Outlook

DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

...FOR AREAS SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR...

SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST THIS MORNING. THE
SNOW IS LIKELY TO MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THIS MORNING
BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN THIS AFTERNOON.

...FOR AREAS FROM DIXON TO DE KALB TO HIGHLAND PARK AND SOUTH TO
THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR...

SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING BEFORE MIXING WITH SLEET THIS
AFTERNOON. IT APPEARS THE PRECIPITATION MAY CHANGE OVER TO RAIN BY
MID TO LATE AFTERNOON AS WARMER TEMPERATES MOVE ACROSS THE AREA.
LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING.

...FOR THE EXTREME NORTHERN COUNTIES OF ILLINOIS...INCLUDING
LAKE...MCHENRY... BOONE...WINNEBAGO...AND OGLE...

EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP THIS EARLY THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. THERE MAY BE A BRIEF BREAK IN THE SNOW
LATE THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE A SECOND WAVE OF LIGHT SNOW DEVELOPS
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME SLEET MAY MIX IN WITH THE
SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...SNOW WILL BE THE PRIMARY
PRECIPITATION TYPE. THE SNOW WILL TAPPER OFF LATER TONIGHT. TOTAL
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.


.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

MUCH COLDER AIR WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL STRUGGLE TO GET INTO THE MID TO
UPPER TEENS. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL LIKELY DROP BELOW ZERO AWAY FROM
CHICAGO ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS
ABOVE ZERO ELSEWHERE.