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FLUS43 KLOT 161742  
HWOLOT  
 
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL  
1142 AM CST FRI JAN 16 2026  
 
ILZ003>006-008-010>013-019>021-023-032-033-039-103>108-INZ001-002-  
010-011-019-171745-  
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-  
1142 AM CST FRI JAN 16 2026 /1242 PM EST FRI JAN 16 2026/  
 
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL  
ILLINOIS...NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.  
   
DAY ONE  
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.  
 
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...  
 
LIMITED SNOW RISK.  
 
DISCUSSION...  
 
SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED 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.  
 
 
 
LMZ740>745-171745-  
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-  
1142 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  
THIS AFTERNOON 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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