Outlook

DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A BRIEF PERIOD OF LOCALLY DENSE FOG IS POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING
ACROSS NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. VISIBILITY MAY BE
REDUCED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS IN A FEW LOCATIONS FOR A SHORT
TIME.

RECENT WET SNOW...SLEET AND RAIN HAS LED TO ICY CONDITIONS ON
UNTREATED ROADS...PARKING LOTS AND SIDEWALKS. TEMPERATURES WILL
FALL BELOW FREEZING TODAY WHICH MAY CAUSE ICY CONDITIONS TO
PERSIST.

LIGHT LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS MAY PRODUCE MINOR ACCUMULATIONS OF
UP TO AN INCH ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST INDIANA TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY
WITH A STORM SYSTEM WHICH WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MIDWEST. AT THIS
TIME THE GREATEST ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ACROSS CENTRAL
ILLINOIS AND CENTRAL INDIANA...THOUGH PRESENT INDICATIONS SUGGEST
THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE
80.

BITTER COLD ARCTIC AIR IS EXPECTED TO SURGE INTO THE MIDWEST
THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY FALL BELOW
ZERO ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA
BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...WITH HIGHS ON FRIDAY EXPECTED TO BE ONLY
IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS MAY COMBINE WITH
VERY COLD AIR TEMPERATURES TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 25