Outlook

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND
WILL USHER IN VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR TO THE REGION OVERNIGHT.
TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW ZERO OVER MUCH OF THE AREA
TONIGHT...WITH THE LOWEST TEMPERATURES OF 10 TO 12 BELOW ZERO
OVER NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THESE TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH
GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TO PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS AS
LOW AS 25 BELOW ZERO BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW ZERO IN MANY AREAS FRIDAY MORNING...
WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS AS LOW AS 25 BELOW POSSIBLE.
DIMINISHING WINDS WILL ALLOW WIND CHILLS TO RISE INTO THE 5 BELOW
TO 10 BELOW RANGE BY MIDDAY.

THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CHANCE OF ACCUMULATING SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT
INTO EARLY SATURDAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF LESS THAN 1 INCH ARE
POSSIBLE ACROSS ILLINOIS PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA...MAINLY
WEST OF A ROCKFORD TO WATSEKA LINE.