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...WOODSTOCK...WAUKEGAN...
OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...CHICAGO...OTTAW A...OSWEGO...
MORRIS...JOLIET...KANKAKEE...PONTIAC...WATSEKA...P AXTON...GARY...
VALPARAISO...MOROCCO...RENSSELAER...FOWLER
426 AM CST SUN JAN 11 2009 /526 AM EST SUN JAN 11 2009/
...MORE WINTER WEATHER ON THE WAY...
A FAST MOVING CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE REGION
MONDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT BRINGING MORE ACCUMULATING SNOW.
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES
GENERALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80...
TO 3 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS FAR
NORTHERN ILLINOIS ESPECIALLY CLOSER TO THE WISCONSIN STATE LINE.
IN ADDITION...
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO 20 TO 30 MPH
MONDAY EVENING ON THE BACKSIDE OF THIS SYSTEM WITH SOME GUSTS TO
35 TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE FROM LATE MONDAY EVENING THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE COMBINATION OF THE FRESH SNOW AND WINDS OF
THIS STRENGTH WILL LIKELY LEAD TO WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES MONDAY NIGHT. THE
STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO USHER IN AN ARCTIC AIR
MASS...WITH
WIND CHILLS DROPPING TO 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO BY EARLY
TUESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL HAVE LITTLE RECOVERY DURING THE
DAY TUESDAY UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE ARCTIC AIR MASS.
LATER FORECASTS SHOULD BE MONITORED REGARDING THE POTENTIAL FOR
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT.