If those of us in the Chicagoland area seem to dissappear from the face of the earth tomorrow, this is why:
(Sorry about the caps, I copied and pasted it from the weather site)
WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT
A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD NORTH CENTRAL EARLY DURING EARLY TO MID EVENING... AND ACROSS THEN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA DURING MID TO LATE EVENING. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE PRIMARILY SNOW... HEAVY AT TIMES... ACROSS FAR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS INTO THE NORTHERN SUBURBS OF CHICAGO. FARTHER SOUTH SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG THE INTERSTATES 88 AND 290 CORRIDORS... WITH SNOW POSSIBLY MIXING WITH OR CHANGING TO SLEET. A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS LIKELY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80.
TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE FOOT ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST ILLINOIS BY FRIDAY MORNING... TAPERING TO 3 TO 5 INCHES CLOSER TO INTERSTATE 80. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR NORTHERN ILLINOIS... ESPECIALLY DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS... WHEN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH SNOW ARE POSSIBLE. AREAS WHICH RECEIVE THE LESSER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FARTHER SOUTH WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION IN EXCESS OF A HALF INCH IS POSSIBLE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 BY FRIDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY LATE MORNING FRIDAY.
(Sorry about the caps, I copied and pasted it from the weather site)
WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT
A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD NORTH CENTRAL EARLY DURING EARLY TO MID EVENING... AND ACROSS THEN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA DURING MID TO LATE EVENING. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE PRIMARILY SNOW... HEAVY AT TIMES... ACROSS FAR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS INTO THE NORTHERN SUBURBS OF CHICAGO. FARTHER SOUTH SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG THE INTERSTATES 88 AND 290 CORRIDORS... WITH SNOW POSSIBLY MIXING WITH OR CHANGING TO SLEET. A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS LIKELY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80.
TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE FOOT ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST ILLINOIS BY FRIDAY MORNING... TAPERING TO 3 TO 5 INCHES CLOSER TO INTERSTATE 80. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR NORTHERN ILLINOIS... ESPECIALLY DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS... WHEN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH SNOW ARE POSSIBLE. AREAS WHICH RECEIVE THE LESSER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FARTHER SOUTH WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION IN EXCESS OF A HALF INCH IS POSSIBLE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 BY FRIDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY LATE MORNING FRIDAY.
