...STRONG WINDS AND PLUMMETING TEMPERATURES ARRIVING...
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS BETWEEN 10
PM AND 1 AM. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL AROUND 20 DEGREES IN THREE
HOURS AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. MILD MID EVENING TEMPERATURES IN
THE MID TO UPPER 50S WILL FALL INTO THE 30S BY LATE TONIGHT.
OCCASIONAL WINDS GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH HAVE BEEN OBSERVED ACROSS
PORTIONS OF EASTERN IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN BEHIND THIS
COLD FRONT. SIMILAR WIND GUSTS ARE LIKELY ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS
AS THE WINDS TURN TO THE NORTHWEST BETWEEN 10 PM AND 1 AM. THESE
HIGHER WIND GUSTS WILL PERSIST MUCH OF OVERNIGHT.
THE COMBINATION OF THE BRISK WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL
CAUSE WIND CHILLS TO DROP INTO THE TEENS BY DAYBREAK ACROSS A
LARGE PORTION OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS.
ANY LOOSE OBJECTS OUTSIDE SUSCEPTIBLE TO STRONGER WINDS SHOULD BE
SECURED. IN ADDITION...PREPARE FOR A MUCH COLDER MORNING ON FRIDAY
THAN SEEN ON THANKSGIVING DAY.
