Chicago Weather O'Hare Forecast Wednesday, September 7 2016 at 12:08:07 PM CT -- Afternoon, Evening Thunderstorm

NWS Forecast for: Amf Ohare IL
Issued by: National Weather Service Chicago, IL
Last Update: 11:17 am CDT Sep 7, 2016


Special Weather Statement
Hazardous Weather Outlook Below

This Afternoon: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 90. Heat index values as high as 98. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 5am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Low around 73. South southwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.

Thursday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11am, then a slight chance of showers between 11am and 2pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 85. West wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 65. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north northeast after midnight.


Friday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 8am. Partly sunny, with a high near 80. East wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.

Friday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Saturday: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 8am, then a slight chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 75. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Saturday Night: A slight chance of showers before 8pm. Mostly clear, with a low around 56.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 74.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 57.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 77.

Monday Night: A chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 62.

Tuesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 76.


Amf Ohare IL
41.98°N 87.9°W

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
422 AM CDT WED SEP 7 2016

ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019-
080930-
WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE ILLINOIS-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-
DUPAGE-COOK-LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-
IROQUOIS-FORD-LAKE INDIANA-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON-
422 AM CDT WED SEP 7 2016 /522 AM EDT WED SEP 7 2016/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:
SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORM RISK...WITH AN ASSOCIATED:
LIMITED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK...UP TO 60 MPH.
SIGNIFICANT FLOODING RISK.
LIMITED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK.

DISCUSSION:

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE
80 TODAY WITH A CHANCE THAT SOME AFTERNOON STORMS...IF THEY
DEVELOP...WOULD HAVE A GUSTY WIND THREAT. LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND MORE SO THIS EVENING...WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS EXPANDING INTO NORTHEAST ILLINOIS
AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS
AND COULD RESULT IN FLOODING...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTH CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

THURSDAY...
LIMITED THUNDERSTORM RISK.
FRIDAY...
ELEVATED FLOODING RISK.
LIMITED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM RISK.
SATURDAY...
LIMITED THUNDERSTORM RISK.
HIGH SWIM RISK.
MONDAY AND TUESDAY...
LIMITED THUNDERSTORM RISK.


.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION CANNOT BE RULED OUT THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. IN ADDITION...RAINFALL REPORTS ARE APPRECIATED.

GENERAL STORM MOTION OF THE DAY:

MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH TODAY AND TO THE NORTHEAST AT
25 MPH TONIGHT.

&&

$$

LMZ740>745-080930-
WINTHROP HARBOR TO WILMETTE HARBOR-
WILMETTE HARBOR TO NORTHERLY ISLAND-
NORTHERLY ISLAND TO CALUMET HARBOR-CALUMET HARBOR TO GARY-
GARY TO BURNS HARBOR-BURNS HARBOR TO MICHIGAN CITY-
422 AM CDT WED SEP 7 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ILLINOIS NEARSHORE
WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN AND THE INDIANA NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WITH THUNDERSTORMS
EXPECTED TONIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF GUSTS OF
35 KNOTS OR HIGHER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS THE
INDIANA NEARSHORE. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURN FRIDAY AND FRIDAY
NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY...AND THEN AGAIN TUESDAY.

&&

$$

LMZ080-261-362-364-366-563-565-567-669-671-673-675-777-779-868-
870-872-874-876-878-080930-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM MICHIGAN CITY IN TO ST. JOSEPH MI 5 NM
OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM SEUL CHOIX POINT TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE 5 NM
OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SEUL CHOIX POINT TO THE
MACKINAC BRIDGE AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CHARLEVOIX MI TO SOUTH
FOX ISLAND 5 NM OFFSHORE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM CHARLEVOIX TO POINT BETSIE MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO
MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM POINT BETSIE TO MANISTEE MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO
MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE TO STURGEON BAY WI-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM STURGEON BAY TO TWO RIVERS WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO
MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM TWO RIVERS TO SHEBOYGAN WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO
MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI 5 NM OFFSHORE
TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI 5 NM
OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI 5 NM
OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL 5 NM
OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WINTHROP HARBOR TO WILMETTE HARBOR IL 5 NM
OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WILMETTE HARBOR IL TO MICHIGAN CITY IN 5 NM
OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM PENTWATER TO MANISTEE MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID
LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WHITEHALL TO PENTWATER MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID
LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM GRAND HAVEN TO WHITEHALL MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO
MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM HOLLAND TO GRAND HAVEN MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID
LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM SOUTH HAVEN TO HOLLAND MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID
LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ST. JOSEPH TO SOUTH HAVEN MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO
MID LAKE-
422 AM CDT WED SEP 7 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE OPEN WATERS OF LAKE
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE LAKE.
SOME OF THESE MAY PRODUCE GUSTS OF 35 KNOTS OR GREATER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT INTO
EARLY SATURDAY...AND THEN AGAIN TUESDAY.

&&

$$

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