SEVERE WEATHER

  • Cook
    Will
  • Lake Effect Snow Watch

    Cook, IL

    ING THE CITIES OF...CHICAGO...JOLIET...GARY...VALPARAISO
    437 AM CST THU FEB 9 2012

    ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
    SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A LAKE EFFECT
    SNOW WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
    SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

    * TIMING...LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY EARLY FRIDAY
    AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING
    BEFORE SHIFTING EAST OF THE WATCH AREA. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS
    WILL INITIALLY FOCUS THE MOST NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS ALONG THE
    ILLINOIS SHORE FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WITH THE FOCUS THEN EXPECTED
    TO SHIFT MORE INTO LAKE AND PORTER COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST INDIANA
    OVERNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL EVENTUALLY BACK TO THE
    NORTHWEST ON SATURDAY...ALLOWING THE BANDS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW
    TO MOVE EAST OF PORTER COUNTY IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON.

    * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WHILE LAKE EFFECT SNOW CAN BE HIGHLY
    LOCALIZED...AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE
    CITY OF CHICAGO SOUTHEAST INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA.

    * OTHER IMPACTS...SLIPPERY TRAVEL...REDUCED VISIBILITY...BLOWING
    AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SINGLE DIGIT WIND CHILLS.

    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

    A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A LARGE
    AMOUNT OF SNOW IN ONLY A FEW HOURS. VISIBILITIES AND DEPTH OF
    SNOW CAN VARY GREATLY...IMPACTING TRAVEL SIGNIFICANTLY. CONTINUE
    TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

    &&

  • Lake Effect Snow Watch

    Will, IL

    ING THE CITIES OF...CHICAGO...JOLIET...GARY...VALPARAISO
    437 AM CST THU FEB 9 2012

    ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
    SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A LAKE EFFECT
    SNOW WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
    SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

    * TIMING...LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY EARLY FRIDAY
    AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING
    BEFORE SHIFTING EAST OF THE WATCH AREA. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS
    WILL INITIALLY FOCUS THE MOST NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS ALONG THE
    ILLINOIS SHORE FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WITH THE FOCUS THEN EXPECTED
    TO SHIFT MORE INTO LAKE AND PORTER COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST INDIANA
    OVERNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL EVENTUALLY BACK TO THE
    NORTHWEST ON SATURDAY...ALLOWING THE BANDS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW
    TO MOVE EAST OF PORTER COUNTY IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON.

    * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WHILE LAKE EFFECT SNOW CAN BE HIGHLY
    LOCALIZED...AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE
    CITY OF CHICAGO SOUTHEAST INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA.

    * OTHER IMPACTS...SLIPPERY TRAVEL...REDUCED VISIBILITY...BLOWING
    AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SINGLE DIGIT WIND CHILLS.

    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

    A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A LARGE
    AMOUNT OF SNOW IN ONLY A FEW HOURS. VISIBILITIES AND DEPTH OF
    SNOW CAN VARY GREATLY...IMPACTING TRAVEL SIGNIFICANTLY. CONTINUE
    TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

    &&

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