Winter Storm Warning: Snowfall Forecast 2.5 Inches for Arlington Heights Deeper Snow Southeast Chicagoland, Indiana, Kankakee

MOBILE: chgowx.com PC: forecast.chicagoweatherstation.com

WINTER STORM WARNING in effect from February 24, 09:00 AM CST until February 25, 04:00 AM CST. Wet snow with moderate to heavy snowfall with high wind gusts to 45 MPH.

TODAY: Snow, mainly after 11am. The snow could be heavy at times. Temperature falling to around 30 by 5pm (Today’s high was 36 from midnight to 3 am). Windy, with a north wind 25 to 30 mph (shifting to north northwest about 7 pm), with gusts as high as 45 mph with highest winds from 4 pm to 7 pm. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total daytime snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible (2.5 inches forecast for Arlington Heights from 10 am to Midnight Wed/Thu).

TONIGHT: Snow, heaviest ending by 10pm. The snow could be heavy at times. Low around 28. Windy, with a north northwest wind 25 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible, bur unlikely after midnight. TOTAL SNOWFALL for Arlington Heights from Wednesday to 4 am Thursday forecast at 2.5 inches.

Winter Storm Warning
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
315 AM CST WED FEB 24 2016

…BLIZZARD LIKELY TO MAKE TRAVEL NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TODAY INTO
THIS EVENING…

ILZ014-022-241715-
/O.CON.KLOT.WS.W.0002.160224T1500Z-160225T1000Z/
COOK-WILL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…CHICAGO…JOLIET
315 AM CST WED FEB 24 2016

…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING
TO 4 AM CST THURSDAY…

* TIMING…SNOW WILL BEGIN LATER THIS MORNING…POSSIBLY BRIEFLY
STARTING AS A MIX WITH RAIN. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT
TIMES…ESPECIALLY NEAR AND SOUTHEAST OF THE INTERSTATE 55
CORRIDOR. CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO IMPROVE BY MID TO LATE
EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATION…ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY VARY SUBSTANTIALLY
ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. HEAVY WET SNOW IS FORECAST TO
ACCUMULATE 5 TO 10 INCHES OVER EASTERN WILL AND SOUTHEASTERN
COOK COUNTIES…RANGING TO POSSIBLY AS LITTLE AS 1 TO 4 INCHES
FAR NORTHWEST WILL AND NORTHWEST COOK COUNTIES. ISOLATED TOTALS
NEAR A FOOT ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE INDIANA BORDER.

* MAIN IMPACT…STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL GUST 40 TO 50 MPH AT
TIMES…WITH THE HIGHEST WINDS NEAR THE LAKE SHORE. WHERE HEAVY
SNOW OCCURS…THIS WILL CREATE A WIND WHIPPED SNOW THAT WILL
REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS…IF
NOT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE AT THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM…INCLUDING THE
LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING COMMUTE. NON EMERGENCY TRAVEL
SHOULD BE AVOIDED.

* OTHER IMPACTS…USE CAUTION IF SHOVELING AS THE WET HEAVY
COMPOSITION OF THE SNOW MAY LEAD TO OVEREXERTION. IN
ADDITION… THE COMBINATION OF THIS SNOW TYPE WITH THE STRONG
WINDS COULD RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL…KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT…
FOOD…AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

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Lakeshore Flood Warning
LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
322 AM CST WED FEB 24 2016

ILZ014-241730-
/O.UPG.KLOT.LS.Y.0002.160224T1500Z-160226T0300Z/
/O.EXB.KLOT.LS.W.0001.160224T1800Z-160225T1000Z/
COOK-
322 AM CST WED FEB 24 2016

…LAKESHORE FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 4 AM CST
THURSDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A LAKESHORE
FLOOD WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 4 AM CST
THURSDAY. THE LAKESHORE FLOOD ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LAKE SHORE FLOODING…STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH
WILL ALLOW WAVES TO BUILD TO 10 TO 14 FEET ACROSS THE NORTHEAST
ILLINOIS SHORES OF LAKE MICHIGAN RESULTING IN MINOR LAKESHORE
FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION.

* TIMING…HIGHEST WAVES TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS…HIGH WAVES AND ONSHORE FLOW WILL RESULT IN SOME
BEACH EROSION AND MINOR FLOODING ALONG THE LAKESHORE. THE HIGH
WAVES WILL WASH OVER PIERS AND JETTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A LAKESHORE FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR
IMMINENT ALONG THE LAKE. RESIDENTS ON OR NEAR THE SHORE IN THE
WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER…AND TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

FOR INFORMATION ON SWIM ADVISORIES OR BANS AT CHICAGO BEACHES
VISIT…WWW.CPDBEACHES.COM.