Dec 15, 2008 5:34 am US/Central
City Responds To Weather With Snow Fighting Trucks
CHICAGO (Sun-Times Media Wire) ―
Half the city's snow trucks have been sent out to combat ice on slick streets after unseasonably warm weather came to an abrupt end Sunday night.
At 1:30 a.m., the Department of Streets & Sanitation had called up 184 snow fighting trucks, about half the main fleet, to patrol and salt the city's main routes and Lake Shore Drive, according to a release from the department.
The trucks were put on the streets in response to a winter weather system that is expected to bring snow, rain or sleet and a sharp decline in temperatures, which can cause slick conditions on roadways.
The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory that will be in effect until 4 a.m. Monday for a number of counties including DuPage, Cook, Kendall, Grundy, Will, Kankakee, DeKalb, Lake and McHenry.
A strong cold front from western Illinois is expected to cause a sharp drop in temperatures from the 50s into the 20s in a matter of hours, the weather service said.
After the front passes, colder air and a band of freezing rain will blanket the area, with a small accumulation of ice expected. A light dusting of snow may also be deposited across the area over the ice.
A winter weather advisory means that a combination of snow, sleet or freezing rain will make for slippery roadways and will cause travel difficulties, the weather service said.
Total nighttime snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half-inch is possible with a low of 15 degrees expected.
Monday will be mostly sunny, with a steady temperature of 14 degrees and a wind chill valuing below 5 degrees.
(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2009. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)
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