520  
FLUS43 KLOT 190958  
HWOLOT  
 
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL  
358 AM CST MON JAN 19 2026  
 
ILZ003>006-008-010>013-019>021-023-032-033-039-103>108-INZ001-002-  
010-011-019-201000-  
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-  
358 AM CST MON JAN 19 2026 /458 AM EST MON JAN 19 2026/  
 
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL  
ILLINOIS...NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.  
   
DAY ONE
 
TODAY AND TONIGHT.  
 
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...  
 
ELEVATED EXCESSIVE COLD RISK THIS MORNING.  
LIMITED SNOW RISK THIS MORNING.  
 
DISCUSSION...  
 
SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED  
ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THIS MORNING, WHICH WILL REDUCE  
VISIBILITY AND CAUSE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.  
 
WIND CHILLS OF 20 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE THIS  
MORNING.  
   
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
 
TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.  
 
TUESDAY MORNING...  
LIMITED EXCESSIVE COLD RISK.  
TUESDAY NIGHT...  
LIMITED SNOW RISK.  
THURSDAY NIGHT...  
LIMITED EXCESSIVE COLD RISK.  
FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...  
ELEVATED EXCESSIVE COLD RISK.  
 
DISCUSSION...  
 
ACCUMULATING SNOW IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY  
MORNING, ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80,  
WHICH MAY AFFECT THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE.  
 
BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT INTO THIS  
WEEKEND.  
   
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
 
 
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT.  
 

 
 
LMZ740>745-201000-  
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-  
358 AM CST MON JAN 19 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...  
 
GALE FORCE WINDS AND VERY HAZARDOUS WAVES.  
SIGNIFICANT FREEZING SPRAY RISK.  
   
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
 
TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.  
 
TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...  
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE LIKELY.  
 

 
 
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