THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.

FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...POSSIBLY MIXED AT TIMES WITH SNOW...WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN TUESDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION COULD FALL RATHER HEAVILY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY LEADING TO THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES AND POWER LINES.

PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT PORTIONS OF THIS WATCH AREA COULD RECEIVE IN EXCESS OF A HALF INCH OF ICE...IN ADDITION TO SOME SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. TEMPERATURES COULD RISE ABOVE FREEZING AND PRECIPITATION TURN TO ALL RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON TUESDAY...PARTICULARLY SOUTH OF I-88 AND I-290. FARTHER NORTH TOWARD THE WISCONSIN BORDER PRECIPITATION MAY REMAIN FREEZING RAIN THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY