Wintry mix or snow will begin Saturday evening across northern Illinois

Winter situations together with one other spherical of snow are forecast for Saturday into Sunday throughout northern Illinois, the Nationwide Climate Service mentioned in issuing two hazardous climate outlooks.

The NWS station in Romeoville is looking for snow showers to start someday round 10 p.m. with accumulations between one and three inches.

The priority for motorists is the slushy accumulation on roads, bridges and overpasses that might make traction treacherous.

The service is anticipating daytime temps to be within the low to mid 30s and switch blustery in a single day. The identical temperatures are to be anticipated by way of Tuesday.

Northeastern Illinois counties underneath the hazardous climate outlook are Winnebago, Boone, McHenry, Lake, Ogle, Lee, DeKalb, Kane, DuPage, La Salle, Kendall, Grundy, Kankakee, Livingston, Iroquois, Ford, Prepare dinner and Will counties.

The station in Quad Cities is looking for both a wintry combine or rain turning into snow beginning someday Saturday afternoon. It requested skilled climate spotters to report accumulations larger than an inch.

Northwestern Illinois counties underneath the hazardous climate outlook are Whiteside, Rock Island, Henry, Bureau, Putnam, Mercer, Henderson, Warren, Hancock, McDonough, Scotland and Clark.

Time change

The service additionally issued a reminder to set clocks forward one hour as a result of daylight financial savings time begins at 2 a.m. Sunday. It additionally suggests that individuals change batteries of their smoke and carbon monoxide detectors and their NOAA climate radios.