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HWOLOT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
131 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2026
ILZ003>006-008-010>013-019>021-023-032-033-039-103>108-INZ001-002-
010-011-019-281945-
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-
131 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2026 /231 PM EST FRI FEB 27 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...
ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER RISK.
DISCUSSION...
DRY, WINDY, AND WARM CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT A THREAT OF GRASS
AND BRUSH FIRE SPREAD THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...
LIMITED SNOW RISK.
DISCUSSION...
A PAIR OF STORM SYSTEMS MAY GRAZE PORTIONS OF THE AREA WITH
ACCUMULATING SNOW THIS WEEKEND, FAVORING AREAS NEAR AND NORTH OF
THE WISCONSIN STATE LINE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CENTRAL PORTIONS
OF ILLINOIS SUNDAY NIGHT.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT.
LMZ740>745-281945-
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-
131 PM CST FRI FEB 27 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 AND SUNDAY...
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE LIKELY.
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE LIKELY.
KJB
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