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FLUS43 KLOT 172149  
HWOLOT  
 
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL  
349 PM CST SAT JAN 17 2026  
 
ILZ003>006-008-010>013-019>021-023-032-033-039-103>108-INZ001-002-  
010-011-019-182200-  
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-  
349 PM CST SAT JAN 17 2026 /449 PM EST SAT JAN 17 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.  
 
DISCUSSION...  
 
LIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL RESULT IN LOCALLY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL  
CONDITIONS AROUND AND NORTH OF I-80 THROUGH THIS EVENING.  
   
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
 
SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.  
 
SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...  
LIMITED SNOW RISK.  
SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...  
ELEVATED EXCESSIVE COLD RISK.  
TUESDAY...  
LIMITED EXCESSIVE COLD RISK.  
LIMITED SNOW RISK AT NIGHT.  
 
DISCUSSION...  
 
LIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND  
EVENING AND MAY LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.  
 
WIND CHILLS WILL APPROACH 20 BELOW 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>745-182200-  
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-  
349 PM CST SAT JAN 17 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
 
SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.  
 
SUNDAY 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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