...EVENING RUSH HOUR SLOWED BY SNOW...

A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY LAKE ENHANCED SNOW WILL
AFFECT THE EVENING RUSH ACROSS THE CHICAGO METRO AREA.

AT 345 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS OCCURRING
ACROSS EASTERN LAKE...COOK AND WILL COUNTIES...GENERALLY EAST OF
THE INTERSTATE 355 CORRIDOR. THESE HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS WILL
REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES...AND MAY PRODUCE
A QUICK ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF ACCUMULATION BEFORE SHIFTING
SOUTHEAST INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA BY EARLY EVENING.

SNOW WILL LIKELY IMPACT RUSH HOUR TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION...WITH
REDUCED VISIBILITY AND SNOW COVERED ROADS MAKING FOR SLIPPERY
TRAVEL AND LONGER COMMUTE TIMES.

SNOW WILL DIMINISH ACROSS NORTHEAST ILLINOIS EARLY THIS EVENING...
THOUGH LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA AND MAY
BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT.