Afternoon Outlook

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

LIGHT SNOW IS LIKELY OVER NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS EVENING.
ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE VICINITY OF A LINE
FROM ROCKFORD ILLINOIS TO REMINGTON INDIANA. LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS
ARE POSSIBLE TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH OF THIS AREA...INCLUDING THE
CHICAGO AREA TO THE NORTH AND THE PONTIAC AREA TO THE SOUTH.

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

NUMEROUS CHANCES FOR LIGHT SNOW SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY LIKELY
ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.

A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS TUESDAY AND MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY TUESDAY
NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BRING
SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO THE REGION TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. WHILE
THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE EXACT TRACK OF THE
SYSTEM...CURRENT INDICATORS SUGGEST THAT LARGE PORTIONS OF THE
SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES...MIDWEST AND OHIO VALLEY REGIONS MAY RECEIVE
SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW. AS THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER ASSOCIATED WITH
THIS SYSTEM PASSES THROUGH THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY...THERE WILL BE
AN INCREASED CHANCE FOR LAKE ENHANCED SNOWFALL. LOCALIZED HIGHER
ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE LAKE ENHANCED SNOW.

DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY TOP OUT IN THE UPPER SINGLE DIGITS
TO MIDDLE TEENS BY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS
RANGING FROM THE LOWER SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO TO AROUND 5 BELOW
ZERO. EARLY MORNING WIND CHILLS MAY APPROACH 20 BELOW ZERO FOR
LOCATIONS AWAY FROM LAKE MICHIGAN.