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HWOLOT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
328 AM CST FRI JAN 16 2026
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THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.
DAY ONE
TODAY AND TONIGHT.
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...
LIMITED SNOW RISK.
DISCUSSION...
A PERIOD OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING, MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH
OF INTERSTATE 80 AND MAY LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS
DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE THEN
POSSIBLE AREAWIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING AND MAY
LEAD TO LOCALIZED HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS, INCLUDING DURING
THE EVENING COMMUTE.
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
SATURDAY...
LIMITED SNOW RISK.
SUNDAY...
LIMITED EXCESSIVE COLD RISK.
LIMITED SNOW RISK.
MONDAY...
ELEVATED EXCESSIVE COLD RISK.
LIMITED SNOW RISK.
TUESDAY...
LIMITED EXCESSIVE COLD RISK.
DISCUSSION...
SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY EVENING
AND AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY EVENING, ESPECIALLY ALONG
AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80, WHICH MAY CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS.
WIND CHILLS MAY APPROACH 20 BELOW ZERO EARLY MONDAY MORNING, WITH
WIND CHILL VALUES REMAINING WELL BELOW ZERO LATER MONDAY INTO
TUESDAY MORNING.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT.
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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-
328 AM CST FRI JAN 16 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
TODAY AND TONIGHT.
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT.
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
SATURDAY...
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE LIKELY.
SUNDAY AND MONDAY...
GALE FORCE WINDS AND VERY HAZARDOUS WAVES.
SIGNIFICANT FREEZING SPRAY RISK.
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE LIKELY.
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