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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
427 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013 /527 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013/

SATURDAY AFTERNOON WAS CLOUDY AND COOL WITH TEMPERATURES
PRIMARILY IN THE 50S. LIGHT RAIN THAT HAD BEEN AFFECTING
NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS WAS GRADUALLY SPREADING INTO
AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM PAXTON TO BYRON. THIS AREA OF
LIGHT RAIN WILL SINK SOUTH SOME WITH TIME INTO SATURDAY
EVENING AND NIGHT AND CONTINUE TO ONLY MAKE SLOW EASTWARD
PROGRESS. THERE IS A MINIMAL CHANCE FOR AN EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORM.
LOWS BY EARLY SUNDAY WILL BE IN THE UPPER 40S AND LOWER 50S.

RAIN SHOWERS WILL MAKE BETTER BUT STILL GRADUAL EASTWARD PROGRESS
SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...THOUGH MUCH OF THE DAYLIGHT HOURS
COULD END UP BEING MOSTLY DRY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS AND EXTREME
NORTHWEST INDIANA. HIGHS WILL BE IN THE LOWER 60S AWAY FROM LAKE
MICHIGAN AND 50S ALONG THE LAKEFRONT DUE TO ONSHORE WINDS. A WARM
UP WILL COMMENCE ON MEMORIAL DAY...BUT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ARE LIKELY. HIGHS AWAY FROM THE ILLINOIS LAKEFRONT WILL BE IN THE
LOWER AND MID 70S AND HIGHS NEAR AND ALONG THE ILLINOIS LAKEFRONT
IN THE MID 60S. THEN THE WARM UP WILL REALLY TAKE HOLD TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY...WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW 80S ON TUESDAY AND MID 80S ON
WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A LOW CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ON TUESDAY AND A SLIGHT CHANCE ON WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 80.

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RC

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