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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
307 PM CST THU DEC 18 2025
ILZ003>006-008-010>013-019>021-023-032-033-039-103>108-INZ001-002-
010-011-019-190700-
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ROCKFORD, BELVIDERE, CRYSTAL LAKE,
ALGONQUIN, MCHENRY, WOODSTOCK, WAUKEGAN, BUFFALO GROVE,
MUNDELEIN, GURNEE, ROCHELLE, OREGON, BYRON, DIXON, DEKALB,
SYCAMORE, AURORA, ELGIN, NAPERVILLE, WHEATON, DOWNERS GROVE,
LOMBARD, CAROL STREAM, OTTAWA, STREATOR, LA SALLE, MENDOTA,
MARSEILLES, OSWEGO, YORKVILLE, PLANO, MORRIS, COAL CITY, MINOOKA,
KANKAKEE, BOURBONNAIS, BRADLEY, PONTIAC, DWIGHT, FAIRBURY,
WATSEKA, GILMAN, PAXTON, GIBSON CITY, EVANSTON, DES PLAINES,
SCHAUMBURG, PALATINE, NORTHBROOK, CHICAGO, CICERO, OAK LAWN,
OAK PARK, LA GRANGE, CALUMET CITY, OAK FOREST, LEMONT,
ORLAND PARK, PARK FOREST, JOLIET, BOLINGBROOK, PLAINFIELD,
MOKENA, CHANNAHON, MANHATTAN, WILMINGTON, CRETE, PEOTONE,
BEECHER, GARY, HAMMOND, MERRILLVILLE, PORTAGE, VALPARAISO,
CHESTERTON, ROSELAWN, KENTLAND, MOROCCO, RENSSELAER, DEMOTTE,
FOWLER, AND OXFORD
307 PM CST THU DEC 18 2025 /407 PM EST THU DEC 18 2025/
...MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES AND LOCALIZED TRAVEL IMPACTS THIS
EVENING INTO FRIDAY MORNING...
TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET FROM THE 30S AND 40S INTO THE TEENS AND
20S BEHIND ANOTHER COLD FRONT PASSAGE EARLY THIS EVENING, ALONG
WITH WEST-NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 40-45 MPH IN THE WAKE OF
THE FRONT. SCATTERED WIND-WHIPPED SNOW SHOWERS LATER THIS EVENING
INTO THE OVERNIGHT MAY LEAD TO BRIEF SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITY
AND PRODUCED LOCALIZED COATINGS OF SNOW ON SOME ROADWAYS.
FURTHERMORE, THE PLUMMETING TEMPERATURES MAY ALSO CAUSE ANY
MOISTURE ON PAVEMENT TO FREEZE UP, LEADING TO SLICK SPOTS ON
UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. FINALLY, TEMPERATURES WILL
CONTINUE TO FALL INTO EARLY FRIDAY, PAIRING WITH STILL BLUSTERY
WEST-NORTHWEST WINDS TO YIELD WIND CHILLS OF AROUND 0 TO 10 BELOW.
MOTORISTS SHOULD PLAN FOR POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS THIS EVENING INTO FRIDAY MORNING. ANY INDIVIDUALS
PLANNING TO SPEND TIME OUTDOORS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING SHOULD DRESS IN LAYERS AND COVER THEIR EXTREMITIES.
RC
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