter.com/mXLNnyeqjv
— NBC's Storm Team 5 (@NBCStormTeam5) January 22, 2014
NBC STORM TEAM 5 Wind Chill outlook for tomorrow morning.
Thursday’s high is only expected to reach 7 or 8 degrees. Wind chill is expected to reach -21 degrees to -22 degrees overnight Wednesday/Thursday and -23 degrees to -26 degrees overnight Thursday/Friday.
Subzero temperatures tonight, with wind chills between -25 to -30 degrees below zero. #ArcticBlastReturns http://t.co/yIYHBU5Ehz
— NWS Chicago (@NWSChicago) January 22, 2014
Friday’s high should be in the low 20s.
TODAY Sunrise: 7:12 AM Sunset: 4:53 PM
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
347 AM CST WED JAN 22 2014
…DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING…
.A STRONG ARCTIC FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL ARRIVE ACROSS NORTHERN
ILLINOIS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND ACROSS NORTHWEST INDIANA EARLY
THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY FALL TO AROUND ZERO BEHIND
THIS FRONT AND CONTINUE TO FALL TO SEVERAL DEGREES BELOW ZERO
OVERNIGHT. THIS COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH
WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO 25 BELOW
ZERO BY THIS EVENING AND NEARING 30 BELOW ZERO EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING. WITH THE FRESH POWDERY LIKE SNOWFALL…THE GUSTY WINDS
OVERNIGHT WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING.
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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
347 AM CST WED JAN 22 2014 /447 AM EST WED JAN 22 2014/
…WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM CST /10 PM EST/ THIS
EVENING TO 10 AM CST /11 AM EST/ THURSDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM CST /10 PM EST/ THIS
EVENING TO 10 AM CST /11 AM EST/ THURSDAY.
* WIND CHILL VALUES…WILL DROP TO AROUND 20 BELOW ZERO BY 10 PM
THEN OVERNIGHT BETWEEN 22 TO 28 BELOW ZERO THROUGH DAYBREAK
THURSDAY.
* IMPACTS…FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IN A MATTER OF
MINUTES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT THE WIND WILL COMBINE WITH THE
VERY COLD AIR TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS…MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.
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