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Winter 2021-22 Short/Medium Range Discussion


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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE, IL  
1032 AM CST FRI JAN 28 2022  
   
UPDATE  
  
ISSUED AT 517 AM CST FRI JAN 28 2022  
  
A WINTER STORM WARNING AND A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAIN EFFECT  
UNTIL 2 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN  
ILLINOIS.   
  
CURRENT RADAR TRENDS CONTINUE TO SHOW A BAND OF INTENSE LAKE   
EFFECT SNOW IMPACTING PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN CHICAGO METRO WITH   
OBSERVATIONS AND WEBCAMS SHOWING DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS   
WITHIN THE SNOW BAND DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED   
VISIBILITIES. THIS BAND IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST AND POSSIBLY DRIFT   
SOUTH THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE WINDS SHIFT TOWARDS THE WEST   
AND HELP CONFINE THE BAND TO LAKE MICHIGAN. BECAUSE OF THIS RISK   
THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL COOK COUNTY AND   
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DUPAGE, NORTHERN WILL, AND   
SOUTHERN COOK COUNTIES HAVE BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 2 PM THIS   
AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE   
EXPECTED FOR LOCALIZED AREAS WITHIN THE WARNING AREA.   
  
THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR LAKE COUNTY, IL HAS BEEN CHANGED TO A  
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY GIVEN THAT RADAR TRENDS SHOW THAT THE LAKE  
EFFECT SNOW WILL BE CONFINED TO THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE  
COUNTY WITH NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED IN THE REMAINDER  
OF THE COUNTY. SIMILARLY, THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LAKE  
COUNTY, IN HAS BEEN CANCELED DUE TO CURRENT WEBCAMS SHOWING THE  
MAJOR HIGHWAYS ARE CLEAR.   
  
AN ADDITIONAL POCKET OF SNOW SHOWERS HAS ALSO BEEN OBSERVED   
ACROSS PORTIONS OF DE KALB, GRUNDY, KANE, KENDALL, AND LA SALLE   
COUNTIES WHICH HAS CAUSED SOME TRAVEL IMPACTS DUE SNOW COVERED   
ROADS. THIS POCKET OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DRIFT SOUTHWARD ACROSS   
THE AREA THROUGH THE MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON. A  
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AREA DUE TO   
THE OBSERVED IMPACTS TO TRAVEL.   

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Just now, mimillman said:

About 2 miles 

My brother was here for Thanksgiving when we had quite a bit of snow that weekend...then when he got back to Chicago he was pissed there was no snow all Christmas season. Now he is in his usual january spring mode and he gets lake effect on top of cold and snowcover lol. 

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