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Blizzard Conditions tonight

Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 10:14 am Posted in Winter 
..BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING  

.A STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM ACROSS THE DAKOTAS WILL TRACK INTO
NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA BY TONIGHT. ACCUMULATING
SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT FROM THIS STORM...
WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS
FAR NORTHERN ILLINOIS...AND 1 TO 3 INCHES ELSEWHERE. AS THE LOW
MOVES EAST THIS EVENING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH
WILL DEVELOP WHICH WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW AND POSSIBLY BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT
INTO TUESDAY MORNING WITH WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN ONE
QUARTER OF A MILE.  
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First Winter Storm of 2009

Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 6:44 pm Posted in Winter 
...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO OCCUR ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND  
NORTHEAST ILLINOIS INTO FAR NORTHWEST INDIANA STARTING EARLY  
FRIDAY MORNING AND PERSISTING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...  

.A WINTER STORM OVER SOUTHERN ALBERTA AND THE NORTHERN ROCKIES  
WILL MOVE OUT OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL SPREAD  
FROM THE DAKOTAS ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST AND REACH SOUTHERN  
WISCONSIN AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND PREDAWN  
HOURS OF FRIDAY MORNING. THIS SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY AND  
FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MORNING SATURDAY AS THE STORM MOVES TO THE  
MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS. PERIODS OF  
HEAVIER SNOWFALL ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING FRIDAY MORNING AND  
AGAIN FROM LATER FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. TRAVEL  
WILL LIKELY BE DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY DURING THESE PERIODS OF  
MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY  
SATURDAY MORNING WILL REACH 4 INCHES OR MORE ALONG AND NORTH OF A  
LINE FROM OREGON TO AURORA TO VALPARAISO...WITH TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 6  
TO 8 INCHES COMMON ALONG AND NORTH OF A ROCKFORD TO DOWNTOWN  
CHICAGO LINE WITH HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN EXTREME NORTHEAST ILLINOIS.