Precipitation and icy conditions to hit several northern Illinois counties Wednesday

The National Weather Service predicts snow and a wintry mix of precipitation to hit the following counties on Wednesday: Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, La Salle, Lee, Ogle and Will.

From 6 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Feb. 5, a slight chance of snow will hit north of a line from Dixon to Valparaiso. Precipitation will gradually spread across northern Illinois from noon to 6 p.m., changing/mixing with freezing rain.

The highest precipitation rates will take place between 6 p.m. to midnight.

Snow/sleet in northern Illinois will likely mix with or change to freezing rain during these times. Precipitation may switch to plain rain south of Interstate 80.