[tomkow6]

 

Chicagoland Weather

January 11, 2005
Chicago, IL
Sunrise	7:17 AM (CST)
Sunset	4:39 PM (CST)
Hrs. of Daylight	9 Hrs., 22 Mins

Currently
34°

Cloudy

	Hi: 37

	Lo: 34

5 Day Forecast

WED

THU

FRI

SAT

SUN

Rain/Thunder/Wind

High:	46
Low:	35

Mostly Cloudy

High:	35
Low:	4

Partly Cloudy

High:	9
Low:	2

Few Snow Showers

High:	11
Low:	0

Mostly Cloudy

High:	20
Low:	9

Flood Watch - FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR COOK COUNTY VALID FROM TUE JAN 11 2005 04:00 AM CST UNTIL TUE JAN 11 2005 10:30 AM CST.

FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 348 AM CST TUE JAN 11 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR THE COUNTIES OF WINNEBAGO...MCHENRY...BOONE...LAKE...OGLE...COOK... KANE...DE KALB...DUPAGE...LEE...WILL...KENDALL...LA SALLE...GRUNDY... KANKAKEE...LIVINGSTON...IROQUOIS...FORD...PORTER...JASPER...NEWTON AND BENTON. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT 600 PM CST WEDNESDAY (700 PM EST WEDNESDAY) UNTIL 600 AM CST THURSDAY MORNING (700 AM EST THURSDAY MORNING). A STRONG WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE THREE QUARTERS TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCH OF RAINFALL ACROSS THE REGION. THE ANTICIPATED RAIN ATOP NEAR SATURATED SOILS AND RESIDUAL SNOW PACK WILL LIKELY GENERATE EXCESSIVE RUNOFF INTO NEAR BANKFULL STREAMS AND RIVERS. FURTHERMORE FOR LOCATIONS WITH A SNOW PACK, SNOW-BLOCKED DRAINS AND CULVERTS COULD CAUSE FLOODING ACROSS ROADS, LOW LYING AREAS AND FIELDS. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE ACROSS THE AREA FOR LARGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WHICH COULD LEAD TO FLOODING OF CREEKS, STREAMS, AND LOW LYING AREAS. IF YOU ARE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA,BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER AND DRIER GROUND AND MONITOR FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

Winter Weather Advisory - URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR COOK COUNTY VALID FROM TUE JAN 11 2005 02:11 AM CST UNTIL TUE JAN 11 2005 12:00 PM CST.

BOONE-COOK-DE KALB-DUPAGE-GRUNDY-KANE-KANKAKEE-KENDALL-LA SALLE-LAKE- LEE-MCHENRY-OGLE-PORTER-WILL-WINNEBAGO- 209 AM CST TUE JAN 11 2005 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY EXTENDED UNTIL NOON... A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. THE AREA OF CONCERN LIES ROUGHLY NORTH OF THE KANKAKEE AND ILLINOIS RIVERS. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO AROUND NOON WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN A TENTH AND TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH EXPECTED SOUTH OF A LINE FROM DIXON TO DE KALB TO DOWNTOWN CHICAGO. NORTH OF THIS LINE... THE OVERNIGHT SNOWFALL BETWEEN 2 AND 6 INCHES WILL LIKELY BE CRUSTED WITH A LIGHTER ICE COATING OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.

[pelikan]

re: the weather report for Chicago--UGH

[uncleshag]

Why are weather reports always in shouting mode.

Does one guy with a crappy
keyboard pound these things out?

Stay safe, tomkow.

[StarCMC]

Would you beleive we are have a thunderstorm right now?? This is the wierdest weather I have ever seen.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Now you're under a flood watch? How many "watches" has that been in a week? And I see COLD in your future. I already have a cold snap.