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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
600 AM CST SAT NOV 12 2005

ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>022-023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-
019-131200-
WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DU PAGE-COOK-
LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-
LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON-
600 AM CST SAT NOV 12 2005

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

.DAY ONE... TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS 
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT SOME OF THE 
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE OUTLOOK AREA COULD BE 
SEVERE...WITH THE SEVERE THREAT PRIMARILY TO THE WEST OF A 
ROCKFORD...TO OTTAWA...TO BLOOMINGTON ILLINOIS LINE. LARGE HAIL AND 
DAMAGING WINDS WOULD BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS.

LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE UPPER 
GREAT LAKES REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH A TRAILING COLD 
FRONT PUSHING EAST INTO THE OUTLOOK AREA TONIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT 
IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE INCREASINGLY 
MOIST AIRMASS AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY.

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COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE
NWS CHICAGO WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO (LOWER CASE)

$$

LMZ740>745-766-131200-
WINTHROP HARBOR IL TO MICHIGAN CITY IN-
LAKE MICHIGAN-
600 AM CST SAT NOV 12 2005

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

.DAY ONE... TODAY AND TONIGHT

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FORM THE 
NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 
30 KNOTS BY THIS AFTERNOON WITH WAVES BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FEET. BY 
EVENING WINDS WILL INCREASE FURTHER TO GALE FORCE WITH SPEEDS TO 35 
KNOTS. WAVES WILL BUILD TO 5 TO 7 FEET.

A GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING AS 
SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS INCREASE TO GALE FORCE TO 40 KNOTS BY 
THIS EVENING. GALE FORCE WINDS WILL VEER TO WEST BY SUNDAY NIGHT AND 
THEN SLOWLY BEGIN TO DECREASE TO 10 TO 15 KNOTS OVERNIGHT SUNDAY. 

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A GALE WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. 
SOUTHWEST GALE FORCE WINDS TO  35 KNOTS WILL BEGIN THE DAY AND 
BECOME WEST GALES TO 35 KNOTS SUNDAY EVENING. WINDS WILL SLOWLY 
BEGIN TO DECREASE TO 10 TO 15 KNOTS OVERNIGHT SUNDAY.

&&

COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE
NWS CHICAGO WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO (LOWER CASE)

$$