Outlook

.TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PERIODS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN
ILLINOIS TODAY. THE SNOW SHOWERS SHOULD INCREASE IN INTENSITY
TONIGHT ACROSS NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS. THE MOST SNOWFALL IS
EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS AREAS WITHIN THE IMMEDIATE CHICAGO
METROPOLITAN AREA. THIS INCLUDES PORTIONS OF
LAKE...COOK...DUPAGE AND WILL COUNTIES IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS.
LIGHTER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN
INDIANA NEAR-SHORES. AS IS TYPICAL WITH LAKE EFFECT SNOW
EVENTS...BANDS OF SNOW ABOUT 10 MILES WIDE PRODUCE LOCALIZED
HEAVY AMOUNTS OF SNOW. SO...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY VARY
LARGELY OVER RELATIVELY SMALL DISTANCES. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL
THAT LOCALIZED AREAS WILL RECEIVE 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH
SUNDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY ACROSS PORTIONS
OF NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS. THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL QUICKLY SHIFT EAST
INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA BEFORE ENDING LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AS THE FLOW
ACROSS THE LAKE BECOMES WESTERLY.

THE LATEST MODEL GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THAT A VERY STRONG STORM
SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE COUNTRY LATE THIS
UPCOMING WEEK AND INTO NEW YEARS WEEKEND. IT APPEARS THAT THIS
SYSTEM MAY TRANSPORT A GOOD AMOUNT OF WARM AND MOIST AIR ACROSS
THE REGION. THIS WOULD RESULT IN MILD TEMPERATURES...ALONG WITH
AN INCREASING THREAT FOR RAINFALL LATE THIS COMING WEEK. THERE
COULD EVEN BE A PERIOD OF HEAVY RAINFALL...AND POSSIBLY SOME
THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER...GIVEN THAT THIS STORM IS NEARLY A WEEK
AWAY AND UNCERTAINTY IS FARLY HIGH...THE DETAILS OF THIS EVENT
REMAIN IN QUESTION. CHECK THE LATEST FORECASTS AS WE GET CLOSER TO
THE EVENT.


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