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FXUS63 KLOT 280530  
AFDLOT  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE, IL  
1130 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2025  
   
KEY MESSAGES  
 
- SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY AREAWIDE SUNDAY INTO  
EARLY SUNDAY EVENING.  
 
- THUNDERSTORMS MAY POSE A LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND THREAT SUNDAY  
AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING, MAINLY SOUTH OF I-80.  
 
- VERY STRONG WINDS WILL USHER IN DRASTICALLY COLDER AIR SUNDAY  
NIGHT INTO MONDAY, WITH SOME SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLE.  
 
- CHANCE (40-50%) FOR LIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOW WEDNESDAY  
AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING.  
 
 
   
UPDATE  
 
ISSUED AT 937 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2025  
 
MAIN UPDATES THIS EVENING WERE TO EXPAND FOG MENTION, INCLUDE  
THE POTENTIAL FOR DENSE FOG, AND ADD IN AREAS OF DRIZZLE. DENSE  
FOG ADVISORY ISSUANCE FOR PARTS OF THE AREA SEEMS PROBABLE,  
THOUGH OBSERVATIONS AND WEBCAMS DON'T QUITE SUPPORT ISSUANCE YET  
(AS OF THIS WRITING). EXPANSION OF DRIZZLE PRIOR TO AND DURING  
OVERNIGHT SHOWER DEVELOPMENT SHOULD CONTRIBUTE TO FURTHER  
LOWERING OF VISIBILITY AS TEMPS AND DEW POINTS SLOWLY TICK UP.  
 
THERE'S CONTINUED CONCERN FOR EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY  
AS ALLUDED TO IN PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS, AND THIS POTENTIAL COULD  
EXTEND ALL THE WAY TO THE WISCONSIN BORDER DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH  
MUCAPE IS REALIZED (SUFFICIENT MUCAPE MAY EVEN SUPPORT HAIL IN  
MORE ROBUST CORES). WILL LET THE MIDNIGHT SHIFT ASSESS  
THUNDERSTORM AND HEAVY RAIN TRENDS FOR ANY MODIFICATIONS TO THAT  
ASPECT OF THE GRIDDED FORECAST. LOW TOPPED CONVECTION WITH THE  
POWERFUL COLD FRONT MAY POSE A LOCALIZED DAMAGING WIND THREAT,  
COVERED WELL BY THE LEVEL 1 OF 5 (MARGINAL RISK) FOR THE  
SOUTHEAST CWA.  
 
HAVE SOME CONCERN THAT THE INITIAL "POPS" OF STRONG WESTERLY  
WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT LATE SUNDAY MAY START A BIT PRIOR TO THE  
CURRENT 6 PM WIND ADVISORY START TIME, BUT DID NOT MAKE ANY  
CHANGES WITH THE EVENING UPDATES, INCLUDING CONTINUED  
MENTIONING OF THE POTENTIAL FOR GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH AT TIMES.  
FINALLY, WITHIN THE WIND ADVISORY TEXT, INCLUDED DETAILS ON THE  
WIND- WHIPPED SNOW SHOWERS TOMORROW NIGHT INTO MONDAY THAT MAY  
FURTHER EXACERBATE DRIVING DIFFICULTIES CAUSED BY THE STRONG  
CROSS WINDS ON NORTH TO SOUTH ROADS.  
 
CASTRO  
 
 
   
DISCUSSION  
 
ISSUED AT 204 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2025  
 
THROUGH MONDAY:  
 
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON, THE EARLY STAGES OF LEE CYCLOGENESIS ARE  
UNDERWAY OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS AS A SERIES OF SHORTWAVE  
IMPULSES EJECTS EAST OFF THE COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO ROCKIES.  
THE LINGERING BAROCLINIC ZONE FOUND MEANDERING ABOUT THE OHIO  
AND LOWER MISSOURI RIVER VALLEYS THIS MORNING WILL SERVE AS THE  
STORM'S WARM FRONT. THE BOUNDARY HAS BEGUN TO GRADUALLY SCOOT  
NORTHWARD AS IT TAGS UP WITH THE DEEPENING CYCLONE. IT'S  
EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO OUR SOUTHERN CWA EARLY THIS EVENING AND  
CONTINUE LIFTING NORTHWARD THROUGH THE NIGHT AS THE LOW WORKS  
INTO THE MIDWEST. AS IT DOES, WE SHOULD SEE THE AREA WARM BY  
SEVERAL DEGREES, ESPECIALLY IN OUR SOUTH, DURING THE LATE  
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TEMPERATURES ARE PROGGED IN THE 40S AREA-  
WIDE AT DUSK, AND UP INTO THE MID 40S NEAR THE WI STATE LINE TO  
THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 50S SOUTH OF I-80 BY DAWN ON SUNDAY.  
 
MID LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BE LACKING AHEAD OF THE FRONT, BUT  
THERE MAY BE ENOUGH IN THE LOW LEVELS TO PRODUCE INSTANCES OF  
DRIZZLE THIS EVENING AMID SOME NOTEWORTHY MOIST ISENTROPIC  
ASCENT AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY. AN UPTICK IN LAYER MOISTURE AND  
FORCING LOOK TO GENERATE SOME ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED  
SHOWERS DURING THE OVERNIGHT. AT LEAST SOME VISIBILITY  
REDUCTIONS ARE ALSO LIKELY TONIGHT INTO EARLY TOMORROW. THE  
LOWEST VISIBILITIES ARE FAVORED IMMEDIATELY ALONG AND NORTH OF  
THE SURFACE FRONT, WHICH SHOULD ROUGHLY EQUATE THE AREAS NEAR  
AND NORTH OF I-80. ANY LIGHT RAIN AND ESPECIALLY DRIZZLE THAT  
MATERIALIZES DURING THE NIGHT WILL ONLY INCREASE THE DENSE FOG  
POTENTIAL. A TARGETED DENSE FOG ADVISORY MAY BE IN THE CARDS  
LATER TONIGHT AS CONFIDENCE GROWS.  
 
THE LOW WILL REALLY BEGIN TO INTENSIFY DURING THE MORNING ONCE  
THE MID LEVEL LOW DROPS SOUTH INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND  
UPPER MIDWEST FROM SASKATCHEWAN. EVERY PIECE OF DETERMINISTIC  
GUIDANCE HAS THIS STORM BOMBING, OR GETTING AWFULLY CLOSE TO IT,  
BETWEEN SUNDAY AND MONDAY MORNINGS. AN IMPENDING SECONDARY LOW  
WILL ALSO INJECT A PLUME OF RICH MID LEVEL MOISTURE INTO THE  
AREA EARLY SUNDAY. ACCORDINGLY, EXPECTATIONS ARE FOR PRECIP  
COVERAGE TO EXPAND ON EITHER SIDE OF THE WARM FRONT DURING THE  
MORNING, ESPECIALLY THE LATTER PART OF THE MORNING AS THE  
DOUBLE-BARRELED LOW CROSSES THE MISSISSIPPI.  
 
THERE IS INCREASING CONCERN FOR A PERIOD OF TRAINING CONVECTIVE  
SHOWERS ALONG THE WARM FRONT IN THE MORNING. AS THE LOW LEVEL  
JET RAMPS UP SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT, LATEST RAP GUIDANCE  
DEPICTS STRONG LOW LEVEL SHEARING DEFORMATION AND FRONTOGENESIS  
ALONG THE BOUNDARY. ADDITIONALLY, DEEP SHEAR VECTORS WILL BE  
ORIENTED ROUGHLY PARALLEL TO THE BOUNDARY AND WE'LL BE SEEING  
PWATS IN EXCESS OF 1". THIS SHOULD RESULT IN STEADY MODERATE TO  
HEAVY RAIN ALONG THE BOUNDARY. MODELS HAVE REALLY RAMPED UP THIS  
SIGNAL OVER THE PAST FEW RUNS. SOME CAMPS ARE DEPICTING A  
MARGINAL AMOUNT OF LOW LEVEL CAPE LIFTING NORTH INTO THE AREA  
DURING THE MORNING AS THE LOW LEVELS WARM AROUND THE FRONT. A  
LACK OF COOLER AIR ALOFT SHOULD PLACE A MID LEVEL LID ON  
PARCELS, BUT A FEW CONVECTIVE CORES MAY GROW JUST DEEP ENOUGH TO  
PRODUCE LIGHTNING, ESPECIALLY AMID THE DEEP, STRONG DYNAMIC  
FORCING. MORESO THAN LIGHTNING THOUGH, THE BIGGER CONCERN IS FOR  
THESE MECHANISMS TO STIR UP BANDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL. A SMALL  
MAJORITY OF DETERMINISTIC CAMPS PAINT LOCALIZED AREAS OF 0.5+"  
6-HR TOTALS BENEATH THE WARM FRONT IN OUR CWA DURING THE  
MORNING, AND A COUPLE TO A FEW TENTHS ARE POSSIBLE ON A MORE  
WIDESPREAD BASIS. A BIG QUESTION IS NOT ONLY WHERE EXACTLY THIS  
FRONT WILL ALIGN, BUT WHETHER THE EFFECTIVE FRONT WILL BE MORE  
STATIONARY AND TARGET ONE CORRIDOR OR IF IT'LL BE MORE  
TRANSIENT AND DISTRIBUTE THE RAIN OVER A BROADER AREA. IF THE  
FORMER, FLOODING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE A BIG CONCERN BUT LOCALIZED  
PONDING AND FLOODING OF LOW SPOTS IS CERTAINLY PLAUSIBLE. WPC  
HAS MAINTAINED A MARGINAL RISK FOR EXCESSIVE RAIN IN OUR CWA IN  
PART FOR THIS WARM FRONTAL SETUP.  
 
THE BETTER STORM CHANCES, INCLUDING THE SEVERE POTENTIAL, WILL  
BE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ALONG THE  
STRENGTHENING WARM CONVEYOR AND EFFECTIVE COLD FRONT. GUIDANCE  
CONTINUES TO RESOLVE INSTABILITY THAT GENERALLY WOULDN'T RAISE  
MANY CONCERNS IN THE WARM SEASON, BUT GIVEN THE DYNAMIC FORCING  
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WAVE AND THE IMPRESSIVE SHEAR PROFILES,  
MARGINAL INSTABILITY IS LIKELY ALL WE'LL NEED TO STIR UP  
CONVECTION. OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS NOW, THERE'S BEEN A  
SLIGHT NORTHWESTWARD SHIFT IN THE HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDER  
ENVIRONMENT FOR THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE RAP HAS  
CONSISTENTLY BEEN FARTHER NORTHWEST SINCE THE STORM STARTED  
COMING INTO ITS VIEW YESTERDAY. IT EVEN RESOLVES A COUPLE OF  
HUNDRED JOULES OF ELEVATED CAPE MAKING IT UP TO OUR NORTHWESTERN  
CWA. IF THAT MATERIALIZES, CONVECTIVE SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE  
AREA-WIDE. HOWEVER, THE MORE SUPPORTIVE THUNDER ENVIRONMENT,  
INCLUDING THE SEVERE THREAT, STILL LOOK TO FAVOR AREAS SOUTH OF  
I-80, AND EVEN MORESO THE FARTHER SOUTH YOU GO. A STRONG LOW  
LEVEL JET ATOP THE CONVEYOR WILL PROVIDE SUBSTANTIAL LOW LEVEL  
AND DEEP SHEAR, AND VECTORS WILL BE ORIENTED ROUGHLY NORMAL TO  
THE BAROCLINIC ZONE. THIS SETUP WILL FAVOR AN EASTWARD-MOVING  
LINE OF CONVECTION ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE  
MIDWEST. WITH LITTLE TO NO INSTABILITY AVAILABLE ABOVE THE  
LOWEST COUPLE OF HUNDRED MILLIBARS, IT'S VERY POSSIBLE THAT WE  
SEE LITTLE LIGHTNING OUT THIS LINE. BUT THE STRONG FLOW RESIDING  
JUST OFF THE DECK PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STRONG TO LOCALLY  
DAMAGING WINDS AT THE SURFACE. AND THE VEERING NATURE OF THE  
STRONG LOW LEVEL SHEAR DOES RAISE SOME CONCERN FOR A NON-ZERO  
QLCS TORNADO THREAT IF THE NEAR-SURFACE ENVIRONMENT CAN  
DESTABILIZE ALONG THE LEADING EDGE. AGAIN, THE SEVERE THREAT IS  
PRIMARILY FOR AREAS SOUTH OF I-80 AND SEEMINGLY GREATER WITH  
SOUTH AND SOUTHEASTWARD EXTENT WHERE THE BETTER INSTABILITY AND  
KINEMATICS WILL FOCUS. THE LINE LOOKS TO BE OFF TO OUR EAST BY  
MID-EVENING.  
 
PROFILES WILL COOL RAPIDLY IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT SUNDAY  
EVENING AND NIGHT, EVEN QUICKER THAN PREVIOUSLY ADVERTISED. THIS  
WILL BRING A QUICK TRANSITION FROM RAIN TO SNOW WEST TO EAST  
DURING THE EVENING. MOST WILL LIKELY SEE ONLY GUSTY FLURRIES OR  
LIGHTER SNOW SHOWERS DURING MUCH OF THE NIGHT, BUT BETTER  
CHANCES FOR BONAFIDE SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE FOUND UP IN OUR NORTH  
WHERE BETTER ATTENDANT MOISTURE AND FORCING WILL BE FOUND.  
CHANCES FOR SNOW SHOWERS WILL EXPAND SOUTHWARD AROUND MUCH OF  
THE AREA FOR MONDAY MORNING AS THE LOW SWINGS ACROSS THE LAKE.  
GREATEST CHANCES FOR ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE NORTH OF I-80, BUT A  
DUSTING WILL BE POSSIBLE AREA-WIDE. MORE MEANINGFUL  
ACCUMULATIONS CLOSER TO OR IN EXCESS OF AN INCH MAY BE ON TAP  
FOR NORTHERN LOCALES.  
 
FINAL THING OF NOTE WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL BE THE GUSTY WINDS  
SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY. WINDS LOOK EVEN STRONGER DURING  
THIS PERIOD THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT NOW THAT THE HIGH-RES CAMPS  
HAVE COME INTO PLAY. WHILE SHOWERS MAY DRAG SOME STRONGER WINDS  
DOWN TO THE SURFACE EARLIER IN THE DAY, GUSTS WILL REALLY OPEN  
UP DURING THE EVENING IN THE COLD ADVECTION WING. CONFIDENCE IS  
HIGH IN WIDESPREAD 45 TO 50 MPH WESTERLY GUSTS DURING THE BACK  
HALF OF THE EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO  
55 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. ACCORDINGLY, DECIDED TO HOIST AN  
AREA-WIDE WIND ADVISORY ON THIS SHIFT FROM SUNDAY EVENING  
THROUGH THE END OF MONDAY AFTERNOON. GUSTS SHOULD EASE DURING  
THE EVENING AS THE SYSTEM LIFTS NORTHEAST OF THE GREAT LAKES.  
 
DOOM  
 
MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY:  
 
PRIMARY FORECAST CONCERN FOR THE EXTENDED IS THE CHANCE FOR  
LIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOW WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING. THIS HAS  
BEEN A FAIRLY CONSISTENT FEATURE IN THE MODELS FOR SEVERAL DAYS  
NOW. A WEAK CLIPPER SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE  
REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH ANOTHER PUSH OF COLDER AIR BEHIND  
IT. A NARROW BAND OF LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE SOMEWHERE  
NEARBY OR ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA, THOUGH THERE REMAINS  
CONSIDERABLE SPREAD IN THE ENSEMBLES. BLENDED GUIDANCE HAS  
INCREASED POPS, NOW IN THE MID/HIGH CHANCE RANGE. TIMING ALSO  
LOOKS TO BE A BIT FASTER. IF SNOW DOES DEVELOP, TRENDS WOULD NOW  
SUPPORT MID/LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, THEN ENDING OVERNIGHT,  
BEFORE DAYBREAK THURSDAY MORNING.  
 
TEMPS PERHAPS IN THE UPPER SINGLE DIGITS/LOWER TEENS TUESDAY  
MORNING WITH NORTHWEST WINDS STILL IN THE 10-15 MPH RANGE, COULD  
PRODUCE SUBZERO WIND CHILLS THURSDAY MORNING. BLENDED GUIDANCE  
THEN WARMED TEMPS ALMOST EVERY PERIOD INTO THE WEEKEND, FROM  
THIS EARLY MORNING'S FORECAST. SOME BRIEF MODERATION IN TEMPS  
MAY BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF THE CLIPPER, BUT THERE  
APPEARS TO BE DECENT ENSEMBLE SUPPORT FOR A RATHER COLD NEW  
YEAR'S DAY WITH HIGH PRESSURE THEN MOVING ACROSS THE AREA  
THURSDAY NIGHT. SHOULD THERE BE A NEW COATING OF SNOW, THAT MAY  
ALLOW LOW TEMPS THURSDAY NIGHT TO BE COLDER THAN GUIDANCE IS  
SUGGESTING. BUT FROM THIS DISTANCE, MADE NO CHANGES TO THE  
BLENDED GUIDANCE.  
 
TEMPS BEGIN TO SLOWLY WARM FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY WITH HIGH TEMPS  
NEXT SATURDAY POSSIBLY BACK INTO THE LOWER/MID 30S AHEAD OF THE  
NEXT POTENTIAL WEATHER SYSTEM THAT MAY BRING MIXED WINTRY PRECIP  
SOMEWHERE NEARBY OR TO THE LOCAL AREA. CMS  
 
 
   
AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z MONDAY/  
 
ISSUED AT 1130 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2025  
 
AVIATION FORECAST CONCERNS:  
 
- EXTENSIVE LIFR CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING, WITH  
AREAS OF VLIFR POSSIBLE. HIGHEST CONFIDENCE IN CIGS, VIS MAY  
FLUCTUATE WITH PRECIP.  
 
- SHRA EXPECTED SUNDAY WITH EMBEDDED TS LIKELY. LOCALIZED GUSTY  
WINDS POSSIBLE WITHIN SHRA/TS.  
 
- SHARP COLD FRONT EARLY SUNDAY EVENING WITH STRONG WESTERLY WINDS  
WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 KT. FALLING TEMPS LIKELY SUPPORTS A  
PERIOD OF SNOW/SNOW SHOWERS OVERNIGHT.  
 
STRENGTHENING SURFACE LOW OVER CENTRAL KS LATE THIS EVENING WILL  
TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN IL SUNDAY. LOW-LEVEL SOUTH-SOUTHEAST  
FLOW IS BRINGING LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE INTO THE REGION WITH A NORTHWARD-  
MOVING WARM FRONT, HELPING TO STEADILY LOWER CIGS INTO LIFR SINCE  
LATE THIS AFTERNOON. DEVELOPMENT OF DRIZZLE ALSO LEADING TO LOWERING  
VIS, GENERALLY RANGING FROM 3/4SM TO 1 1/2SM CURRENTLY WITH SOME  
UP/DOWN FLUCTUATION NOTED. EXPECTATION IS THINGS WILL CONTINUE  
TO SETTLE LOWER, WITH A AREAS OF VLIFR POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT INTO  
SUNDAY MORNING. WITH INCREASING SHOWER COVERAGE PREDAWN HOWEVER,  
CONFIDENCE IN SOLID PERSISTENT VLIFR IS SOMEWHAT LOW, THOUGH  
CERTAINLY CAN'T BE RULED OUT.  
 
SURFACE LOW CENTER IS PROGGED TO TRACK ACROSS THE TERMINALS MIDDAY  
INTO MID-AFTERNOON, WITH THE SURFACE WARM FRONT LIFTING INTO THE  
CHICAGO METRO AREA. UNSEASONABLY MILD/MOIST LOW LEVELS COMBINED WITH  
STEEPENING LAPSE RATES ALOFT WILL LIKELY SUPPORT SOME EMBEDDED TS,  
AND HAVE INCLUDED PROB30 MENTION FOR TSRA AT ALL FOUR CHICAGO METRO  
TAF SITES (TREND HAS BEEN SLIGHTLY FARTHER NORTH THAN EARLIER  
GUIDANCE RUNS). ANY CONVECTIVE SHRA/TSRA MAY BE ABLE TO PRODUCE  
BRIEF LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS, MOST LIKELY FROM THE SOUTHWEST (THOUGH  
WIND FIELD WILL OTHERWISE BE FAIRLY LIGHT AND SOMEWHAT VARIABLE IN  
THE VICINITY OF THE SURFACE LOW CENTER TRACK). SHRA WILL LIKELY HELP  
MIX CIGS A BIT HIGHER DURING THE DAY, THOUGH LOW-END IFR LIKELY TO  
PREVAIL.  
 
AS THE LOW PULLS AWAY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON, WINDS WILL SHIFT  
SHARPLY TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST, WHILE BECOMING STRONG AND GUSTY WITH  
GUSTS RAMPING UP INTO THE 35-40+ KT RANGE DURING THE EVENING.  
ADVECTION OF MUCH COLDER AIR WILL ALSO SUPPORT A PERIOD OF SNOW/SNOW  
SHOWERS FROM MID-EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS, WITH IFR VSBYS  
POSSIBLE AND SOME ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE.  
 
RATZER  
 
 
   
MARINE  
 
ISSUED AT 1130 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2025  
 
- GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO 10 PM MONDAY FROM  
WINTHROP HARBOR IL TO GARY IN.  
 
- STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM GARY IN TO MICHIGAN CITY  
IN, FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO 3 PM MONDAY.  
 
AREAS OF DENSE FOG ARE EXPECTED INTO SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS THE  
NEARSHORE, WITH A MARINE DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10  
AM SUNDAY.  
 
A POWERFUL COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE LAKE LATE SUNDAY,  
RESULTING IN A RAPID INCREASE TO GALE FORCE WEST-SOUTHWEST  
WINDS. THERE'S SOME CONCERN THAT THESE WINDS COULD START A BIT  
EARLIER THAN THE CURRENT 6 PM START TIME OF THE GALE WARNING AND  
STORM WATCH. AS LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO RAPIDLY DEEPEN NEAR  
LAKE HURON SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY, WESTERLY WINDS WILL  
FURTHER INCREASE. CONFIDENCE IN OCCURRENCE AND DURATION OF STORM  
FORCE SPEEDS/GUSTS IS HIGHEST FOR THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE  
LAKE AND HENCE HELD ONTO A STORM WATCH THERE (GARY TO MI CITY)  
IN COORDINATION WITH WFO NORTHERN INDIANA.  
 
FREEZING SPRAY WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE EARLY MONDAY MORNING AND  
CONTINUE INTO MONDAY NIGHT AS AIR TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO  
BE IN THE LOWER 20S AND POSSIBLY INTO THE TEENS.  
 
CASTRO/CMS  
 
 
   
LOT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
IL...WIND ADVISORY FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO 6 PM CST MONDAY FOR ILZ003-  
ILZ004-ILZ005-ILZ006-ILZ008-ILZ010-ILZ011-ILZ012-ILZ013-  
ILZ019-ILZ020-ILZ021-ILZ023-ILZ032-ILZ033-ILZ039-ILZ103-  
ILZ104-ILZ105-ILZ106-ILZ107-ILZ108.  
 
IN...WIND ADVISORY FROM 6 PM CST /7 PM EST/ SUNDAY TO 6 PM CST /7  
PM EST/ MONDAY FOR INZ001-INZ002-INZ010-INZ011-INZ019.  
 
LM...DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM CST SUNDAY FOR THE IL AND IN  
NEARSHORE WATERS.  
 
GALE WARNING FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO 10 PM CST MONDAY FOR WINTHROP  
HARBOR IL TO GARY IN.  
 
STORM WATCH FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR  
GARY TO BURNS HARBOR IN-BURNS HARBOR TO MICHIGAN CITY IN.  
 
 
 
 
 
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