Temperatures are forecast to drop from 25°F at 9 AM Sunday to 4°F by midnight and -6°F by 6 AM Monday. The period for the Wind Chill Advisory includes midnight tonight to midday Monday. More Wind Chill Advisories are likely later in the week with temperatures forecast to hit -16 on Thursday.
One inch of snow fell overnight Saturday/Sunday for the period which started after 3:00 a.m. and stopped by 7:00 a.m.
About 1 inch of additional snow possible Sunday in Arlington Heights.
The snow forecast for Arlington Heights for the Winter Storm Watch period Monday 6 PM to 5 AM is 4.3 inches.
Lows in #Chicago Thu. AM will approach the coldest seen last winter (-16 on Jan. 6, 2014). pic.twitter.com/HHh5fbDUWk
— Jonathan Erdman (@wxjerdman) January 4, 2015
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
329 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015
WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-
LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-LIVINGSTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…ROCKFORD…BELVIDERE…WOODSTOCK…
WAUKEGAN…OREGON…DIXON…DEKALB…AURORA…WHEATON…CHICAGO…
OTTAWA…OSWEGO…MORRIS…JOLIET…PONTIAC
329 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015
…WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON
CST MONDAY…
…WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE
MONDAY NIGHT…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST
MONDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER
STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY
NIGHT.
FOR THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY…
* TIMING…LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH MIDDAY MONDAY.
* WIND CHILL VALUES…20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW.
* MAIN IMPACT…FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES UNDER
THESE CONDITIONS.
FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH…
* TIMING…MONDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY.
* ACCUMULATIONS…SOME AREAS MAY SEE SNOW IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES.
* MAIN IMPACT…UNTREATED ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED RESULTING
IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN
HALF A MILE AT TIMES.
* OTHER IMPACTS…THE DRY NATURE OF THE SNOW AND INCREASING WINDS
EARLY TUESDAY MAY RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW
PARTICULARLY IN OPEN AREAS…EVEN AFTER SNOWFALL HAS ENDED.
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.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW…SLEET…OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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