Stavanger, IL Special Weather Statement

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK

Issued:

442 PM CDT FRI MAR 19 2010

Expires:

445 PM CDT SAT MAR 20 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW WILL DEVELOP...MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO WET SNOW OVER MUCH OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS. ACCUMULATION FORECASTS ARE COMPLICATED...MORE SO THAN USUAL...DUE TO MILD TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON THAT WILL PROVIDE INITIALLY WARM SURFACE TEMPERATURES. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES OF SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 88 CORRIDOR...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH. THESE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MAINLY ON GRASSY AREAS. AS ONE MIGHT EXPECT...WITH TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION NOW IN THE MID 60S...AND SNOW EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT...A COLD FRONT WILL PASS ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA THIS EVENING BRINGING A DRASTIC FALL IN TEMPERATURES. BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO THE UPPER 30S ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS...AND TO THE LOWER 40S ACROSS NORTHWEST INDIANA. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL DROP TO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 30S AREA WIDE. PORTIONS OF THE DES PLAINES...ILLINOIS...KANKAKEE AND PECATONICA RIVERS WILL REMAIN IN FLOOD. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOW MAY CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING NORTH OF THE KANKAKEE RIVER. SOME ROADS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS. PORTIONS OF THE DES PLAINES...ILLINOIS...KANKAKEE AND PECATONICA RIVERS WILL REMAIN IN FLOOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT. && COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS CHICAGO WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO