NWS LOT STATEMENT

The Chicago office if the NWS has put this in their forcast discussion...

THERE ARE SOME EARLY INDICATIONS THAT A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM
COULD DEVELOP AND POTENTIALLY AFFECT ALL OR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN
ILLINOIS OR NORTHERN INDIANA WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOW OR ICE MONDAY
NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. MANY VARIABLES NEED TO COME INTO PLAY FOR A
SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO DEVELOP...AND IF JUST ONE IS MISSING...THE
POTENTIAL FOR A MAJOR WINTER STORM DECREASES SUBSTANTIALLY. IN
ADDITION...ONLY A SMALL CHANGE IN THE FORECAST TRACK OF THE STORM
WILL MAKE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SIGNIFICANT SNOW...ICE...OR MOSTLY
RAIN FOR NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND INDIANA.