icy conditions possible today

The NWS has issued a Special Weather Statement for possibly of icy conditions today into tomorrow.  

There will be an update with the NWS for this weekends winter storm later this afternoon and will give a further briefing then.  For now though, with the chances of our wet surfaces freezing, be careful while driving, especially over bridges which freeze faster than surface roadways due to accelerated heat loss.  Slow down and give further space between the car in front of you.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
959 AM CST FRI DEC 20 2013

ILZ013-014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019-202200-
DUPAGE-COOK-LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-
IROQUOIS-FORD-LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...CHICAGO...OTTAWA...OSWEGO...
MORRIS...JOLIET...KANKAKEE...PONTIAC...WATSEKA...PAXTON...GARY...
VALPARAISO...MOROCCO...RENSSELAER...FOWLER
959 AM CST FRI DEC 20 2013 /1059 AM EST FRI DEC 20 2013/

...POTENTIAL FOR LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY
SATURDAY MORNING...

TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY TO SLOWLY FALL THIS AFTERNOON AS WINDS
TURN NORTHERLY ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. SOME LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE
IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS...INCLUDING
ACROSS THE CHICAGO METROPOLITAN AREA. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO
BE VERY CLOSE TO 32 DEGREES...AND MAY FALL TO OR BELOW FREEZING
RESULTING IN THE POSSIBILITY FOR DRIZZLE TO FREEZE AND FORM A
GLAZE OF ICE...ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS OR ELEVATED
SURFACES.

AS TEMPERATURES HOVER AROUND THE FREEZING MARK TONIGHT INTO EARLY
SATURDAY MORNING...LIGHT PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE. THE SLIGHTLY
HIGHER CHANCES ARE FOR MAINLY AREAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PONTIAC
ILLINOIS TO VALPARAISO INDIANA. FREEZING DRIZZLE WITH LIGHT ICE
ACCUMULATION WILL ONCE AGAIN BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME.

ANY FREEZING PRECIPITATION CAN CERTAINLY HAVE IMPACTS ON
TRAVEL...SO STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECAST INFORMATION AND
ADVISORIES. BE ALERT FOR CHANGING CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADWAYS.

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MTF