Winter Weather Advisory - Continued

...ACCUMULATING SNOW TO AFFECT HOLIDAY TRAVEL THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

.AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE MIDWEST
TODAY INTO THIS EVENING...SPREADING LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE
SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL...CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL
ILLINOIS. THE GREATEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY OCCUR FROM
EASTERN IOWA SOUTHEAST INTO EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS FROM WEST TO
EAST TONIGHT.

COUNTY SPECIFIC MESSAGE:

/O.CON.KLOT.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-101225T0600Z/
WINNEBAGO-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-LA SALLE-GRUNDY-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-
FORD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...
OTTAWA...MORRIS...PONTIAC...WATSEKA...PAXTON
216 AM CST FRI DEC 24 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
ILLINOIS EARLY THIS MORNING. SNOW MAY BECOME INTERMITTENT FOR A
TIME DURING THE MID MORNING HOURS...BEFORE BECOMING MORE
WIDESPREAD AGAIN BY EARLY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL THEN GRADUALLY
TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS LATER THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT.

* ACCUMULATIONS...ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 5
INCHES...WITH A FEW LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...WEST OF A LINE FROM
ROCKFORD TO MORRIS TO WATSEKA. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL TAPER OFF TO 1
TO 3 INCHES FARTHER TO THE NORTHEAST ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST
ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.

* HAZARDS...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATING ON ROADS
PARKING LOTS AND SIDEWALKS. SNOW MAY OCCASIONALLY BECOME LOCALLY
HEAVY...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A MILE FOR BRIEF
PERIODS.

* IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS DURING THE BUSY HOLIDAY TRAVEL PERIOD. BRIEF HEAVIER
SNOWFALL MAY MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR CREWS TO KEEP ROADWAYS
CLEAR IN SOME AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.




RATZER

AFFECTED COUNTIES:
IN ILLINOIS: DEKALB, FORD, GRUNDY, IROQUOIS, LA SALLE, LEE, LIVINGSTON, OGLE, WINNEBAGO.

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