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FXUS63 KLOT 190505
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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
1205 AM CDT SAT APR 19 2014

.DISCUSSION...

250 PM...FORECAST CONCERNS INCLUDE WARMING TEMPS THIS WEEKEND
ALONG WITH LAKE COOLING...CHANCE OF SHOWERS MONDAY...LAKE COOLING
MID WEEK AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT
THURSDAY.

NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN A TAD GOING INTO THIS EVENING
AS HIGH PRESSURE DRIFTS SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN LAKES. WHILE
TEMPS HAVE WARMED INTO THE UPPER 50S/LOWER 60S WELL INLAND...TEMPS
WILL BEGIN TO DROP ACROSS MUCH OF THE METRO AREA AS COOLER AIR
SPREADS IN FROM THE LAKE. OTHERWISE...DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED THIS
EVENING WITH THIN HIGH CLOUDS.

AS THE FLOW TURNS SOUTHERLY SATURDAY...TEMPERATURES WILL REBOUND
WELL INTO THE 60S WITH LOWER 70S EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL
IL UNDER MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL KEEP THE
ILLINOIS SHORE MUCH COOLER HOWEVER. WINDS TURN A BIT MORE
SOUTHWESTERLY AND STRENGTHEN SOME ON SUNDAY. HIGHS SUNDAY SHOULD
REACH THE LOWER TO MID 70S EVERYWHERE...PERHAPS SOME UPPER 70S
SOUTH. FOR NOW HAVE MAINTAINED WARMER TEMPS ALL THE WAY TO THE
LAKESHORE...BUT COULD BE A WEAK LAKE BREEZE RIGHT ALONG THE SHORE
FROM DOWNTOWN NORTH. ANY ONSHORE FLOW WOULD LEAD TO SIGNIFICANTLY
LOWER TEMPS.

A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MOVE ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST AND NORTHERN
LAKES REGION SATURDAY AND THEN VERY SLOWLY MOVE SOUTH SATURDAY
NIGHT AND SUNDAY. PRECIPITATION WITH THIS FRONT WILL REMAIN WELL
NORTH OF THE AREA THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING WHEN WEAK LOW PRESSURE
DEVELOPS OVER IOWA AND THEN SHIFTS EAST ACROSS THE AREA ON MONDAY.
HAVE SCALED BACK POPS THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...GOING DRY AND MAY
END UP BEING DRY MUCH OF SUNDAY NIGHT UNTIL PRECIP FINALLY ARRIVES
WITH MAIN SURFACE LOW AND WHILE THERE MAY BE SOME PERIODS OF DRY
WEATHER ON MONDAY HAVE BUMPED POPS TO LOW END LIKELY. END TIME
MONDAY EVENING/MONDAY NIGHT STILL A BIT UNCERTAIN BUT MUCH OF
MONDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WESTERN CWA MAY END UP BEING
DRY.

AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE PASSES TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY...TEMPS
WILL DROP BACK TO SEASONAL LEVELS FOR MID APRIL BUT WITH EASTERLY
FLOW...MUCH COOLER TEMPS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE LAKE.

STRONGER LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS
THURSDAY AND THEN ACROSS THE LAKES REGION TOWARD THE END OF THE
WEEK. HELD ONTO CHANCE POPS FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY.
HOWEVER...THERE WILL BE MANY DRY HOURS DURING THIS PERIOD AND
EXPECT THE BEST CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO BE
ALONG/AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY
NIGHT. ADDITIONAL TIMING CAN BE ADDED AS THIS TIME PERIOD
APPROACHES BUT DID LOWER POPS ON FRIDAY AS EVEN COOLER WRAP AROUND
SHOWERS MAY ONLY BRUSH NORTHERN IL. TEMPS THEN TURN MUCH COLDER
GOING INTO NEXT WEEKEND. CMS

&&

.AVIATION...

//ORD AND MDW CONCERNS...UPDATED 06Z...

* NONE.

RATZER

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

SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE OVER LAKE MICHIGAN AND NORTHEAST
ILLINOIS EARLY THIS AM WILL MOVE EAST TODAY...WITH WINDS GRADUALLY
VEERING MORE EAST-SOUTHEAST DURING THE MORNING HOURS. LAKE BREEZE
IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND MAY RESULT IN A WIND SHIFT MORE TO THE
EAST ACROSS ORD AND POSSIBLY MDW/GYY. WHILE EXACT DIRECTION
SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN...SOME EASTERLY OR EAST-SOUTHEAST COMPONENT IS
EXPECTED. OTHERWISE...VERY DRY CONDITIONS WITH VFR CONDITIONS
THROUGH THE PERIOD.

RATZER


//ORD AND MDW CONFIDENCE...UPDATED 06Z...

* LOW CONFIDENCE IN EXACT WIND DIRECTION SATURDAY AFTERNOON...BUT
  HIGH CONFIDENCE IT WILL BE GENERALLY EAST-SOUTHEAST.
* HIGH CONFIDENCE IN ALL OTHER FORECAST ELEMENTS.

RATZER

//OUTLOOK FOR ORD/MDW FOR 12Z SUNDAY-12Z FRIDAY...UPDATED 00Z...

SUNDAY...VFR.

MONDAY...SCT`D SHRA...MAINLY IN AFTERNOON.

TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...VFR.

IZZI

&&

.MARINE...
144 PM CDT

SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE IS CURRENTLY BUILDING ACROSS ONTARIO AND THE
UPPER GREAT LAKES. THIS IS RESULTING IN MAINLY LIGHT NORTHERLY FLOW
ACROSS THE LAKE. HOWEVER...SOME ENHANCED NORTHERLY WINDS...AROUND
20KT...ARE ONGOING ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE LAKE.
THESE WINDS LOOK TO CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING BEFORE ABATING AND
GRADUALLY SHIFTING EASTERLY. THIS NORTH-NORTHEASTERLY FETCH WILL
WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO RESULT IN ELEVATED WAVE HEIGHTS UP AROUND
THE 4 FOOT MARK ACROSS SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN...INCLUDING THE NEAR
SHORE WATERS INTO THIS EVENING. THIS IS RIGHT ON THE BOARDER LINE OF
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS. HOWEVER...IN SPITE OF THIS...I HAVE
OPTED TO CONTINUE WITHOUT A HEADLINE AND MENTION 3-5 FOOTERS INTO
THIS EVENING FOR THE NEAR SHORE FORECAST.

THE SURFACE FLOW WILL COME AROUND OUT OF THE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST DURING
THE DAY SATURDAY...THEN INCREASE UP AROUND 25 KT SATURDAY EVENING IN
RESPONSE TO AN AREA OF LOW TRACKING EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN CANADA.
IT APPEARS THE STRONGEST FLOW WILL REMAIN OUT OVER THE OPEN WATERS
OF THE LAKE. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY SHIFT
SOUTHWARD DOWN THE LAKE EARLY NEXT WEEK...AS ANOTHER AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EASTWARD ALONG THE BOUNDARY. THIS
WILL SET UP NORTHERLY FLOW AGAIN LAKE-WIDE BY TUESDAY.

KJB

&&

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

$$

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