653  
FLUS43 KLOT 122108  
HWOLOT  
 
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL  
308 PM CST MON JAN 12 2026  
 
ILZ003>006-008-010>013-019>021-023-032-033-039-103>108-INZ001-002-  
010-011-019-132115-  
WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-  
LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-  
NORTHERN COOK-CENTRAL COOK-SOUTHERN COOK-NORTHERN WILL-  
SOUTHERN WILL-EASTERN WILL-LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON-  
308 PM CST MON JAN 12 2026 /408 PM EST MON JAN 12 2026/  
 
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL  
ILLINOIS...NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.  
   
DAY ONE
 
TONIGHT.  
 
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.  
   
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
 
TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.  
 
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...  
ELEVATED SNOW RISK NORTHEASTERN PORTER COUNTY.  
MODERATE LAKESHORE FLOOD RISK INDIANA SHORE.  
THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...  
LIMITED SNOW RISK AT TIMES.  
SUNDAY...  
LIMITED EXCESSIVE COLD RISK.  
 
DISCUSSION...  
 
WIND DRIVEN ACCUMULATING LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS  
NORTHEASTERN PORTER COUNTY LATE WEDNESDAY, WEDNESDAY NIGHT, AND  
POSSIBLY LINGERING INTO THURSDAY MORNING. IT IS STILL TOO EARLY TO  
DETERMINE IF AND FOR HOW LONG THE POTENTIALLY HEAVIER LAKE EFFECT  
SNOW WILL IMPACT PORTER COUNTY VERSUS REMAINING EAST OF PORTER  
COUNTY.  
   
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
 
 
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT.  
 

 
 
LMZ740>745-132115-  
WINTHROP HARBOR TO WILMETTE HARBOR IL-  
WILMETTE HARBOR TO NORTHERLY ISLAND IL-  
NORTHERLY ISLAND TO CALUMET HARBOR IL-  
CALUMET HARBOR IL TO GARY IN-GARY TO BURNS HARBOR IN-  
BURNS HARBOR TO MICHIGAN CITY IN-  
308 PM CST MON JAN 12 2026  
 
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE ILLINOIS  
NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN AND THE INDIANA NEARSHORE  
WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN.  
   
DAY ONE
 
TONIGHT.  
 
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...  
 
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT.  
   
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
 
TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.  
 
TUESDAY...  
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE LIKELY.  
WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...  
GALE FORCE WINDS AND VERY HAZARDOUS WAVES LIKELY.  
SIGNIFICANT FREEZING SPRAY RISK.  
THURSDAY...  
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE LIKELY.  
SIGNIFICANT FREEZING SPRAY RISK.  
FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...  
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE LIKELY.  
 

 
 
- IZZI  
 
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