..FLASH FREEZE AND ICY TRAVEL POSSIBLE MONDAY MORNING...

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY THIS EVENING INTO THE FIRST
PART OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS
AS WELL AS NORTHWEST INDIANA. COLDER AIR IS LIKELY TO MOVE INTO THE
REGION LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...WHICH COULD
RESULT IN THE RAIN CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN OR SNOW BEFORE ENDING
OVER FAR NORTHERN ILLINOIS...MAINLY FROM THE NORTHERN SUBURBS WEST
INTO ROCKFORD AND DIXON AREAS. WHILE SIGNIFICANT ICE AND OR SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS DO NOT APPEAR LIKELY...EVEN MINOR ACCUMULATION WOULD
LIKELY RESULT IN TRAVEL BECOMING HAZARDOUS.

WHILE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO END BEFORE THE COLD AIR ARRIVES OVER
MOST OF THE AREA. THE RAIN WILL WASH AWAY ANY LEFT OVER SALT AND
THE PAVEMENT WILL LIKELY REMAIN WET AS TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW
FREEZING INCREASING THE CHANCES OF A FLASH FREEZE WITH AREAS OF
BLACK ICE FORMING. PERSONS WITH TRAVEL PLANS LATE TONIGHT INTO
MONDAY MORNING SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND PLAN ACCORDINGLY.