It's been snowing since last evening, and there's a Winter Storm Warning out until AM tomorrow. Driving is crap (although I don't know this firsthand, as I'm still at work and I think things are going downhill as the day progresses - I can tell you that driving to work this morning wasn't fun). It's also blowing and drifting out there.

Looks like hell.

UPDATE: Looking at my Back Yard Cam (That's over in sidebar with the thumbnails of all of my webcams) and the snow is now drifting on the window, covering most of the camera's viewing angle. *yech*

A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE FROM AR TO S. IN THIS AFTERNOON WILL INTENSIFY & MOVE NE TO CNTL OH BY THURSDAY MORNING. N. IL WILL RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL. AREAS IN NW IN & LOCATIONS SO. OF INTERSTATE 80 IN IL WILL RECEIVE A MIXTURE OF SNOW.SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.

ILZ003>006-008-010>014-060300-
BOONE-COOK-DE KALB-DUPAGE-KANE-LAKE-LEE-MCHENRY-OGLE-WINNEBAGO-
316 PM CST WED JAN 5 2005

HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY.

A STORM TOTAL OF 8 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED ALONG & NO. OF A LINE
FROM AROUND DIXON TO DEKALB TO ST CHARLES TO EVANSTON. 6 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS DUPAGE & COOK COUNTIES.

PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL OCCUR OFF & ON THROUGH EARLY EVENING WITH A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW FROM ABOUT 800 PM TO 200 AM. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS AFTER 200 AM.

NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING & DRIFTING SNOW.

ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.

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ILZ019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019-060300-
BENTON-FORD-GRUNDY-IROQUOIS-JASPER-KANKAKEE-KENDALL-LA SALLE-LAKE-
LIVINGSTON-NEWTON-PORTER-WILL-
316 PM CST WED JAN 5 2005

WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST (7 AM EST) THURSDAY.

ALONG & NO. OF INTERSTATE 80.FROM MENDOTA TO YORKVILLE TO JOLIET TO GARY.PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE OFF AND ON INTO EARLY EVENING. A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR FROM AROUND 800 PM UNTIL 200 AM. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 4 TO 7 INCHES.

FROM INTERSTATE 80.SOUTH TO A LINE FROM PONTIAC TO THE KANKAKEE RIVER.A MIXTURE OF SNOW.SLEET.& FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BECOME ALL SNOW BY MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL BE 2 TO 4 INCHES ON TOP OF UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE.

SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PONTIAC TO THE KANKAKEE RIVER.INCLUDING GIBSON CITY.WATSEKA & RENSSELAER.PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN & SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF INCH MAY CAUSE TREE LIMBS & POWER LINES TO COME DOWN.AS WELL AS CAUSE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT & ACCUMULATE AN INCH OR 2 BEFORE ENDING.

SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF TO LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS FOR ALL OF NORTHERN IL & NW IN AFTER 200 AM.

HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW & ICE WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY & CAUSE ROADS & WALKWAYS TO BECOME HAZARDOUS. AVOID TRAVEL.
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ALLSOPP