WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY for Northeast Illinois: 1-4 Inches Forecast Between 1:00 p.m. and Midnight

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Expecting about 3.5 inches of snowfall in Arlington Heights between 1:00 p.m. and midnight. At 12:40 p.m. it is raining in Arlington Heights with a large area of precipitation indicated on radar with a southwest to northeast flow. Snow is indicated above the Wisconsin state line at 12:40 p.m.

Pictures from this afternoon and evening …

URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1111 AM CST THU FEB 7 2013

COOK-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF…CHICAGO
1111 AM CST THU FEB 7 2013

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
9 PM CST THIS EVENING…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING.

* TIMING…RAIN WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY MID TO LATE
AFTERNOON IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON IN
TIME FOR THE EVENING RUSH. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS
EVENING…BEFORE TAPERING OFF.

* ACCUMULATION…SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
WITH SOME ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. THE GREATEST SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN COOK COUNTY.

* OTHER IMPACTS…THE THREAT FOR A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW COULD
RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES UNDER A MILE AT TIMES AND RAPID
ACCUMULATION ON AREA ROADS DURING THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE.

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.


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