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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
425 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

THE REGION SAW A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS DURING THE AFTERNOON. A FEW
SHOWERS AND SPRINKLES HAD DEVELOPED IN THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS
ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN ILLINOIS ALONG THE INDIANA BORDER...INTO
NORTHWEST INDIANA. TEMPERATURES BY LATE AFTERNOON WERE IN THE MID
70S TO LOWER 80S...BUT ONLY IN THE MID 60S TO LOWER 70S NEAR LAKE
MICHIGAN.

ANY SHOWERS ACTIVITY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA WILL DISSIPATE BY EARLY
THIS EVENING. OTHERWISE THE REGION CAN EXPECT DRY...MILD CONDITIONS
TONIGHT.

A STORM SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY APPROACH FROM THE WEST ON SUNDAY...WITH A
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE DAY LIMITED TO NORTHWEST AND
NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...THEN BETTER CHANCES AREA WIDE BY SUNDAY
EVENING. SUNDAY WILL BE VERY WARM...WITH HIGHS IN THE MID AND
UPPER 80S AWAY FROM THE ILLINOIS LAKEFRONT...ALONG WITH INCREASING
HUMIDITY LEVELS. THE ACTIVE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MIDDLE
OF NEXT WEEK...WITH PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...AND SOME
POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER LATE SUNDAY EVENING AND NIGHT...AND
AGAIN MONDAY EVENING AND NIGHT. IN ADDITION...THERE IS A POTENTIAL
FOR PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL.

$$

RC

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