NWS Forecast for: Amf Ohare IL
Issued by: National Weather Service Chicago, IL
Last Update: 5:17 pm CST Dec 16, 2016
Hazardous Weather Outlook below forecast
Winter Weather Advisory
This Afternoon: Snow. High near 21. South southeast wind around 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total daytime snow accumulation of around an inch possible.
Tonight: Snow before 11pm, then snow, possibly mixed with freezing drizzle. Temperature rising to around 25 by 4am. Southeast wind 5 to 15 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.
Saturday: A chance of snow, freezing drizzle, and sleet before 11am, then a chance of snow and freezing drizzle between 11am and noon, then snow after noon. Temperature rising to near 26 by 11am, then falling to around 21 during the remainder of the day. Northwest wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than one inch possible.
Saturday Night: Snow, mainly before midnight. Patchy blowing snow. Low around -2. Wind chill values as low as -12. Blustery, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.
Sunday: Patchy blowing snow before noon. Sunny and cold, with a high near 0. West northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around -13.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 14.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 10.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 28.
Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 20.
Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 32.
Wednesday Night: A slight chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25.
Thursday: A slight chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 34.
Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21.
Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 33.
Amf Ohare IL
41.98°N 87.9°W
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
359 PM CST FRI DEC 16 2016
ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019-
172200-
WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE ILLINOIS-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-
DUPAGE-COOK-LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-
IROQUOIS-FORD-LAKE INDIANA-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON-
359 PM CST FRI DEC 16 2016 /459 PM EST FRI DEC 16 2016/
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:
ELEVATED ICE ACCUMULATION RISK.
ELEVATED SNOW RISK.
DISCUSSION:
PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY
AT TIMES FOR A FEW HOURS EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST
ILLINOIS. THE SNOW WILL DECREASE IN INTENSITY LATE THIS EVENING
AND MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET SOUTH
OF INTERSTATE 80.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
SATURDAY...
SIGNIFICANT EXCESSIVE COLD RISK.
LIMITED NON THUNDERSTORM WIND RISK.
ELEVATED ICE ACCUMULATION RISK.
ELEVATED SNOW RISK.
SUNDAY...
EXTREME EXCESSIVE COLD RISK.
LIMITED SNOW RISK.
MONDAY...
EXTREME EXCESSIVE COLD RISK.
TUESDAY...
ELEVATED EXCESSIVE COLD RISK.
DISCUSSION:
A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED SATURDAY MORNING
BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SOME ADDITIONAL
SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY
NIGHT. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING.
A SHORT PERIOD OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF
NORTHEAST PORTER COUNTY SATURDAY NIGHT WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW
POSSIBLE.
DANGEROUSLY COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY
NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT WITH WIND CHILL READINGS POTENTIALLY AS
COLD AS 30 BELOW ZERO.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT.
&&
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LMZ740>745-172200-
WINTHROP HARBOR TO WILMETTE HARBOR-
WILMETTE HARBOR TO NORTHERLY ISLAND-
NORTHERLY ISLAND TO CALUMET HARBOR-CALUMET HARBOR TO GARY-
GARY TO BURNS HARBOR-BURNS HARBOR TO MICHIGAN CITY-
359 PM CST FRI DEC 16 2016
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ILLINOIS NEARSHORE
WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN AND THE INDIANA NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE
MICHIGAN.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE LIKELY THROUGH THIS EVENING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...
GALE FORCE WINDS OR VERY HAZARDOUS WAVES ARE LIKELY.
ELEVATED FREEZING SPRAY RISK.
THURSDAY...
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE LIKELY.
&&
$$
LMZ080-261-362-364-366-563-565-567-669-671-673-675-777-779-868-
870-872-874-876-878-172200-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM MICHIGAN CITY IN TO ST. JOSEPH MI 5 NM
OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM SEUL CHOIX POINT TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE 5 NM
OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SEUL CHOIX POINT TO THE
MACKINAC BRIDGE AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CHARLEVOIX MI TO SOUTH
FOX ISLAND 5 NM OFFSHORE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM CHARLEVOIX TO POINT BETSIE MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO
MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM POINT BETSIE TO MANISTEE MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO
MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE TO STURGEON BAY WI-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM STURGEON BAY TO TWO RIVERS WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO
MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM TWO RIVERS TO SHEBOYGAN WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO
MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI 5 NM OFFSHORE
TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI 5 NM
OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI 5 NM
OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL 5 NM
OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WINTHROP HARBOR TO WILMETTE HARBOR IL 5 NM
OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WILMETTE HARBOR IL TO MICHIGAN CITY IN 5 NM
OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM PENTWATER TO MANISTEE MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID
LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WHITEHALL TO PENTWATER MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID
LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM GRAND HAVEN TO WHITEHALL MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO
MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM HOLLAND TO GRAND HAVEN MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID
LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM SOUTH HAVEN TO HOLLAND MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID
LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ST. JOSEPH TO SOUTH HAVEN MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO
MID LAKE-
359 PM CST FRI DEC 16 2016
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE OPEN WATERS OF LAKE
MICHIGAN.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
GALE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT.
FREEZING SPRAY IS EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.
&&
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KJB
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