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FLUS43 KLOT 190308  
HWOLOT  
 
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL  
908 PM CST SUN JAN 18 2026  
 
ILZ003>006-008-010>013-019>021-023-032-033-039-103>108-INZ001-002-  
010-011-019-200315-  
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-  
908 PM CST SUN JAN 18 2026 /1008 PM EST SUN JAN 18 2026/  
 
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL  
ILLINOIS...NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.  
   
DAY ONE
 
TONIGHT.  
 
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...  
 
ELEVATED EXCESSIVE COLD RISK.  
LIMITED SNOW RISK.  
 
DISCUSSION...  
 
SCATTERED WIND-WHIPPED SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT ALONG  
AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT. THESE SNOW SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE SHARPLY REDUCED  
VISIBILITIES AND MAY LAY DOWN A QUICK COATING OF SNOW ONTO ROADS ON A  
LOCALIZED BASIS, CAUSING THEM TO BECOME SLICK.  
 
WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT  
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING BEHIND THE ARCTIC FRONT.  
   
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
 
MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.  
 
MONDAY MORNING...  
ELEVATED EXCESSIVE COLD RISK.  
TUESDAY...  
LIMITED EXCESSIVE COLD RISK.  
LIMITED SNOW RISK.  
WEDNESDAY..  
LIMITED SNOW RISK.  
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...  
LIMITED EXCESSIVE COLD RISK.  
 
DISCUSSION...  
 
ANOTHER CLIPPER SYSTEM MAY PRODUCE A SWATH OF SNOW IN THE GENERAL  
AREA TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.  
 
ANOTHER SHOT OF BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES MAY ARRIVE BY THE END  
OF THIS WEEK.  
   
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
 
 
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT.  
 

 
 
LMZ740>745-200315-  
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-  
908 PM CST SUN JAN 18 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...  
 
GALE FORCE WINDS AND VERY HAZARDOUS WAVES.  
SIGNIFICANT FREEZING SPRAY RISK.  
   
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
 
MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.  
 
MONDAY...  
GALE FORCE WINDS AND OR VERY HAZARDOUS WAVES.  
SIGNIFICANT FREEZING SPRAY RISK.  
TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...  
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE LIKELY AT TIMES.  
 

 
 
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