...POWERFUL COLD FRONT TO BLAST THROUGH THE AREA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...
A POTENT COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP RAPIDLY ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS
EVENING. AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH TEMPERATURES WILL RAPIDLY FALL
BY AS MUCH AS 20 DEGREES IN LESS THAN A HOUR AS WINDS SHIFT TO THE
NORTHWEST.
THE FRONT AND THE LEADING EDGE OF THE MUCH COLDER AIR WILL REACH A
HARVARD...TO DE KALB...TO OTTAWA LINE BY AROUND 4 PM. BY AROUND 5
PM...THE FRONT SHOULD EXTEND FROM THE NORTHERN SUBURBS OF CHICAGO
SOUTH THROUGH THE NEAR WESTERN SUBURBS TO NEAR PLAINFIELD...AND
SOUTHWEST TO PONTIAC. BY AROUND 6 PM...THE FRONT WILL BE WELL OUT
OVER SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN...SOUTH TO NEAR HAMMOND INDIANA...TO
NEAR PAXTON. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OUT OF EXTREME
NORTHWEST INDIANA BY 7 OR 730 PM CDT.
IN ADDITION TO A RAPID DROP IN TEMPERATURES...A NARROW LINE OF
SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT AND
COULD PRODUCE BRIEF WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND
SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE REGION AT TIMES THROUGH
THIS EVENING.
