...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH  
SATURDAY EVENING...  

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM  
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH  
SATURDAY EVENING.  

SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXING WITH SLEET IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS  
NORTHERN ILLINOIS BY LATE SATURDAY MORNING. AS WARMER AIR ALOFT  
MOVES NORTH...THE PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN  
LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY EVENING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS  
OF ONE QUARTER INCH...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE POSSIBLE  
BY SATURDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE ICE...AREAS ACROSS FAR  
NORTHERN ILLINOIS NEAR THE WISCONSIN BORDER MAY RECEIVE 2 TO 4  
INCHES OF SNOW. ALL PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO  
LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.  

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT  
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.