[Brad’s Gramma]

OK all you weather watchers....the way this has moved so rapidly, and from the looks of that map, what do you think the odds are that it'll get near the Chicago area?

[dennis1x]

the weather system (not these particular storms) will progress east towards Chicago, although they will probably not be this severe Friday and Saturday.

[kcvl]

ILLINOIS STATE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
500 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2003

.TONIGHT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS 50 TO 55 NORTH TO NEAR 70
SOUTH.
.FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS FROM THE
UPPER 70S NORTH TO NEAR 90 SOUTH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS 55 TO
60 NORTH TO NEAR 70 SOUTH.
.SATURDAY...A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS 75 TO 80 NORTH TO THE
NEAR 90 SOUTH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. LOWS 50S NORTH TO THE LOWER
60S SOUTH.

.EXTENDED FORECAST...
.SUNDAY...A CHANCE OF SHOWERS NORTH. HIGHS LOWER 60S NORTH TO NEAR
70 SOUTH.
.MONDAY AND TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 40 TO 45 NORTH TO NEAR 50
SOUTH. HIGHS 60 TO 65 NORTH TO NEAR 75 SOUTH.

$$

BB

[nicmarlo]

HI BG! I heard on the news just a few minutes ago...they're watching Chicago.....heavy storms likely to come up there.....they didn't know about tornados.