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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER

WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST

/1 AM EST/ TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST /1 AM EST/ SATURDAY NIGHT.



* TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT ACROSS

THE WESTERN AND NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES...AND SLOWLY PUSH

EAST...REACHING THE CHICAGO METRO BETWEEN 1 AND 3AM. THE

HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE OPENING HOURS OF THE

STORM WITH ACCUMULATION RATES TAPERING OFF BEYOND THAT. OVERALL

DURATION IS ANTICIPATED TO BE 15 TO 18 HOURS...WITH ACCUMULATING

SNOW EXITING WESTERN AREAS BY THE EARLY EVENING HOURS AND ENDING

ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF ILLINOIS AND NORTHWESTERN INDIANA

BY THE LATE EVENING...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF LAKE AND PORTER

COUNTIES IN INDIANA...WHERE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE

EXPECTED FROM LAKE EFFECT SNOWFALL.



* ACCUMULATIONS...GENERAL 3 TO 5 ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED AREA

WIDE LATE TONIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW...WITH THE HIGHEST

ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS.



* HAZARDS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE

DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM. IN ADDITION...VISIBILITIES MAY

BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE.



* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY DETERIORATE RAPIDLY LATE TONIGHT

AND INTO SATURDAY MORNING...WITH ROADS BECOMING SNOW COVERED AND

SLICK BY DAYBREAK...MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW

WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW

COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE

DRIVING.