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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
600 AM CST SUN DEC 19 2004

ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>022-023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019
-201200- 
WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DU PAGE-COOK-
LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-
LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON-
600 AM CST SUN DEC 19 2004

THIS PORTION OF THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL 
AND NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. 

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTER...JASPER AND LAKE 
COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST INDIANA. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL 
INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS MORNING.  RADAR AND SATELLITE DATA 
INDICATE THAT THE SNOW BAND IS CONCENTRATING INTO A FULL-FETCH PLUME 
THAT IS SHIFTING WESTWARD FROM BERRIEN COUNTY MICHIGAN AND IS 
FORECAST TO STALL OVER PORTER AND LAPORTE COUNTIES LATER THIS 
MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS SUPPORT OCCASIONAL INTENSE 
SNOW BURSTS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES PER 
HOUR AT TIMES.  TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY THIS EVENING WILL RANGE 
FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF LAKE AND NORTHERN JASPER COUNTIES 
...TO 12 TO 20 INCHES IN PORTER COUNTY.  THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF AND 
END LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.    

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS EASTERN COOK 
AND EASTERN WILL COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS...AND NEWTON AND BENTON 
COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST INDIANA. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE 
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

OUTSIDE THE SNOW AREA...TEMPERATURES WILL STRUGGLE TO REACH DOUBLE 
DIGIT READINGS TODAY.  NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL 
LOWER WIND CHILLS TO 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING.  WINDS WILL 
BEGIN TO SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT THE WIND CHILL WILL REMAIN 
SUBZERO ALL DAY. 

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

TEMPERATURES WILL MODERATE MONDAY AND TUESDAY. SOME SNOW MAY DEVELOP 
MONDAY INTO MONDAY EVENING AS THE WARMER AIR MOVES IN...BUT ANY 
ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MINOR.  AT THIS TIME...DRY AND COLD WEATHER IS 
EXPECTED HEADING INTO THE UPCOMING CHRISTMAS WEEKEND. 

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER REPORTS OF SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WOULD BE APPRECIATED 
OVERNIGHT AND SUNDAY.

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COMPLETE DETAILED FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE
NWS CHICAGO WEBPAGE: WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/LOT (LOWER CASE)

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LMZ740>746-766-201200-
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-MICHIGAN 
CITY TO NEW BUFFALO-LAKE MICHIGAN-
600 AM CST SUN DEC 19 2004

THIS PORTION OF THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ILLINOIS 
AND INDIANA WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. 

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN 
THROUGH THIS MORNING FOR NORTH GALES TO 40 KNOTS.  WIND SPEEDS ARE 
EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH A 
TURN TO NORTHWEST WINDS BY THIS EVENING.  WAVES TO 14 FEET MAY 
SUBSIDE SLIGHTLY THIS AFTERNOON...BUT A MORE SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN 
WAVE HEIGHT IS NOT EXPECTED UNTIL WINDS BACK INTO THE NORTHWEST THIS 
EVENING.

IN ADDITION TO THE WINDS AND WAVES...SNOW SQUALLS AND FREEZING SPRAY 
CAN BE EXPECTED UNTIL LATE TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

SOUTH WINDS MAY INCREASE TO NEAR GALE FORCE ON MONDAY.  
OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.  

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COMPLETE DETAILED FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE
NWS CHICAGO WEBPAGE: WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/LOT (LOWER CASE)

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