000 FLUS43 KLOT 092257 HWOLOT HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 457 PM CST THU FEB 9 2012 ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019- 102300- 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- 457 PM CST THU FEB 9 2012 /557 PM EST THU FEB 9 2012/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY...AND IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WHICH WILL IMPACT NORTHWEST INDIANA AND PORTIONS OF FAR NORTHEAST ILLINOIS FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MIDDAY SATURDAY. WHILE LAKE EFFECT SNOW CAN BE HIGHLY LOCALIZED...CURRENT FORECASTS ARE FOR TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES IN FAR NORTHEAST COOK COUNTY...4 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS DOWNTOWN CHICAGO AND THE SOUTH SUBURBS...WITH 5 TO 8 INCHES FROM THE FAR SOUTHEAST SIDE OF CHICAGO EAST ACROSS NORTHERN LAKE AND PORTER COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST INDIANA. WIND CHILL READINGS WILL DROP TO 5 BELOW TO 10 BELOW ZERO ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS FRIDAY NIGHT...AND NEAR ZERO ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. THERE IS A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW MONDAY INTO TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT. && COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS CHICAGO WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO $$ LMZ740>745-102300- WINTHROP HARBOR TO WILMETTE HARBOR- WILMETTE HARBOR TO NORTHERLY ISLAND- NORTHERLY ISLAND TO CALUMET HARBOR-CALUMET HARBOR TO GARY- GARY TO BURNS HARBOR-BURNS HARBOR TO MICHIGAN CITY- 457 PM CST THU FEB 9 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ILLINOIS NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN AND THE INDIANA NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. STRONG NORTH AND NORTHWEST WINDS AND HIGH WAVES WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING ALONG THE ILLINOIS SHORE...AND INTO SUNDAY EVENING ALONG THE INDIANA SHORE. OCCASIONAL GALE FORCE GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS PERIOD. MODERATE FREEZING SPRAY IS POSSIBLE FROM LATE FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. && COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS CHICAGO WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO $$ LMZ080-261-362-364-366-563-565-567-669-671-673-675-777-779-868- 870-872-874-876-878-102300- 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- 457 PM CST THU FEB 9 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE OPEN WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SOUTHWEST GALES ARE LIKELY ACROSS APPROXIMATELY THE NORTHERN THIRD OF LAKE MICHIGAN THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE TURNING NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT. GALES WILL DIMINISH INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NORTH WINDS WITH OCCASIONAL GALE FORCE GUSTS AND FREEZING SPRAY ARE LIKELY ON MUCH OF LAKE MICHIGAN FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. NORTHWEST GALES AND FREEZING SPRAY ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. && COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS CHICAGO WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO $$ MDB