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FLUS43 KLOT 162119  
HWOLOT  
 
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL  
319 PM CST FRI JAN 16 2026  
 
ILZ003>006-008-010>013-019>021-023-032-033-039-103>108-INZ001-002-  
010-011-019-172130-  
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-  
319 PM CST FRI JAN 16 2026 /419 PM EST FRI JAN 16 2026/  
 
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL  
ILLINOIS...NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.  
   
DAY ONE
 
TONIGHT.  
 
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...  
 
LIMITED SNOW RISK THIS EVENING.  
 
DISCUSSION...  
 
SCATTERED GUSTY SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED  
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.  
   
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
 
SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.  
 
SATURDAY...  
LIMITED SNOW RISK.  
SUNDAY...  
LIMITED EXCESSIVE COLD RISK.  
LIMITED SNOW RISK.  
SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...  
ELEVATED EXCESSIVE COLD RISK.  
TUESDAY...  
LIMITED EXCESSIVE COLD RISK.  
 
DISCUSSION...  
 
LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING  
HOURS OF BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, PARTICULARLY FOR AREAS NORTH OF  
I-80. SOME TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO BLUSTERY WINDS AND  
COLDER CONDITIONS.  
 
WIND CHILLS MAY APPROACH 20 TO 25 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>745-172130-  
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-  
319 PM 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
 
TONIGHT.  
 
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...  
 
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT.  
   
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
 
SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.  
 
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...  
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT INDIANA NEARSHORE.  
SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...  
GALE FORCE WINDS AND VERY HAZARDOUS WAVES.  
SIGNIFICANT FREEZING SPRAY RISK.  
TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...  
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE LIKELY.  
 

 
 
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