LIFE-THREATENING COLD MONDAY …
A WINTER STORM SATURDAY AND SUNDAY IS EXPECTED TO BE FOLLOWED BY LIFE-THREATENING COLD WEATHER. A LOW OF -18 DEGREES IS FORECAST FOR 9 AM MONDAY MORNING WITH A WIND CHILL OF -45 DEGREES. Temperatures are forecast to start dropping at about 10:00 p.m. tonight, crossing zero degrees at about 9:00 p.m. Sunday. Rebound to reasonable cold temperatures is forecast after noon Wednesday.
Prospect for accum snow grows Sat night/Sun ahd of dangerous, rec-brkg frigid sub-0 temps. Lows -19 Mon AM; high -10 pic.twitter.com/ZyjwJRrL15
— Skilling (@Skilling) January 4, 2014
Dangerous cold weather expected Sunday night through Tuesday
Temperature Drop …
Saturday 7:00 p.m. … 29 degrees (Wind Chill 23)
Saturday/Sunday midnight … 22 degrees (Wind Chill 10)
Sunday at 7:00 a.m. … 16 degrees (Wind Chill Zero)
Sunday at noon … 12 degrees (Wind Chill -7)
Sunday at 6:00 p.m. … 4 degrees (Wind Chill -18)
Sunday at 9:00 p.m. … 0 degrees (-23)
Sunday/Monday at midnight … -5 degrees (Wind Chill -30)
Monday at 6:00 a.m. … -15 degrees (Wind Chill -40)
Monday at 9:00 a.m. … -18 degrees (Wind Chill -45)
Monday at noon … -14 degrees (Wind Chill -40)
Monday at 6:00 p.m. … -13 degrees (Wind Chill -37)
Monday/Tuesday midnight … -14 degrees (Wind Chill -37)
Tuesday at 6:00 a.m. … -15 degrees (Wind Chill -38)
Tuesday at noon … -7 degrees (Wind Chill -28)
Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. … -3 degrees (Wind Chill -21)
Tuesday/Wednesday midnight … -3 degrees (Wind Chill -16)
Wednesday at 6:00 a.m. … -1 degree (Wind Chill -1)
Wednesday at noon … 15 degrees (Wind Chill 15)
Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. … 18 degrees (Wind Chill 18)
Wednesday/Thursday midnight … 19 degrees (Wind Chill 19)
Thursday 6:00 a.m. … 16 degrees (Wind Chill 16)
Thursday at noon … 27 degrees (Wind Chill 27)
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
415 PM CST SAT JAN 4 2014
LAKE IL-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…WAUKEGAN…DIXON…DEKALB…AURORA…
WHEATON…CHICAGO…OTTAWA…OSWEGO…MORRIS…JOLIET
415 PM CST SAT JAN 4 2014
…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY…
…WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO NOON
CST TUESDAY…
FOR THE WINTER STORM WARNING…
* TIMING…SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE…HEAVY AT TIMES…TONIGHT
AND SUNDAY.
* MAIN IMPACT…PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY WILL
RESULT IN 5 TO 10 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION…LEADING TO
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
* OTHER IMPACTS…BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL
RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH REDUCED
VISIBILITY…PARTICULARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.
FOR THE WIND CHILL WARNING…
* TIMING…A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS
ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. WHILE
DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ARE LIKELY THROUGH THE PERIOD…THE MOST
EXTREME WIND CHILLS ARE LIKELY TO BE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON.
* WIND CHILLS…A PROLONGED PERIOD OF WIND CHILLS COLDER THAN 30
BELOW IS EXPECTED…WITH WIND CHILLS OF 40 TO 50 BELOW
EXPECTED LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL
MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE WIND WILL COMBINE WITH VERY COLD
AIR TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT
IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE
NOT TAKEN.
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