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Weather Alert: 1 Inch Expected for Christmas

Be careful and drive safely if you have Christmas Eve or Christmas Day travel plans.

This just in from the National Weather Service Chicago: White Christmas.

SNOW WILL DEVELOP WITH SOME MINOR ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATES 88 AND 290. INCREASING WINDS OVERNIGHT COULD RESULT IN SOME BLOWING OF ANY FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW LATE.


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SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION LATE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT WITH LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.

THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL BETWEEN ROUGHLY MIDNIGHT AND 600 AM CST FOR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS INCLUDING ROCKFORD...AND BETWEEN 200 AM AND 800 AM CST FOR NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA INCLUDING THE CHICAGO METRO AREA.

1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED NORTH OF THE I-88 CORRIDOR. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BETWEEN I-88 AND A PONTIAC TO VALPARAISO LINE. UP TO AN INCH IS POSSIBLE SOUTH OF THAT LINE. IN ADDITION TO LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS

...BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY CHRISTMAS MORNING WITH GUSTS PUSHING 20 TO 25 MPH AT TIMES LEADING TO BLOWING OF THE SNOW.
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