AFFECTED COUNTIES:
IN ILLINOIS: COOK, DEKALB, DUPAGE, KANE, OGLE.
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO NOON CST
SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO NOON CST SUNDAY.
* TIMING...A PERIOD OF SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...BEFORE
CHANGING OVER TO SLEET THEN FREEZING RAIN BY EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE
SUNDAY MORNING AT WHICH POINT TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO
WARM ABOVE FREEZING ENDING THE THREAT FOR FREEZING RAIN.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 2 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE BEFORE THE CHANGE OVER TO SLEET THEN FREEZING RAIN.
LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE
SUNDAY MORNING.
* HAZARDS...SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN CAN LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS AND LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES.
* IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS CAN LEAD TO FALLING TREE
LIMBS AND CAN BRING DOWN POWER LINES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
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