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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
430 AM CDT FRI JUL 14 2006

ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>022-023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-
019-150930-
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-
430 AM CDT FRI JUL 14 2006

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

...POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS HEAT EXPECTED TO ARRIVE THIS WEEKEND...

.DAY ONE... TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS 
AFTERNOON. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM LATE 
THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA 
WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. 

BY THIS EVENING...THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CONFINED 
MAINLY TO NORTHWEST INDIANA. AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS 
POSSIBLE EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS NORTHWEST INDIANA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL RETURN TO THE REGION THIS WEEKEND AND 
CONTINUE INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE 
EXPECTED TO REACH THE MIDDLE 90S SATURDAY WITH SLIGHTLY COOLER 
TEMPERATURES NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. HIGHS ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY WILL 
REACH INTO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S...WITH HIGHS REMAINING GENERALLY 
IN THE MIDDLE 90S FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF HEAT 
AND HUMIDITY WILL ALLOW AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES TO APPROACH THE 100 
DEGREE MARK ON SATURDAY WITH SOME SLIGHTLY HIGHER HEAT INDICES 
APPROACHING 105 DEGREES ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA 
SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 SATURDAY AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS ON SATURDAY 
WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR LAKE BREEZE DEVELOPMENT. THE EXPECTED LAKE 
BREEZE WILL RESULT IN A RANGE OF HEAT INDICES SATURDAY AFTERNOON 
RANGING FROM AROUND 100 IN THE FAR WESTERN SUBURBS TO THE LOWER AND 
MIDDLE 90S CLOSER TO LAKE MICHIGAN. HEAT INDICES OF 100 TO 105 
DEGREES ARE THEN EXPECTED FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY ACROSS THE ENTIRE 
OUTLOOK AREA...AND AROUND 100 DEGREES FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS 
EVENING.

&&

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

$$

LMZ740>745-766-150930-
WINTHROP HARBOR IL TO MICHIGAN CITY IN-
LAKE MICHIGAN-
430 AM CDT FRI JUL 14 2006

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

.DAY ONE... TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY WITH A SLIGHT RISK OF 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. 
THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE HAIL AND THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS 
OF 35 KNOTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

&&

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

$$

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