Slippery, Dangerous, Nasty Weather Out There

This happens every time the weather turns from balmy to freezing—people get into car accidents, some of them serious.

A good example was the , which was full of accidents, including a vehicle sliding onto the railroad tracks on Route 38 and .

Not the kind of plowing you want to see when it's snowing. Fortunately, the driver escaped in time to save his life.

Right now, we're experiencing a Hazardous Weather Outlook, which is for all of Northeast Illinois but specifically for good old No. 41.88°N, 88.32°W and courtesy of the National Weather Service—Chicago.

The ALL-CAPS belong to the the NWS, the cheesy parenthetical comments are mine.

RAIN WILL TRANSITION OVER TO ALL SNOW THIS MORNING AS MUCH COLDER AIR MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. (check)

THIS SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WISCONSIN AND ILLINOIS STATE LINE (yikes!) ... 1 TO 3 INCHES ALONG THE INTERSTATE 88 CORRIDOR (OK, that's better) ... AND LESSER AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 INCH SOUTH OF THE KANKAKEE RIVER.

(And it's not going to get better soon.)

DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN ... WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE TO BRING PERIODIC CHANCES OF SNOW TO THE AREA THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

SOME ACCUMULATING SNOW IS POSSIBLE DURING THIS PERIOD. (The less, the better.)

COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS CHICAGO WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO