..HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY  

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A HEAVY SNOW  
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. THE SNOW  
ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.   

LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY INTENSIFY THROUGH THE  
EVENING HOURS...WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH THE  
OVERNIGHT HOURS. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TO  
RANGE FROM UP TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE EVANSTON...WEST  
CHICAGO...AND MENDOTA AREAS...TO 6 TO 9 INCHES FROM CHICAGO AND  
THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS TO JOLIET TO MORRIS. THE INCREASING INTENSITY  
OF THE SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT WILL MAKE FOR  
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT  
HOURS AS MANY ROADS BECOME SNOW PACKED. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY  
SNOW ACCUMULATION...NORTH WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN THROUGH THE  
EVENING WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT  
IN AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. SNOW WILL TAPER  
TO LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES ON SUNDAY MORNING.