Outlook

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

ACCUMULATING SNOW IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY...
GENERALLY SOUTH OF THE ILLINOIS AND KANKAKEE RIVERS. PRESENT
INDICATORS SUGGEST THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE SOUTH
OF A PONTIAC TO RENSSELAER LINE. LIGHTER SNOW IS EXPECTED TO THE
NORTH OF THIS AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

VERY COLD AIR IS EXPECTED TO SETTLE ACROSS THE MIDWEST AND GREAT
LAKES REGIONS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY
FALL BELOW ZERO OVER MUCH OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS BY EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING. TEMPERATURES OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND NORTHWESTERN
INDIANA WILL DROP INTO THE LOW SINGLE DIGITS. HIGHS ON FRIDAY ARE
EXPECTED TO BE ONLY IN THE SINGLE DIGITS IN SOME AREAS. BLUSTERY
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 29 BELOW ZERO BY
EARLY FRIDAY...WITH THE LOWEST WIND CHILLS OVER NORTH CENTRAL
ILLINOIS. HOWEVER...EVEN THE HIGHLY URBANIZED AREAS OF THE CHICAGO
METRO AREA SHOULD SEE WIND CHILLS APPROACHING 20 BELOW ZERO.