CONDITIONS CAN BE VERY SLICK,

AND THEN ACCIDENTS HAPPEN,

RIGHT?

YEAH.

IT'S A LITTLE WET OUT THERE.

IT'S FORTUNATELY STAYING ON THE

WARM SIDE, BUT DON'T LET IT

FOOL YOU.

WE HAVE AREAS WHICH HAVE SOME

STANDING WATER, SOME PONDING

ALONG THE ROADWAYS, AND THAT

CAN TRIP YOU UP AS YOU'RE OUT

THERE TRAVELING.

SO EVEN THOUGH WE'VE YET TO SEE

ANYTHING REALLY DEVELOP IN THE

WAY OF ICING OUT THERE, THAT

CAN HAPPEN, AND REMEMBER IT'LL

HAPPEN FIRST ON ELEVATED

SURFACES WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE

THE WARMTH OF THE EARTH

UNDERNEATH THE SURFACE THERE.

THINGS ROLLING ALONG WELL ON

THE EXPRESSWAYS, AS YOU CAN SEE

HERE.

AND WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT A

SITUATION IN WHICH WE HAVE, AS

I SAID, PRETTY MILD TEMPS

AROUND CHICAGO.

BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME RAIN

THAT'S FALLING ACROSS THE AREA,

RAIN THAT WILL CHANGE OVER AS

TIME GOES ON AND CHANGE OVER TO

SOME FROZEN PRECIP AND

EVENTUALLY SOME SNOW.

RIGHT NOW HERE'S WHAT WE HAVE

IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS, TO THE

NORTH BARELY NOTHING AT ALL.

AS YOU WORK YOUR WAY FROM THE

HEART OF THE CITY TO THE

SOUTHEAST WE HAVE SOME PRETTY

GOOD RAINFALL GOING ON,

MODERATE TO EVEN HEAVY

DOWNPOURS AT TIMES.

THIS IS SITTING ALONG A

STATIONARY FRONT THAT IS RIGHT

HERE AND BARELY MOVING.

IT'S A STATIONARY FRONT.

BUT IT'LL EVENTUALLY BE MOVING

TO THE EAST AND START TO DRAG

IN COLDER AIR, AND THAT GIVES

US OUR CHANGEOVER.

BUT LOOK AT HOW MILD IT IS

RIGHT NOW.

34 DEGREES AT WAUKEGAN, 40

DEGREES JOLIET, 38 DEGREES IN

MORRIS, 41 AT VALPARAISO.

WINDS ARE REALLY GETTING UP

THERE, 28-MILE-PER-HOUR WINDS

AT WAUKEGAN, 31-MILE-PER-HOUR

WINDS AT O'HARE.

HERE IS WHAT WE HAVE.

THERE IS A LOT GOING ON.

WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE

AREA IN PINK.

THAT'S McHENRY COUNTY, DEKALB

COUNTY AND AREAS TO THE NORTH

AND NORTHWEST OF THERE.

WE HAVE A WINTER WEATHER

ADVISORY FOR MUCH OF THE REST

OF THE AREA, AND WE'LL SEE SOME

SNOW DEVELOP THROUGH THESE

PLACES AS WE HEAD INTO THE

EVENING HOURS TONIGHT.

AND ALSO WE HAVE THE CHANCE FOR

SOME FLOODING THAT WE'RE

KEEPING A WATCH FOR THROUGHOUT

THE GREEN AREA HERE AS WE HEAD

THROUGH THE DAY TODAY AND WE

HAVE THESE DOWNPOURS THAT HAVE

HAPPENED, THOUGH A LOT OF THIS

IS SET UP TO THE SOUTHEAST OF

THE CITY.

FINALLY A LAKE SHORE FLOOD

WARNING WITH THESE STRONG WINDS

COMING OUT OF THE

NORTH/NORTHEAST THAT CAN

DEVELOP WAVES UP TO 15 TO 18

FEET ALONG THE LAKE SHORE.

IT'LL BE PRETTY DRAMATIC LATER

TODAY.

AND WITH THE LAKE RUNNING SO

HIGH AT RECORD LEVELS REALLY,

IT GIVES US SOME REAL PROBLEMS

WHEN IT COMES TO FURTHER

EROSION OF OUR LAKE SHORE.

WIND GUST TRACKER SHOWS US

WHERE WE GO LATER TODAY.

LOOK AT THIS.

41-MILE-PER-HOUR WINDS AT 9:45

IN THE MORNING.

AND BY 9:00 TONIGHT THE WINDS

ARE STILL WAY UP THERE, THOUGH

THEY START TO TURN TO THE

NORTHWEST AND START TO SHUT

DOWN THE WAVES ON LAKE

MICHIGAN.

THAT'S THE GOOSES AS WE HEAD

LATER IN THE EVENING HOURS.

SATELLITE AND RADAR SHOWS YOU

ON OUR FUTURECAST HERE WHAT'S

GOING ON.

THIS IS OUR TRACKER AS WE GO

INTO 9:00 THIS MORNING, RAIN TO

THE SOUTHEAST, GO THROUGH THE

DAY THE CHANCE WE CAN HAVE SOME

FROZEN PRECIP AROUND CHICAGO

AND SOME FREEZING RAIN AND THEN

SOME SNOW TO THE NORTH STARTS

TO DEVELOP, AND THAT STARTS TO

SPREAD DOWN INTO THE CITY AS WE

HEAD INTO THE EVENING HOURS.

BUT IT ALL OUGHT TO GET OUTTA

HERE BY ABOUT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT

AND BE ON ITS WAY.

WHAT DO WE SEE WHEN IT'S ALL

DONE?

WELL, I THINK AT O'HARE YOU'RE

GOING TO SEE PERHAPS TWO TO

FOUR INCHES OF SNOW, MAYBE FIVE

OR SIX INCHES UP IN McHENRY

COUNTY AND DOWN TO THE SOUTH AN

INCH TO TWO TO MAYBE THREE

INCHES OF SNOW.

IMPORTANT THING IS BECAUSE THIS

SYSTEM IS SET UP A LITTLE

FURTHER EAST, WE'RE LOOKING FOR

A LITTLE MORE SNOW IN OUR SOUTH

SUBURBAN AREAS, AND YOU'VE BEEN

INCLUDED IN THAT WINTER WEATHER

ADVISORY WHERE YOU WEREN'T

BEFORE.

HERE'S THE WAY WE LOOK AS FAR

AS GOING THROUGH THE DAY,

TEMPERATURES HOLD PRETTY STEADY

AROUND HERE, RIGHT AROUND THE

FREEZING MARK, 29 DEGREES ON

SUNDAY, AND WE GET SOME

SUNSHINE BACK.