Monday, January 17, 2011

AFFECTED COUNTIES:
IN ILLINOIS: DEKALB, KANE, KENDALL, LA SALLE, LEE.


...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING
RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY.

* TIMING...SNOW...WILL MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND
SLEET FOR A TIME THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY RISE
ABOVE FREEZING LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH PRECIPITATION CHANGING
TO ALL RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION IS GENERALLY EXPECTED TO BE AN
INCH OR LESS. A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS LIKELY TO
RESULT IN SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS.

* HAZARDS...LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND ICE WILL RESULT IN
UNTREATED ROADWAYS BECOME SLICK AND TRAVEL HAZARDOUS.

* IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL
IMPACT TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT.

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.

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