Local Severe Weather Alert for Arlington Heights, IL (60004) below.
Another 2.5 inches of wet snow and sleet fell after 4 p.m. Tuesday.
Snow has just started falling again at about 8 a.m.
Current observations:
Temperature: 34F
Wind: S 2 mph
/O.EXT.KLOT.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-081224T2100Z/ WINNEBAGO-BOONE-
MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK- LA SALLE-KENDALL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…ROCKFORD…WOODSTOCK…WAUKEGAN…
OREGON…DIXON…DEKALB…AURORA…CHICAGO…OTTAWA…OSWEGO 246 AM
CST WED DEC 24 2008
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON…
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON.
PRECIPITATION HAS TAPERED OFF TO PATCHY DRIZZLE OVERNIGHT AND
TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS.
ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS DEVELOPING OVER THE PLAINS
HOWEVER…AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
ILLINOIS BETWEEN 6 AM AND 10 AM THIS MORNING. PRECIPITATION MAY
INITIALLY DEVELOP AS A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW BUT IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE
TO ALL SNOW BY MID TO LATE MORNING WEST OF INTERSTATE 55. A BAND OF
MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND
EXTREME NORTHEAST ILLINOIS ROUGHLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 88. ADDITIONAL
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA…WITH
THE GREATEST AMOUNTS GENERALLY FARTHER NORTH NEAR THE WISCONSIN
BORDER. AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 88 WILL LIKELY SEE LESS
SNOW…GENERALLY 1 TO 2 INCHES. SNOW WILL THEN TAPER TO FLURRIES FROM
WEST TO EAST DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON
HOURS…THOUGH WEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WILL LIKELY
RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF NEW SNOW IN OPEN AREAS THROUGH MID
AFTERNOON.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT A COMBINATION OF SNOW…
SLEET…OR FREEZING RAIN WILL RESULT IN SLIPPERY ROADWAYS AND CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND
USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING.