Friday, July 1, 2011

Hazardous Weather Outlook

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS IN NEAR FAR NORTHWEST INDIANA WILL END EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON.

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH INTO THE MIDDLE 90S IN
NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND THE UPPER 90S IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
THIS AFTERNOON. IN COMBINATION WITH DEW POINTS IN THE LOWER
70S...HEAT INDEX VALUES AROUND 105 ARE EXPECTED BY MID TO LATE
AFTERNOON IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND FROM 105 TO 110 IN NORTH
CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

A COLD FRONT WILL BRING ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS LATE
TONIGHT FOR AREAS ACROSS NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS. THERE WILL THEN
BE PERIODIC CHANCES FOR ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE
OUTLOOK AREA FROM SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT.

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COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS CHICAGO
WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO