A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON CST WEDNESDAY.

* TIMING...9PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH NOON CST WEDNESDAY.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO.

* IMPACTS...WIND CHILL VALUES AT THIS LEVEL WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE
TO EXPOSED SKIN WITHIN 30 MINUTES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

BRING PETS INDOORS. PETS CAN SUFFER FROM FROSTBITE AND
HYPOTHERMIA SIMILAR TO THEIR HUMAN CAREGIVERS.

..BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS TONIGHT...

.ARCTIC AIR CONTINUES TO SETTLE INTO THE REGION AND WILL LINGER
THROUGH THURSDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 10 AND 20
MPH...THEN GRADUALLY TURN TO THE WEST THIS EVENING. SKIES ARE
EXPECTED TO BE GENERALLY CLEAR THIS AFTERNOON WITH NEAR STEADY
TEMPERATURES AROUND 10 ABOVE ZERO ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN
ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. SHORTLY AFTER
SUNSET...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO STEADILY DROP. THE
COMBINATION OF SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES LATER THIS EVENING AND
STEADY WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH...WILL CREATE VERY COLD WIND CHILL
TEMPERATURES ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING.