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FXUS63 KLOT 020130  
AFDLOT  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE, IL  
830 PM CDT TUE APR 1 2025  
   
KEY MESSAGES  
 
- WAVES OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL PARADE OVER THE AREA TONIGHT  
THROUGH MUCH OF WEDNESDAY.  
 
- SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE  
PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING HAIL AND WINDS TONIGHT  
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING, AND THEN ALL HAZARDS WEDNESDAY  
AFTERNOON (CONTINGENT ON MORNING STORMS CLEARING).  
 
- GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS (GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH) WILL PREVAIL  
OVERNIGHT. THEN, STRONG SOUTH WINDS (GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45  
MPH) ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON SOUTH OF I-80.  
 
 
   
UPDATE  
 
ISSUED AT 830 PM CDT TUE APR 1 2025  
 
OVERALL, THE FORECAST APPEARS TO BE IN GOOD SHAPE. SHOWERS  
CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE UPSTREAM OF OUR AREA IN  
RESPONSE TO INCREASING ISENTROPIC ASCENT, WELL IN ADVANCE OF A  
DEEPENING CYCLONE IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS. COVERAGE OF THUNDER MAY  
BE RELATIVELY LIMITED THROUGH DAYBREAK AS THAT IS WHEN THE  
MUCAPE AXIS (FORCED BY A POCKET OF STEEP MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES)  
WILL RACE NORTHEASTWARD INTO OUR AREA. THE INHERITED FORECAST  
HANDLED THESE TRENDS NICELY.  
 
THERE WERE TWO PRIMARY AREAS OF FOCUS FOR THE EVENING UPDATE:  
 
FIRST, OPTED TO MODESTLY INCREASE SUSTAINED WINDS AND WIND  
GUSTS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. WHILE STRONG LOW-LEVEL  
STATIC STABILITY BENEATH PRONOUNCED WAA WILL NO DOUBT PREVENT  
MIXING INTO THE BASE OF WHAT WILL BE AN INTENSE LOW-LEVEL JET  
OVERNIGHT, THE TIGHTENING LOW-LEVEL PRESSURE GRADIENT BY VIRTUE  
OF THE APPROACHING 988MB SURFACE LOW AND 1030MB HIGH OVER  
SOUTHERN QUEBEC SHOULD ALLOW FOR A COMMENSURATE INCREASE IN  
WIND MAGNITUDES. FOR NOW, CAPPED GUSTS IN THE 35 TO 40 MPH  
RANGE, HIGHEST NORTH OF I-88, IN LINE WITH OBSERVED WINDS NEAR  
AND WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT PRESS TIME. (NOTE THAT  
THERE REMAINS A WINDOW FOR WIND-ADVISORY CRITERIA WINDS TOMORROW  
AFTERNOON MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-80, CONDITIONAL ON THE  
BLOB OF WHAT WILL BE NEARLY CONTINUOUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS  
SURGING NORTHWARD BY LATE MORNING. OPTED TO LEAVE THAT PERIOD  
UNCHANGED, AS REALISTICALLY THERE IS NO BETTER SIGNAL NOW THAN  
BEFORE ON COVERAGE OF CONVECTION BY EARLY AFTERNOON).  
 
SECONDLY, THE EVOLUTION OF THE UPPER-LEVEL JET STREAK TONIGHT  
INTO TOMORROW AFTERNOON (ROUNDING THE "BASE" OF THE NEGATIVELY-  
TILTED SHORTWAVE-LENGTH TROUGH), PRESENCE OF A STRONG  
DIRECTIONAL LOW-LEVEL SHEAR TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A  
CRITICAL LAYER, AND EXPANSIVE WEST-TO-EAST ORIENTATION OF THE  
STABLE LAYER DRAPED ACROSS THE LOWER GREAT LAKES NORTH OF THE  
WARM FRONT, WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR THE GENERATION AND  
PROPAGATION OF EASTWARD-MOVING MESOSCALE GRAVITY WAVES. WITH  
SUCH STRONG ISENTROPIC ASCENT ATOP THE SAME SURFACE STABLE  
LAYER, DO HAVE TO WONDER IF GRAVITY WAVES MAY BECOME ALIGNED  
WITH CONVECTION (GRAVITY WAVE ASSOCIATED CONVECTION, OR GWAC FOR  
SHORT) AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND ESPECIALLY AFTER DAYBREAK  
TOMORROW. SOMETIMES, GWAC CAN PRODUCE UNEXPECTED DAMAGING WINDS  
IN SPITE OF STRONG LOW-LEVEL STATIC STABILITY AND OPPOSING  
SYNOPTIC WIND DIRECTIONS. AT THIS POINT, A MAJORITY OF CAM  
GUIDANCE DOESN'T APPEAR TO SHOW A SIGNAL FOR GWAC. HOWEVER, THE  
18Z HRDPS SHOWED A CLASSIC SIGNAL WITH EQUALLY-SPACED  
PRESSURE/WIND FIELDS ALIGNED WITH 1-HOUR QPF STREAKS.  
FORECASTING GWAC, LET ALONE DAMAGING-WIND PRODUCING GWAC,  
REMAINS AN IMMENSE OPERATIONAL CHALLENGE. SO, CONFIDENCE IN IT  
ACTUALLY OCCURRING IS LOW (CALL IT A 5% OR LOWER CHANCE?). THAT  
IS ALL TO SAY, THE ELEVATED CONVECTION LATE TONIGHT THROUGH  
EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON MAY CARRY A THREAT FOR BOTH DAMAGING  
HAIL AND PERHAPS LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS, AS WELL AS LOCALIZED  
FLOODING DUE TO TRAINING CELLS.  
 
IN TERMS OF THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT TOMORROW AFTERNOON,  
REALLY DON'T HAVE MUCH TO ADD BEYOND WHAT WAS DISCUSSED IN SHORT  
TERM DISCUSSION BELOW. ALL WILL DEPEND ON HOW THINGS LOOK BY  
ABOUT 2 PM TOMORROW AFTERNOON IN TERMS OF ANY CLEARING OR LOCAL  
MINIMA ON ONGOING CONVECTION.  
 
UPDATED PRODUCTS WILL BE SENT SOON.  
 
BORCHARDT  
 
 
   
DISCUSSION  
 
ISSUED AT 308 PM CDT TUE APR 1 2025  
 
THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT:  
 
STRONG CYCLOGENESIS IS UNDERWAY OVER THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS  
WITH A 988MB LOW NEAR THE KANSAS/COLORADO BORDER EARLY THIS  
AFTERNOON. A STRONG (130KT 250MB) PACIFIC JET IS ROUNDING THE  
BASE OF THE LONGWAVE TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE COUNTRY  
AND WILL BE SPINNING UP A VIGOROUS MID-LATITUDE CYCLONE FROM  
THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY  
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING:  
 
STRENGTHENING WARM FRONT WILL BEGIN LIFTING NORTH ACROSS THE  
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TONIGHT AS VERY STRONG 60-70KT SOUTHERLY LOW  
LEVEL JET DEVELOPS IN RESPONSE TO STRONG HEIGHT FALLS. THIS  
POWERHOUSE LOW LEVEL JET WILL RAPIDLY TRANSPORT MOISTURE  
NORTHWARD AND UPWARD STEEPLY SLOPED ISENTROPIC SURFACES  
(290-300K). THIS EXTREMELY STRONG ISENTROPIC ASCENT SHOULD  
RESULT IN INCREASING COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS  
ACROSS NORTHERN IL AND POSSIBLY NW INDIANA LATE THIS EVENING  
INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE HIGHEST CHANCES OF RAIN LOOK TO BE  
NORTH OF I-80 WITH LESSER CHANCES WITH SOUTHWARD EXTENT. HARD  
TO PINPOINT A SOUTHERN TERMINUS OF THE RAIN CHANCES, SO WHILE  
POPS ARE LOWER ACROSS THE SOUTHERN CWA, THERE REMAINS A CHANCE  
OF SHOWERS/STORMS.  
 
THE RAPID NORTHWARD TRANSPORT OF THIS HIGHER THETA-E AIR MASS  
BENEATH MODERATELY STEEP LAPSE RATES SHOULD RESULT IN MUCAPE  
VALUES OF 500 TO LOCALLY OVER 1000 J/KG LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY  
WEDNESDAY MORNING. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SUGGEST EFFECTIVE SHEAR  
IN THE 30-40KT RANGE COINCIDING WITH THIS MODERATE INSTABILITY,  
SO IT'S POSSIBLE THERE COULD BE SOME OCCASIONALLY MORE INTENSE  
CELLS/TRANSIENT SUPERCELLS POSING A THREAT OF ISOLATED  
INSTANCES OF HAIL 1"+ IN DIAMETER. WHILE STORM MOTION SHOULD BE  
VERY FAST, THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SOME TRAINING OF CONVECTION  
WHICH COULD RESULT IN SOME LOCALIZED 1-2" TOTALS IN JUST AN  
HOUR OR SO. MOST OF OUR CWA COULD HANDLE THAT TYPE OF RAINFALL  
WITH JUST MINOR/NUISANCE TYPE FLOODING, BUT SHOULD THAT  
MAGNITUDE OF RAIN OCCUR IN A MORE URBANIZED/POOR DRAINAGE AREA,  
THEN THERE WOULD BE A THREAT OF SOME LOW END AND LOCALIZED FLASH  
FLOODING.  
 
LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING:  
 
MORNING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO SLOW THE  
NORTHWARD ADVANCE OF THE WARM FRONT DURING THE MORNING AND  
PERHAPS EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS, LIKELY AIDED BY THE CHILLY  
EASTERLY FLOW OFF THE LAKE. IN FACT, TEMPS NEAR THE LAKE IN THE  
IMMEDIATE CHICAGO METRO AREA COULD BE IN THE UPPER 30S OR LOWER  
40S WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. EVENTUALLY, THE  
POWERFUL SYNOPTIC LOW SHOULD OVERWHELM ANY LINGERING MESOSCALE  
EFFECTS AND ALLOW THE WARM FRONT TO RAPIDLY LIFT NORTHWARD  
ACROSS OUR CWA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY  
CLIMB WELL INTO THE 60S TO LOWER 70S IN THE WAKE OF THE WARM  
FRONTAL PASSAGE WITH DEWPOINTS INTO THE LOWER 60S, SO A VERY  
DRAMATIC AIR MASS CHANGE WILL TAKE PLACE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON,  
PARTICULARLY NEAR THE LAKE.  
 
TYPICALLY, NOCTURNAL ELEVATED CONVECTION LASTING WELL INTO THE  
MORNING WOULD PROVE TO BE PRETTY DETRIMENTAL TO AFTERNOON  
CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL. HOWEVER, IN THIS CASE WITH SUCH A POWERFUL  
CYCLONE TO OUR NORTH, THERE IS CONCERN THAT THERE COULD BE  
RAPID RECOVERY OF THE AIR MASS DURING THE AFTERNOON. MOST  
GUIDANCE DEPICTS AND AXIS OF 750-1500 J/KG OF MLCAPE DEVELOPING  
AHEAD OF THE FRONT THAT WILL BE ADVANCING ACROSS OUR AREA DURING  
THE LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING.  
 
THE FORECAST SHEAR PROFILES ARE VERY CONCERNING WED AFTERNOON  
AND EVENING WITH 40-50KT OF SOUTH-SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW AT 925 MB  
VEERING TO SOUTHWESTERLY AT OVER 100KT AT 500MB. THIS RESULTS IN  
VERY LONG AND EXCEPTIONALLY FAVORABLE HODOGRAPHS FOR  
SUPERCELLS. VERY LARGE, CYCLONICALLY CURVED HODOGRAPHS IN THE  
0-1KM LAYER WITH MOSTLY STREAMWISE VORTICITY ALSO WOULD FAVOR  
THE POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE LOW LCLS.  
 
WHILE THE SHEAR PROFILES ARE EXTREME, THERE REMAINS CONSIDERABLE  
UNCERTAINTY. FIRST, DOES THE FORECAST MAGNITUDE OF INSTABILITY  
ACTUALLY MATERIALIZE AS MODELED TOMORROW AFTERNOON. SECOND,  
CONVERGENCE LOOKS RATHER WEAK ALONG THE FRONT AND IT IS UNCLEAR  
IF IT WILL BE ENOUGH FOR CONVECTIVE INITIATION, ASSUMING  
SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY. FINALLY, GUIDANCE GENERALLY HAS OUR CWA  
IN THE CONVERGENT, RIGHT EXIT REGION OF THE STRONG UPPER LEVEL  
JET.  
 
ULTIMATELY, THERE ARE MANY POTENTIAL SCENARIOS WHERE WE END UP  
WITH ONLY WEAK, NON-SEVERE CONVECTION IN THE LATE  
AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING OR NO CONVECTION AT ALL. UNFORTUNATELY,  
GIVEN SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY AND INTENSE CONVECTION DEVELOPS,  
THE POTENTIAL WOULD EXIST FOR FAST MOVING TORNADIC SUPERCELLS,  
WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TORNADOES.  
 
OUTSIDE OF THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON,  
SOUTHERLY WINDS COULD GUST TO, OR EVEN OVER 45 MPH WEDNESDAY  
AFTERNOON SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT. THERE ARE STILL UNCERTAINTIES  
AS TO HOW FAR NORTH INTO OUR CWA THAT THE POTENTIAL FOR 45+ MPH  
GUSTS WILL EXTEND, BUT SEEMS PLAUSIBLE (LIKELY?) THAT THE  
OVERNIGHT SHIFT WILL NEED TO CONSIDER A WIND ADVISORY FOR AT  
LEAST OUR SOUTHERN CWA.  
 
- IZZI  
 
THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY:  
 
THE SURFACE COLD FRONT THAT SHIFTS ACROSS OUR AREA ON WEDNESDAY  
WILL STALL OUT ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE  
WEEK. THIS FRONT WILL BECOME THE PRIMARILY FOCUS FOR SEVERAL  
ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE WEEKEND AS DEEP GULF MOISTURE CONTINUALLY  
FEEDS INTO THIS FRONTAL ZONE. A MAJORITY OF THIS HEAVY RAIN IS  
EXPECTED TO FALL SOUTH OF OUR AREA ACROSS SOUTHERN PARTS OF IL  
AND IN, ESPECIALLY ON THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. BOTH DAYS ARE THUS  
EXPECTED TO REMAIN LARGELY DRY ACROSS OUR AREA, WITH THE  
EXCEPTION OF SOME CHANCES FOR LIGHT RAIN MAINLY SOUTH OF I-80.  
 
LATE FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, SEVERAL LOW AMPLITUDE IMPULSES WILL  
EJECT NORTHEASTWARD OUT OF AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH/LOW SHIFTING  
ACROSS THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. EACH IMPULSE WILL AID IN THE  
NORTHWARD PUSH OF MOISTURE OVER THE SURFACE FRONTAL BOUNDARY, THUS  
SUPPORTING INCREASING RAIN (AND PERHAPS A FEW EMBEDDED  
THUNDERSTORMS) CHANCES ACROSS MUCH OF OUR AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON  
INTO SATURDAY. RAIN CHANCES WILL PEAK IN THE 70 TO 90% RANGE  
AREAWIDE FRIDAY NIGHT, THOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS CURRENTLY  
FAVORED TO FALL SOUTH OF I-80. A PERIOD OF DRIER WEATHER IS  
FAVORED FOR THE END OF THE WEEKEND.  
 
TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL REMAIN SEASONAL, WITH  
DAYTIME HIGHS GENERALLY IN THE 50S THROUGH SUNDAY. HOWEVER,  
ONSHORE NORTHERLY WINDS FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND WILL RESULT IN  
COOLER CONDITIONS (IN THE 40S) NEAR THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE. A  
PERIOD OF COOLER (BELOW AVERAGE) WEATHER ALSO LOOKS TO BE ON TAP  
FOR THE AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK AS A NORTHERN STREAM TROUGH DIGS IN  
OVER THE GREAT LAKES. THIS COULD SUPPORT AT LEAST A DAY OR TWO  
WITH HIGHS IN THE 40S AND SUBFREEZING OVERNIGHT LOWS.  
 
KJB  
 
 
   
AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z THURSDAY/  
 
ISSUED AT 700 PM CDT TUE APR 1 2025  
 
THE KEY AVIATION WEATHER MESSAGES ARE:  
 
- WAVES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT  
THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SOME INSTANCES OF DIME TO  
PERHAPS QUARTER-SIZED HAIL AT TIMES.  
 
- IFR CIGS DEVELOPING LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. BRIEF  
PERIOD OF LIFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE (30% CHANCE) LATE WED.  
MORNING/MIDDAY.  
 
- LLWS THREAT AS A WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTH ACROSS THE REGION.  
 
- ADDITIONAL ROUND OF STORMS POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY  
AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING (30-40 PERCENT CHANCE). SOME OF THESE  
COULD BE SEVERE.  
 
- STRENGTHENING EAST-SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS TONIGHT. A FEW GUSTS  
TOWARDS 35 KTS POSSIBLE. SOME UNCERTAINTY REGARDING TIMING A  
SW WIND SHIFT, BUT MOST LIKELY IN THE 18-22Z TIMEFRAME  
(EARLIEST AT GYY, MDW).  
 
PRECIPITATION/TS:  
 
SHOWERS WILL GRADUALLY EXPAND ACROSS THE AIRSPACE THIS EVENING  
AND OVERNIGHT. AFTER ABOUT 08Z, THE CHANCES FOR EMBEDDED  
THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE. THEREAFTER, SEVERAL WAVES OF  
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT ALL THE  
TERMINALS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING/MIDDAY. LATEST TRENDS IN  
GUIDANCE SUGGEST THAT THE MAIN TS AND PRECIP CHANCES MAY LIFT  
NORTH OF THE REGION DURING THE EARLY-MID AFTERNOON HOURS, AND  
HAVE COMMENSURATELY REDUCED THE TS MENTION DURING THIS PERIOD  
WITH THE LATEST TAFS. THEREAFTER, ANOTHER PERIOD OF TSRA IS  
POSSIBLE DURING THE 20-23Z PERIOD AT RFD, AND 22-01Z AT THE  
CHICAGO-AREA SITES (30-40 PERCENT CHANCES AT THIS TIME). IF  
THESE STORMS DO DEVELOP, THEY WOULD POSE A THREAT FOR ALL SEVERE  
HAZARDS.  
 
CIGS/VSBYS:  
 
VFR WILL CONTINUE FOR MOST IF NOT ALL OF THE EVENING HOURS. CIGS  
ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD DOWN TO MVFR QUICKLY AFTER 06Z, WITH  
MVFR/IFR VSBYS IN SHRA/TS. THERE IS A 30 PERCENT CHANCE FOR LIFR  
CIGS/VSBYS LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON. ANY LIFR  
THREAT STILL LOOKS SOMEWHAT BRIEF, AND GIVEN THE LOW CONFIDENCE,  
NO MENTION HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THE LATEST TAFS. VFR WILL RETURN  
WEDNESDAY EVENING BEHIND A COLD FRONT.  
 
WINDS AND LLWS:  
 
E TO ESE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE THIS EVENING, WITH GUSTS  
INTO THE 25-30 KT RANGE EXPECTED TO BECOME ROUTINE. A FEW GUSTS  
OF 35 TO 40 KT CAN'T BE RULED OUT LATE TONIGHT/EARLY WEDNESDAY  
MORNING, ALTHOUGH CONFIDENCE IN THIS OCCURRING IS MUCH TOO LOW  
TO JUSTIFY A MENTION IN THE TAFS. WINDS SHOULD THEN EASE A BIT  
LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO THE MID AFTERNOON AS A WARM FRONT  
LIFTS NORTHWARD. DURING THIS PERIOD, A LLWS THREAT (NOT  
ASSOCIATED WITH TS) WILL MATERIALIZE AS A 55-60 KT SW LOW-LEVEL  
JET DEVELOPS WITH E/SE WINDS CONTINUING AT THE SURFACE. THIS  
THREAT IS MAINLY FOR THE CHICAGO-AREA TERMINALS WHERE THE LLJ  
WILL BE THE STRONGEST. THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY IN THE TIMING  
OF A SW WIND SHIFT, BUT THIS GENERALLY LOOKS TO OCCUR DURING THE  
18Z-22Z PERIOD; EARLIEST AT GYY AND MDW AND LATEST AT DPA, ORD,  
AND RFD. OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35-40 KT WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE  
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
CARLAW  
 
 
   
MARINE  
 
ISSUED AT 308 PM CDT TUE APR 1 2025  
 
- GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 6 PM CDT WEDNESDAY  
 
A DEEP SURFACE LOW TRACKING TOWARD THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY  
LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL TIGHTEN THE PRESSURE  
GRADIENT OVER SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN. THE RESULT WILL BE  
STRENGTHENING EAST-SOUTHEAST WINDS. A PERIOD OF EAST-SOUTHEASTERLY  
GALES REMAINS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.  
 
THEN, AS THE DEEP SURFACE LOW TRACKS TOWARD NORTHERN LAKE  
MICHIGAN LATER WEDNESDAY, ITS WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH AND BRING  
A SHIFT TO STRONG SOUTH-SOUTHWEST WINDS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.  
WHILE CLOUD COVER AND ONGOING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY LIMIT  
MIXING DEPTHS ON LAND, A PERIOD OF GALES INTO THE FIRST COUPLE  
MILES OF THE NEARSHORE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY  
AFTERNOON.  
 
NWS CHICAGO  
 
 
   
LOT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
IL...NONE.  
IN...NONE.  
LM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR THE IL AND  
IN NEARSHORE WATERS.  
 
GALE WARNING FROM 1 AM TO 6 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR THE IL AND IN  
NEARSHORE WATERS.  
 
 
 
 
 
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