[HWOLOT] HWOLOT

[Hazardous Weather Outlooks - NWS LOT]

FLUS43 KLOT 100944
HWOLOT

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
430 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006

ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>022-023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-
019-110930-
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 WED MAY 10 2006

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

.DAY ONE... TODAY AND TONIGHT

WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL 
ILLINOIS EXTENDING INTO THE FAR NORTH AND NORTHWEST SUBURBS OF 
CHICAGO. WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE 
CAN BE EXPECTED THIS MORNING...WITH LOCALIZED AREAS APPROACHING 
VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. THE FOG IS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE BY 
AROUND 9 AM. ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTHEAST ILLINOIS 
AND NORTHWEST INDIANA...PATCHY DENSE FOG WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE EARLY 
THIS MORNING BUT DENSE FOG IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE WIDESPREAD.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA 
THIS AFTERNOON. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 
SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM VALPARAISO TO KANKAKEE TO PONTIAC. THE MAIN 
THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS.

THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING...MAINLY 
ACROSS NORTHWEST INDIANA. AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS 
POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHWEST INDIANA EARLY IN THE EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS INDIANA EARLY THURSDAY 
WILL LEAD TO INCREASING WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS ACROSS THE ENTIRE 
FORECAST AREA THURSDAY MORNING. WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH 
GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY. WINDS WILL 
BEGIN TO SUBSIDE BY THURSDAY EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS 
EVENING.

&&

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

$$

LMZ740>745-766-110930-
WINTHROP HARBOR IL TO MICHIGAN CITY IN-
LAKE MICHIGAN-
430 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006

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

.DAY ONE... TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON...BUT NONE OF THE 
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE.

A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NEARSHORE AND OPEN WATERS OF 
SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN FROM THIS EVENING INTO EARLY THURSDAY 
EVENING. NORTHWEST GALES TO 40 KNOTS WILL DEVELOP 
TONIGHT...GRADUALLY SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON. 
WAVES WILL BUILD TO 10 TO 14 FEET ACROSS THE OPEN WATERS AND TO 7 TO 
10 FEET FOR THE INDIANA NEARSHORE WATERS TOWARD THURSDAY MORNING. 
WINDS AND WAVES WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE TOWARD THURSDAY EVENING. 

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A GALE WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE NEARSHORE AND OPEN 
WATERS THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING.

&&

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

$$