Outlook:

A BAND OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING ACROSS
NORTHERN ILLINOIS...MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 88. THE
PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BEGIN AS RAIN. HOWEVER...COLDER AIR
WILL CHANGE THE RAIN TO SNOW LATER THIS EVENING. THERE IS ALSO A
POTENTIAL FOR 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SLUSHY ACCUMULATION...ESPECIALLY ON
GRASSY SURFACES. HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED NEAR THE
WISCONSIN STATE LINE. AT THIS TIME PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING...WITH MOST ACCUMULATION TAKING PLACE
BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND ABOUT 5 AM.

IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO...AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 88...
TEMPERATURES SHOULD STAY JUST ENOUGH ABOVE FREEZING TO EITHER
CAUSE MOST PRECIPITATION TO REACH THE GROUND AS RAIN...OR FOR ANY
FALLING SNOW TO MELT ON CONTACT WITH THE SURFACE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
NIGHT AND AGAIN FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT.

SOME THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY...INTO TUESDAY NIGHT MAY BECOME
SEVERE. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE DURING THIS
PERIOD.