Special Weather Statement

...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TO PERSIST ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST
ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA...

LIGHT RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS LOCATIONS IN NORTHEAST
ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA EARLY THIS EVENING...AND EXPECT
THIS RAIN TO PERSIST OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE IT BEGINS
TO SLOWLY TRANSITION OVER TO LIGHT SNOW. ALTHOUGH MOST SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS OVER THE AREA ARE REPORTING SURFACE TEMPERATURES
ABOVE FREEZING AT THIS TIME...THERE ARE STILL LOCALIZED AREAS
WHICH ARE AT OR JUST BELOW FREEZING. ALSO DESPITE A GOOD STREAM OF
WARMER AIR MAKING ITS WAY NORTH TODAY...MOST SURFACES STILL REMAIN
BELOW FREEZING. THIS IS PROVIDING A THIN GLAZE OF ICE TO DEVELOP
ON AREA SIDEWALKS...PARKING LOTS...AS WELL AS SOME SIDE ROADS.
THESE SLICK CONDITIONS COULD PERSIST INTO THE LATTER PART OF THE
EVENING BEFORE THE RAIN BEGINS TO TRANSITION OVER TO ALL LIGHT
SNOW. EVEN THEN...SOME SLICK CONDITIONS COULD REMAIN WELL INTO
EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. PERSONS TRAVELING ACROSS THE AREA SHOULD
USE CAUTION WITH THESE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS IN PLACE.