Special Weather Statement
Statement as of 3:29 PM EST on February 19, 2010
…Potential for winter storm Sunday night into Monday…
A couple of upper level disturbances will affect northern Illinois and Northwest Indiana from tonight through Monday. The second of these systems has the potential to bring significant snow accumulations to portions of the region Sunday night into Monday.
A weak disturbance tracking east out of the plains will bring light snow accumulations to the area from tonight through Saturday. A stronger storm system from the Pacific will then track into the central and Southern Plains on Sunday. Light snow is expected to develop ahead of this disturbance across portions of northern and central Illinois Sunday afternoon. The intensity of snow is expected to increase Sunday night into Monday as the disturbance across the plains begins to track eastward. At this time it appears as though there is a potential for significant snow accumulations with some areas possibly receiving in excess of 6 inches of snowfall by Monday evening. There is still much uncertainty regarding the exact track of this storm which will not only have an impact on the location of heaviest snow…but also on the precipitation type. A storm track further to the north may result in mixed precipitation Sunday night into early Monday…
especially south of Interstate 80. Anyone planning travel across the region late this weekend into the early part of next week should keep up on later forecasts regarding this potential winter storm.
courtesy: www.iqesda.com
