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FXUS63 KLOT 300855
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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
355 AM CDT WED JUL 30 2014

.DISCUSSION...
315 AM CDT

SYNOPSIS...TODAY WILL BE VERY SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY WITH A LAKE
BREEZE PUSHING INLAND.  SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
WILL FORM ALONG THE BOUNDARY. THERE ARE CHANCES FOR AFTERNOON
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH SATURDAY WITH THE BETTER CHANCES FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY.  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY NEXT WEEK.
TEMPERATURES SLOWLY RISE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH MID 80 HIGH
TEMPS POSSIBLE MONDAY.

TODAY AND TONIGHT...
THE UPPER LEVEL LOW IS STILL PARKED OVER JAMES BAY. A SHORT WAVE
TROUGH/COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW IS OVER CENTRAL WI AND IT
WILL SLIDE DOWN THE LAKE THROUGH THIS MORNING. THE FRONT LOSES STEAM
THIS AFTERNOON AND STALLS OVER NORTHERN IL AND IN.

A LAKE BREEZE IS ALSO EXPECTED TODAY SO THERE SHOULD BE ADEQUATE
FORCING FOR SHOWERS AND A FEW STORMS BETWEEN THE LAKE BREEZE AND
STALLED OUT COLD FRONT.  CAPE WILL ONCE AGAIN BE LIMITED TO BELOW
500 J/KG SO NOT EXPECTING A TON OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. UPPER
LEVEL TEMPS AND SURFACE TEMPS WILL BE A BIT COOLER TODAY SO THINKING
THAT WILL ALSO LIMIT INSTABILITY.  ANY STORMS THAT DO FORM WILL NOT
BE SEVERE...BUT MAY BE DOWNDRAFT DRIVEN PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS
LIKE YESTERDAY. HIGH TEMPS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 70S...EXCEPT ALONG
THE LAKE SHORE WHERE THE LAKE BREEZE WILL KEEP HIGH TEMPS IN THE
MID 70S.

SHOWERS AND STORMS DISSIPATE THIS EVENING WITH LIGHT SOUTHWEST WINDS
EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.  SKIES SHOULD CLEAR OUT NICELY SO EXPECTING MIN
TEMPS TO APPROACH THE DEWPOINTS. SO LOOKING AT LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S
IN THE OUTLYING AREAS...BUT IN THE LOW 60S DOWNTOWN.

JEE

THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

THE AREA REMAINS ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF THE EASTERN CANADIAN
UPPER LONG WAVE TROUGH THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK WITH LITTLE
CHANGE IN THE WEATHER PATTERN. AS IS TYPICALLY THE CASE WITH SUCH
AN ESTABLISHED LONG WAVE...MINOR PERTURBATIONS WILL TRAVERSE
DOWN THE BACK SIDE OF THE TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN GREAT
LAKES. EACH OF THESE LOOK TO BRING SUBTLE ENHANCEMENT TO LOW-
LEVEL CONVERGENCE AND KEEP COOL AIR ALOFT FOR ELONGATED CAPE
PROFILES NEAR PEAK HEATING. ALL IN ALL THESE CONTINUE TO PRESENT
MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING SCATTERED SHOWER/STORM CHANCES.
THERE CONTINUES FAIR MODEL AGREEMENT ON BRINGING AN UPPER/MID
LEVEL SPEED MAX AND AN ASSOCIATED WAVE SOUTHWARD FOR BETTER
COVERAGE OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS/STORMS. BOTH THE SREF AND GEFS
SUPPORT HIGHER POPS OVER A GOOD AMOUNT OF THE AREA AND WHILE THE
MAGNITUDES OF BOTH MAY BE EXTREME /70 PERCENT PLUS/...THE IDEA OF
SCATTERED COVERAGE MORE SO THAN TODAY AND THURSDAY SEEMS LIKELY.
THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE FRONT HANGS UP OVER THE EASTERN FORECAST
AREA. THE LAKE BREEZE WILL CONTINUE TO ALSO BE A FOCUS FOR SHOWERS
AND STORMS...SO DO HAVE A LITTLE HIGHER POPS IN THE NORTHEAST
FORECAST AREA. VERY SLIGHT TEMPERATURE MODERATION IS EXPECTED
THROUGH THIS TIME.

EARLY NEXT WEEK...
HIGH PRESSURE LOOKS TO PREVAIL SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE LATTER
HALF OF THE WEEKEND. THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN LOOKS TO FLATTEN
SOMEWHAT WITH A QUICK MOVING SYSTEM NORTH OF THE GREAT LAKES
ADVERTISED EARLY NEXT WEEK BY GUIDANCE. THIS LOOKS TO STEER A COOL
FRONT INTO THE REGION WITH LARGE DISCREPANCY ON TIMING AND JUST
HOW FAR SOUTH THIS REACHES. HAVE NOT MADE ANY CHANGES TO A WELL-
VERIFYING BLEND OF GUIDANCE BESIDES INCHING UP TEMPS A COUPLE
DEGREES ON MONDAY AHEAD OF THIS COOL FRONTAL FEATURE.

&&

.AVIATION...

//ORD AND MDW CONCERNS...UPDATED 09Z...

* LAKE BREEZE EXPECTED WITH NE WINDS AT 10 KT BEHIND IT.

* SCT SHRA THIS AFTN AND EVENING. A FEW TSRA PSBL.

JEE

//DISCUSSION...UPDATED 06Z...

SHOWERS HAVE PUSHED SOUTH OF THE TERMINALS BUT TODAY IS LOOKING
VERY SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY. A LAKE BREEZE IS EXPECTED ALONG WITH A
WEAKER UPPER LEVEL WAVE. THE LAKE BREEZE WILL PROVIDE ENOUGH
FORCING FOR SCT SHRA THIS AFTN AND EVENING...BUT THINKING WE WILL
SEE LESS ACTIVITY THAN YESTERDAY. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO
EXPECTED AS WELL BUT THEY SHOULD BE ISOLATED ENOUGH TO LEAVE OUT
OF THE TAF FOR NOW.

WINDS BECOME NE ARND 10 KT BEHIND THE LAKE BREEZE AT MDW AND
ORD....AND NNE AT GYY. HAVE HIGH CONFIDENCE THAT THE LAKE BREEZE
WILL MAKE IT THROUGH MDW AND GYY AND MEDIUM-HIGH CONFIDENCE ABOUT
ORD. WINDS SLOWLY RETURN TO THE SW IN THE EVENING WITH CONTINUED
VFR CONDITIONS.

JEE

//ORD AND MDW CONFIDENCE...UPDATED 09Z...

* HIGH CONFIDENCE IN LAKE BREEZE...MEDIUM CONFIDENCE IN
  TIMING...MEDIUM CONFIDENCE IN HOW FAR INLAND IT TRAVELS.

* MEDIUM-HIGH CONFIDENCE IN SHRA DEVELOPMENT AND COVERAGE...LOW
  CONFIDENCE IN TSRA COVERAGE AND DEVELOPMENT.

* HIGH CONFIDENCE IN ALL OTHER FORECAST ELEMENTS.

JEE

//OUTLOOK FOR ORD/MDW FOR 12Z THURSDAY-12Z TUESDAY...UPDATED 00Z...

THURSDAY...SLIGHT CHANCE TSRA IN AFTN

FRIDAY...SLIGHT CHANCE TSRA IN AFTN

SATURDAY...CHANCE TSRA

SUNDAY...VFR

MONDAY...SLIGHT CHANCE TSRA

DANIELSON/RODRIGUEZ

&&

.MARINE...
255 AM CDT

A WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT IS OVER THE LAKE WITH A WEAK COLD
FRONT/UPPER LEVEL WAVE MOVING DOWN THE LAKE EARLY THIS MORNING.
WINDS BECOME NORTH AROUND 10 KT BEHIND THE FRONT. HIGH PRESSURE
OVER THE PLAINS ATTEMPTS TO SPREAD EAST TODAY LEADING TO A
CONTINUED VERY WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT. ONSHORE FLOW IS EXPECTED
ACROSS NEARSHORE AREAS LEADING TO VARIABLE WINDS 10 KT OR LESS AT
TIMES OVER THE OPEN WATERS. WINDS BECOME MORE UNIFORM THIS EVENING
WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS THE LAKE BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. A
COUPLE MORE WEAK COOL FRONTS ARE EXPECTED BY WEEKS END...AT THIS
TIME THURSDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY.
EACH OF THESE WILL TURN SOUTHWEST WINDS TO THE NORTHWEST/NORTH BUT
SPEEDS PRIMARILY REMAINING BELOW 15 KT.

THE GREAT LAKES REGION WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING SHOWERS AND SOME STORMS MAINLY DRIVEN BY THE HEATING OF
THE DAY OVER LAND. SOME OF THESE COULD BE ABLE TO MOVE INTO
NEARSHORE AREAS ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE LAKE AS SEEN OVER WI/IL
SHORES LAST EVENING...AND PROFILES OVER LAND DO SUPPORT SOME QUICK
RACING OUTFLOWS/GUST FRONTS FROM SHOWERS THE NEXT FEW DAYS...SO
SOMETHING FOR NEARSHORE MARINERS TO KEEP SOME TABS ON DESPITE THE
MAINLY QUIET WIND/WAVE REGIME.

JEE/MTF

&&

.LOT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IL...NONE.
IN...NONE.
LM...NONE.
&&

$$

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