MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0052
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0331 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...NERN IL...NRN IND...SWRN LOWER MI
   
   CONCERNING...FREEZING RAIN 
   
   VALID 272131Z - 280130Z
   
   SUMMARY...FREEZING RAIN RATES APPROACHING 0.05 INCH PER HOUR ARE
   POSSIBLE OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING
   HOURS.  PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO END OR CHANGE OVER TO RAIN BY
   MIDNIGHT ACROSS THE AREA.
   
   DISCUSSION...FREEZING RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS ERN IA/SRN
   WI/NRN IL DURING THE AFTERNOON AND THIS THREAT IS EXPECTED TO
   CONTINUE EWD WITH THE LOW-LEVEL WARM ADVECTION REGIME.  RAP-BASED
   FORECAST SOUNDINGS ACROSS THE REGION INDICATE THAT A STRONG WARM
   NOSE WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 700 AND 850 MB WHILE MAINTAINING SURFACE
   TEMPERATURES AOB FREEZING INTO THE EVENING HOURS.  AS THE PROFILE
   SATURATES...FREEZING RAIN RATES NEAR 0.05 INCH PER HOUR WITH LOCALLY
   HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE.
   
   ..JIRAK.. 01/27/2013
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...IWX...GRR...LOT...
   
   LAT...LON   41668705 41818671 41988655 42218640 42488624 42588617
               42658586 42608558 42368528 42178512 41778510 41638513
               41258548 41148576 40968649 40938715 40968752 41158787
               41348815 41478830 41708831 41838827 41998822 42078805
               42098786 42088766 41968764 41798759 41668748 41618728
               41668705