CHICAGO AREA WEATHER BULLETIN. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH ON TUESDAY WITH A SECOND FRONT MOVING IN WEDNESDAY. WINDS ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT WILL INCREASE TO AT LEAST 20 TO 30 ...MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. HIGHER GUSTS OF 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...SHOWERS AND SEVERE EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED...WITH A POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS WITH THESE AS WELL.
http://www.weather.com/outlook/weather-news/news/articles/major-wind-snow-storm-timing-impacts_2010-10-25
Lp Co is under a Tornado WARNING. They set off the sirens a few minutes ago in City, but turned them off very quickly.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR... LA PORTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA... NORTHWESTERN PULASKI COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA... WESTERN ST. JOSEPH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA... STARKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA... WESTERN BERRIEN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN...
* UNTIL 900 AM CDT/1000 AM EDT/
* AT 858 AM EDT/758 AM CDT/... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF RAIN-WRAPPED TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO WIDESPREAD STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE. ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES WEST OF OGDEN DUNES TO 11 MILES WEST OF HEBRON TO 11 MILES WEST OF REMINGTON... AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE SEVERE STORMS INCLUDE... FRANCESVILLE... MEDARYVILLE... WESTVILLE... WANATAH AND LA CROSSE... TRAIL CREEK... MICHIGAN CITY AND LONG BEACH... NEW BUFFALO... LA PORTE AND KINGSFORD HEIGHTS... SHOREWOOD-TOWER HILL...
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE CLARKS... SOUTH WANATAH... OTIS... HASKELL... SAN PIERRE... LOMAX... WATERFORD... THOMASTON... PINHOOK... POTTAWATTOMIE PARK... ENGLISH LAKE AND RIPLEY.
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE WITH DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE... SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
Alarms are going off again in city. Last mention on the weather channel was that the specific cell was due into the Pines at 8:45am.
According to the scanners there has been a confirmed citing of a Tornado at 421 and 30. (1315 South more accurately)
nwi.com, post-trib.com, southbendtrib.com and all the chiccago sites have stories that they posted as it was happening. but lukily, we'll find out a fewfacts tomorrrow nite on the local newsss sites.
Video: Pole barn gets destroyed by tornado in Wanatah
http://www.wsbt.com/videobeta/watch/?watch=15bf28d6-ecbc-4307-ab86-2813db472fb7&cat=empty&src=front
There is a major power outage around town. Looking at the facebook buzz, a transformer at 11th and Michigan is the cause.
The damn tornado sirens woke me up in the morning. Found out later that I just missed a roaring twister a few miles to the south in Wanatah.
Power is back on in the neighborhood where Charlie's is ...
http://thenewsdispatch.com/articles/2010/10/28/news/local/doc4cc7a49861496588741051.txt
Tom Skilling is dropping hints that we could be setting up for Lake Effect snow at the end of this week...
NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
I heard snow for the end of the week.....
So how the hail is everyone anyway?
On the way back from hammers had to take shelter under the doorway/loading area at Faith City. Praise the Lord!
From my favorite weatherman, Tom Skilling
The National Weather Service has extended the TORNADO WATCH to cover the entire Chicago metro area and NW Indiana until 6PM. Gusts to 70 mph and hail up to ping/pong size (1.5" in diameter) is accompanying eastbound t-storms over western Illinois. The tornado watch now covers: Cool, Lake (in IL & IN), DuPage, Will & Kankakee in IL and Benton, Newton, Jasper & Porter Cos in IN.
LP Co is now under tornado watch until 2 am.
This storm has already done some big damage to the west. This is again from Tom Skilling.
Wild afternoon over portions of the area. Tornado's touched down (just after 3PM) producing damage at Caledonia. School bus overturned there near Argyle & Harlem Road. Funnel clouds reported 1 miles south of Kaneville, near Elburn, and 2 miles west of the Motorola Plant in Harvard. Wind gusts have hit 46 Aurora, 44 O'Hare, 43 Naperville, and 39 at Frankfurt. Roofs off homes, power poles down Union Grove, WI.
Special Weather Statement for La Porte, IN
Issued by The National Weather Service
North Webster, IN
10:42 am CST, Wed., Nov. 24, 2010
... MIXED PRECIPITATION EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...
A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SUPPORT PRECIPITATION INTO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO START AS A RAIN... SLEET OR SNOW MIX... AND WILL TRANSITION TO ALL RAIN THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MOST AREAS WILL SEE LITTLE TO NO SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION. HOWEVER... AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF ROUTE 30 MAY SEE A LIGHT COATING OF SLEET AND SNOW.
Thats just great.....an ICE STORM
Tom Skilling
Models suggest 3-5" of "system snow"--lake snow is the wild card. Wiith 10-14 hrs in which bursts of lake snow may occur late Sat & Sat night, some areas could see another 2-4". It's to be the season's first sig city snowfall. Winds to pick up as gradient tightens Sat night/Sun between retreating low & sprawling Canadian high. Lake snows could cont into nxt wk in the Ind snowbelt--may brush IL shore early next wk.
http://www.wgnradio.com/nws-alert02.front?alert=0015&state=yes&market=WGNRADIO&level=Minor
I don't know.....
It's pretty bad in LaPorte right now.
Winter Storm Watch
Issued At: Friday, 10 Dec 2010, 3:31 PM EST
Expires At: Monday, 13 Dec 2010, 1:00 PM EST
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 331 PM EST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES THIS WEEKEND. WHILE DETAILS ON THE EXACT TRACK REMAIN QUESTIONABLE...LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS...ENHANCED BY THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE...ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE WATCH AREA BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO AT LEAST MONDAY. IT REMAINS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE EXACTLY WHERE THE HEAVIEST SNOW MAY FALL. HOWEVER...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WATCH AREA BY MONDAY MORNING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...CAUSING NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OUTLYING AREAS. THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL THIS WEEKEND SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS. LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-STARKE-MARSHALL-KOSCIUSKO-BERRIEN- CASS MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN... CULVER...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... MARCELLUS 331 PM EST FRI DEC 10 2010 /231 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010/ ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW SHOWERS BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE POSSIBLE IN SOME LOCATIONS. STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * OTHER IMPACTS...MOTORISTS WILL LIKELY ENCOUNTER RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS...WITH ROADS BEING SNOW COVERED...SLIPPERY AND IN SOME AREAS IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AS WELL AS BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE GREAT LAKES THIS WEEKEND...
.LOW PRESSURE OVER WESTERN IOWA THIS MORNING WILL RAPIDLY DEEPEN
AS IT DROPS SOUTHEASTWARD INTO WESTERN INDIANA TONIGHT...WHILE
A SECONDARY AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TAKES SHAPE OVER EASTERN
KENTUCKY. THIS WILL BECOME THE PRIMARY LOW AND WILL LIFT NORTHWARD
INTO WESTERN LAKE ERIE SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND QUICKLY CHANGE TO
SNOW FROM MID TO LATE EVENING...WITH MODERATE TO POSSIBLY HEAVY
SNOW DEVELOPING AFTER MIDNIGHT NORTH OF A MONTICELLO TO DEFIANCE LINE.
MODERATE TO POSSIBLY HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY
ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHWEST INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN AS HEAVY
LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS DEVELOP.
GENERALLY 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH
AREA WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES AND LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS LIKELY NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM WINIMAC TO WARSAW TO
THREE RIVERS. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS SUNDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS LIKELY AT
TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OUTLYING AREAS.
THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL THIS WEEKEND AND ON MONDAY SHOULD MONITOR LATER
FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER RAPIDLY CHANGING
CONDITIONS.
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
LATE MONDAY NIGHT...
THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT.
* TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW SHOWERS BY
SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT
TIMES SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT.
* MAIN IMPACT...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW...
WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 16 TO 20 INCHES CLOSER TO LAKE
MICHIGAN...ARE POSSIBLE IN SOME LOCATIONS. STRONG WINDS WILL
CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW AND
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES.
* OTHER IMPACTS...MOTORISTS WILL LIKELY ENCOUNTER RAPIDLY
CHANGING CONDITIONS...WITH ROADS BEING SNOW COVERED...SLIPPERY
AND IN SOME AREAS IMPASSABLE.
Think positive everyone. 1 hour of snow shovelling burns as many calories as a 35 minute run (at least if you run as glacially as I do). So leave the snowblower in the garage and get pumped!
NIPSCO is now reporting 1549 without power in Michigan City proper. Yuck. Hopefully people can find friends and family to stay with, because it is ugly tonight.
http://www.wndu.com/hometop/headlines/111759514.html
...WINTER STORM TO LINGER THROUGH TONIGHT...
.LAKE EFFECT SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES... WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
NORTHWEST INDIANA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN THROUGH TONIGHT.
THE HEAVY SNOW BANDS WHICH HAVE BEEN NEARLY STATIONARY BETWEEN
ROUTES 31 AND 49 TODAY...WILL BEGIN TO MOVE TO THE EAST TONIGHT.
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO BE 3 TO 5 INCHES
IN BERRIEN... LAPORTE... ST. JOSEPH.. AND MARSHALL COUNTIES... AND
1 TO 3 INCHES IN CASS... MIAMI... STARKE... PULASKI...AND EXTREME
NORTHEAST WHITE COUNTY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AS HIGH AS 2
FEET WITH HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN LAPORTE COUNTY. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THIS EVENING AS WINDS DECREASE.
TRAVELING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME ROADS IN NORTHWEST INDIANA ARE
CLOSED AND IMPASSABLE FROM HEAVY SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW.
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM
CST/ TUESDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM
CST/ TUESDAY.
* TIMING...LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS WHICH HAVE BEEN STATIONARY
BETWEEN ROUTES 31 AND 49 TODAY... WILL BEGIN TO SHIFT EAST OVERNIGHT.
* MAIN IMPACT...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO TWO FEET ARE EXPECTED
WHERE THE HEAVY LAKE BANDS PERSIST. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THIS EVENING.
* OTHER IMPACTS...THE HEAVY SNOW AND SNOW DRIFTS WILL RESULT IN
DIFFICULT AND IN SOME CASES IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN THIS
AREA. LAPORTE AND SOUTHWEST BERRIEN COUNTY WILL HAVE THE WORST
TRAVELING CONDITIONS. ROADS RUNNING EAST TO WEST WILL BE
IMPACTED GREATEST BY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... THIS INCLUDES
THE INDIANA TOLL ROAD... INTERSTATE 94...AND ROUTE 30.
Instructions: A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
Target Area: Fulton
La Porte
Tom Skilling
AP is report 70 stranded motorists on snowbound on roads near LaPorte have been freed. The heavy lake snow plume continues into areas like LaPorte, New Buffalo, Michigan City, Bridgman, St. Joseph and Wanatah. Flurries are blowing back into the Chi shoreline--but cold wx the big story here. Lake snows have reached 17.5" just south of Mich City, IN; 15.8" Mich City, 9.5" Headlee IN and 7" Buchanan, MI.
19 inches in Westville.....and still counting.
eventuualy chris schable will allllow you to kno local coverage of this siatuation. until than, you'lll have to rely on national news.
Just how bad are road conditions in MC now ? Was planning on traveling there today.
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29 inches in Westville....and still counting.
I got about 12" accumulated at my house, but that's not really accurate because I am in a "blow zone" so I'm sure a lot of the snow continued on....
But... I've been stuck in the house for a couple days now and I'm really hoping it doesn't snow any more tonight!
Tom Skilling-Snow falling within 150 miles of Chi. It reaches the city 5-7PM--sooner west suburbrs. Current thinking: Around 3" totals before switch to frz driz/snowflurry mix toward morn & Tue. Visibilities locally 1/4 mile in northern Iowa in this snow. 2-3" down around Sioux Falls, SD. GFS remains aggressive on late wk system-but Euro sends it south. Will be digging into that.
Found this on facebook
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
825 PM EST SUN JAN 9 2011
INZ003>006-008-012-014-016-MIZ077>079-100430-
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-NOBLE-STARKE-MARSHALL-
KOSCIUSKO-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...
NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...KENDALLVILLE...
LIGONIER...ALBION...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...PLYMOUTH...
BREMEN...CULVER...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...
NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...
CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...
MENDON
825 PM EST SUN JAN 9 2011 /725 PM CST SUN JAN 9 2011/
...PATCHY DENSE FOG ACROSS THE AREA...
HIGH CLOUDS HAVE THINNED ACROSS THE AREA WHICH HAS RESULTED IN
TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO THIS
EVENING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS AREAS WHICH RECEIVED DEEPER SNOW COVER
THE PAST FEW DAYS. THIS COOLING HAS LED TO PATCHY DENSE FOG
FORMATION ACROSS THE AREA. VISIBILITIES IN THE DENSER FOG PATCHES
MAY DROP TO A QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. DUE TO
THE COLD TEMPERATURES...THERE IS A POSSIBILITY A THIN LAYER OF ICE
COULD FORM ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS...AND MOTORISTS
AND PEDESTRIANS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION THIS EVENING. HIGH CLOUDS
ARE EXPECTED TO THICKEN LATER THIS EVENING WHICH MAY LIMIT THE
EXTENT OF DENSE FOG FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
Lake Effect Snow Watch for La Porte, IN
from 6 pm CST, Tue., Jan. 11, 2011 until 6 am CST, Thu., Jan. 13, 2011
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Issued by The National Weather Service
North Webster, IN
2:54 am CST, Mon., Jan. 10, 2011
... LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.
* TIMING... MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TUESDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS... ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.
* OTHER IMPACTS... MANY ROADS REMAIN CLOGGED WITH SNOW AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL LEAD TO DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A LARGE AMOUNT OF SNOW IN ONLY A FEW HOURS. VISIBILITIES AND DEPTH OF SNOW CAN VARY GREATLY... IMPACTING TRAVEL SIGNIFICANTLY. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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... HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
.A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS THIS MORNING WILL SHIFT EASTWARD AND INTENSIFY THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. A BROAD AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACROSS THE PLAINS WILL OVERSPREAD MUCH OF THE AREA BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE GIVING WAY TO INTENSE LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS OVER NORTHWEST INDIANA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN.
WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF GENERALLY 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED NORTHWEST OF A KNOX TO STURGIS LINE AND 3 TO 6 INCHES SOUTHEAST. ADDITIONAL HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE BEGINNING TUESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
AAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hate lake effect snow!
Again from Tom Skilling... And the NNW wind direction is really bad news for Michigan City.
A new cover of snow is on the way! Chi's biggest snow (2-4") in 15 days due Tues. A big lake snow headed for sections of IN snow belt too! Patches of snow arrive sections Chi area Tue's pre-dawn then build into area wide snow Tue AM rush. Hviest IN snows: Tue nite-Wed nite. Some lake enhancement of snow lakeside counties of IL Tue-but full fetch NNW winds deliver hviest lake snow sections LaPorte/Porter Cos. IN
UGH!! I wish it would just dump on us all at once instead of dragging out for days and days.
Its baaaack...
http://www.wdtn.com/dpp/weather/wdt_alert/Wind-Chill-Advisory_88764523
This is about the expected weather system looking like it will be here Tue or Wed.
Tom Skilling
With several days still to go to main snow event, overnight & AM model runs remain bullish on snow HERE. Latest GFS kicks out 0.84" water equivalent. An average of precip tallies from a range of models & model runs averages out to 0.70"--with the spread running from 0.25 up to 1.56". BUFKIT snow/water ratio estimates off past 2 GFS runs come in at 15 to 1. This suggests a big snow is a growing possibility.
Yea...more snow!
Doing the math, that works out to about 2 feet of snow.
Tom Skilling
Blizzard watch issued by the NWS later Tuesday through Wednesday. First
round of snow with several inches accumulation to develop Monday afternoon & night--then taper to lighter snow in bursts Tuesday morning. The main event threatens later Tuesday, Tuesday night and well into Wednesday. Peak winds & heaviest snowfall to occur then.
Tom Skilling
Wouldn't be surprising, given prospects for lake enhancement of snowfall for as many as 18 hours of the storm's snow, to see local 20"+ tallies lakeside counties if current trends continue--and all models are solidifying behind this line of reasoning--a development which lends confidence to any snow forecast.
According to Tom Skilling we are looking at 20 to 24 inches of snow
It's my coworker Lisa's fault. She is in her early 20's and does not remember any major blizzards. At the beginning of winter, she said, "I wish we would have blizzard like they had in the 70's. I hear the stories from my parents, aunts, & uncles, and I want a blizzard like that to happen." I told her to take it back, but obviously she didn't. Brat!
Latest update has City in the 12 to 16" bracket now.
Today-Wednesday night...a sig winter storm will impact the region. Winds
will increase through morning into the afternoon with snow
developing as massive height adjustment ensues per the advecting
upper wave. Very intense forcing for upward... vertical motion noted by
very strong q-vector convergence in the 500 mb-300 mb layer/potent
tropopause positive pressure advection/and highly diffluent middle level height
signature...with sig ageostrophic upglide expected. Thermal
advections will support a warm nose into southern areas...with snow
changing to sleet and freezing rain. A period of freezing rain is
expected across the far southeast...where around a quarter inch of ice
looks likely. Meanwhile snow will intensify as middle level lapse rates
steepen/frontogenetical generated lift and upglide strengthens/and
deep moisture advects into the area. Deformation banding is
expected. Model investigation reveals negative saturated epv over
much of the region at 700 mb...and cross sections indicate a very good
setup for csi release through slantwise convection. Conditional
instability will also be present with strongly convective snow
squalls possible. Given mean track of the 850 mb/h7/h5 low and the
proximity csi release in the dgz/and analog guidance from cips...the
heaviest snow is expected somewhere across the northwest forecast area 50 miles either
side of a kikk to ksbn line. Snowfall rates of 2 inches or more an
hour will be possible...with 15 to 20 inches of snow expected.
Thundersnow will be possible which would certainly increase local
snow rates. Farther south...warm nosing with warm layer maximum T/S
rising to 1-2c will support a mix of sleet...with lesser snow
amounts. Farther south in Grant/Blackford/and Jay County...freezing
rain is expected with around 0.25 inches of ice expected as
snow/sleet mixes to freezing rain with warm layer temperatures approaching 4c. The
other main concern will be surface winds. Given h95 geostrophic
analysis/surface pressure falls/and heavy precipitation supporting momentum
mix down...expecting sustained winds of 25 to 30 knots for several
hours with gusts to 45 miles per hour coincident with the heaviest snow. This
will support white out conditions/severe drifting with drifts of 4
to 8 feet expected/and definite Road closures...creating very
dangerous conditions. Will issue a Blizzard Warning for most of the
forecast area. This storm will definitely cripple the region as nearly all
roads in the northwest forecast area will likely be closed at some point...even major
highways given the magnitude of the storm. Snow and wind will
gradually let up Wednesday morning...with a lingering lake effect band
shifting into the west by Wednesday evening. Blowing and drifting is
expected through Wednesday. Lake effect snow will wane heavily given
backing/disrupting flow and falling inversion bases...but still be
quite capable of dropping 1-2 inches over la port and Starke
counties...lesser amounts east.
Issued by The National Weather Service
North Webster, IN
4:06 am CST, Tue., Feb. 1, 2011
... BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY... ... THIS REPLACES THE WINTER STORM WARNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY. THIS REPLACES THE WINTER STORM WARNING.
* TIMING... AFTER A SHORT LULL IN SNOW THIS MORNING... SNOW WILL EXPAND IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... ENDING WEDNESDAY EVENING. WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT... WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.
* MAIN IMPACT... SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED... WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN NORTHWEST INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS... WITH ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW AT TIMES AND SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING. SNOW DRIFTS OF 4 TO 8 FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE IN MANY OPEN AREAS.
* OTHER IMPACTS... TRAVEL WILL BE HIGHLY IMPACTED WITH HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW CREATING VERY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. HIGHWAY CREWS WILL LIKELY HAVE A HARD TIME KEEPING UP WITH THE CONDITIONS... LEADING TO SEVERAL ROAD CLOSURES. UNNECESSARY TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED AT ALL COSTS. POWER OUTAGES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE DUE TO WET HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED... STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
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... POWERFUL WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE REGION...
.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT... SUPPORTING HEAVY SNOW AND MIXED PRECIPITATION INTO THE AREA. AFTER A LULL IN ACTIVITY THIS MORNING... HEAVY SNOW WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS LIKELY BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON OVER MUCH OF THE AREA... POSSIBLY MIXING WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN SOUTH OF US 24. VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING... ENDING BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT... WITH ISOLATED SNOW PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS BEING POSSIBLE. SNOW WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN SOUTH OF ROUTE 24... WITH SIGNIFICANT ICING POSSIBLE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE... WITH THE HIGHEST ICING POTENTIAL NEAR AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MARION INDIANA TO OTTAWA OHIO. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 18 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF OVER 20 INCHES NOT OUT OF THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY. THESE HIGHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE ACROSS FAR NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN.
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH... WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... WITH DRIFTS POTENTIALLY REACHING SEVERAL FEET IN SOME LOCATIONS. BLIZZARD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN MANY AREAS... ESPECIALLY ACROSS FAR NORTHERN INDIANA... SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND FAR NORTHWEST OHIO. VISIBILITIES WILL BE DOWN TO ZERO AT TIMES TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE IN MANY AREAS... WITH ROAD CLOSURES LIKELY.
http://weblogs.wgntv.com/chicago-weather/tom-skilling-blog/2010/01/feb-1516-1958-one-of-the-bigge.html
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wgnweather
on January 26, 2010 9:56 PM | Permalink
Dear Tom,
All the recent heavy lake-effect snow in northern Indiana reminded me of a huge storm that paralyzed Michigan City, Ind., in the 1950s or '60s. Can you provide details?
--Larry Robinson
Dear Larry,
On Feb. 15 and 16, 1958, one of the biggest Lake Michigan snow events on record buried Michigan City with more than 40 inches of snow during a period of about 36 hours. The strong winds blowing arctic air down the full length of the lake piled the snow into huge drifts, some as high as 15 feet. The snow was so deep that bulldozers were needed to help the town dig out. The area of the exceptionally heavy snow was small and neighboring communities thought the snowstorm was a hoax because skies as close as Gary were clear. Nearby LaPorte received 5 feet of snow in February 1958, much of it falling during that storm.
Went to WalNart after work to pick up some staples--just in case--and the food was almost all gone. The employees were stocking the shelves as fast as they could, but they didn't have much left to put out. The grocery dept mgr said that they probably wouldn't have anything left at all after today. The check-out girl told me that two men got in a fist fight over a loaf of bread and the police were called. And several people said yesterday was worse than black friday.
Is the moon full?
Hey LoveCity--My Sister is moving back from WY this week. Think she's bringing this with her?
LaPorte Community Schools may release early...
As of now the City Council meeting is still on for tonight. If that changes, I will post it.
http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/02/01/the-snowpocalypse-tsunami-blizzard-could-send-18-foot-waves-into-downtown-chicago-tonight/
Thundersnow is very eerie. We had that in WY while I lived out there.
It is very bizarre to have the snow falling in blankets with thunder and lightening. Makes the hair on your arms stand up.
Some good pictures from around town today.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/City-By-the-Lakeorg/44763113874#!/album.php?aid=277286&id=44763113874
Snow removal on Ohio Street
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1841477842149&saved#!/
FYI
http://www.wdtn.com/dpp/weather/wdt_alert/Wind-Advisory_39012262
[quote]Wind Advisory
Issued At: Friday, 15 Apr 2011, 10:52 AM EDT
Expires At: Friday, 15 Apr 2011, 10:00 PM EDT
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1052 AM EDT FRI APR 15 2011 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING... .AN AREA OF DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS WILL TRACK INTO WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS LATE THIS EVENING. EAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA BY MID TO LATE EVENING. LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB- STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN- WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD- JAY-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS- FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE... PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES... SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON... MONON...LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO... WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON... OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND... HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... MARCELLUS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON... COLDWATER...BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE... BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE... SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER... PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA... FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA... SPENCERVILLE 1052 AM EDT FRI APR 15 2011 /952 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT /9 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...EAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH SOME GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE BY THE MID TO LATE EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...EAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS WILL ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
It's snowing outside!!!
More weather fun... I hope you have those arks built!
Tom Skilling
Latest Wed/Thu precip numbers off the Weather Service's 7am Tue run of the WRF model are: 1.62" Lakefront, 2.09" O'Hare & 2.02" Midway! Here's a plot of the predicted Wed into Thu rain event.
Tom Skilling
The hyper-active Spring 2011 severe weather season rolls on with another tornado outbreak predicted for a wide area of the country south & east of Chicago. Here's the "tornado ingredients" panel verifying at 4 pm Tue afternoon from the Storm Prediction Center. This fcst outlines the area where atmospheric energy (high "CAPES"), spin ("helicity") and shear threaten rotating supercells and twister development. SPC has logged 751 tornado reports to date which will be culled down to the number of actual tornadoes at a future date. The 3 yr avg of twisters thru April acrs the US is 378.
From -- WSBT-TV A
stormy afternoon and evening is on the way, with some hail and wind
possible with the storms. I'll be Storm Tracking throughout the day and
on WSBT News tonight.
City is under a tornado watch until 9pm
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0216.html
Get to where you are going soon, because it looks like City is in the thunderstorm bullseye again. Big storms have popped off to our south and southwest and seem to be headed this way!
There are tornado warnings in two counties south of Chicago right now
Primary tornado threat just west of Chicago
May 22, 2011 7:13 AM |
by Mike Hamernik http://twitter.com/#!/MikeHamernik
The Storm Prediction Center is indicating a severe weather outbreak is possible this afternoon and evening over portions of the Midwest.
Thunderstorms that roll into Chicago this evening have the potential to produce damaging winds, large hail and nearly continuous lightning. In addition, a few tornadoes will be possible. The area most susceptible to tornadic thunderstorms will be just west of Chicago, over western Illinois, eastern Iowa and western Wisconsin.
BELOW: Areas highlighted below signify where the highest probability of a significant tornado will lie at 4PM (figure 1 at 2100z) and 7PM (figure 2 at 0000z).
Better batten down the hatch.
I really like your avatar with with Lighthouse, pier, catwalk, Marina, Trail Creek and Lake Michigan.
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2011/05/25/severe-storms-bearing-down-on-chicago-area/
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 368 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 24 COUNTIES
IN NORTHERN INDIANA
ADAMS ALLEN IN BLACKFORD CASS IN DE KALB ELKHART FULTON IN GRANT HUNTINGTON JAY KOSCIUSKO LA PORTE LAGRANGE MARSHALL MIAMI NOBLE PULASKI ST. JOSEPH IN STARKE STEUBEN WABASH WELLS WHITE WHITLEY
Tom Skilling
Storm damage reported in Newton Co IN at 9:25 am-possible funnel cloud. Shed heeavily damaged, utility poles reported down near state road 55 and 114.
Special marine Weather Bulletin issued for Lake Michigan between Gary and Michigan City. High winds, hail and water spouts are possible in this area until 11:30 a.m.
Tornado sirens have been BLASTING in Westville all morning today.
Get ready for round two...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_localchi/20110525/ts_yblog_localchi/powerful-storms-rolled-into-chicago-area?bouchon=602,il
http://thenewsdispatch.com/articles/2011/05/27/news/local/doc4ddde0a90ba7e143058049.txt
Tornado sirens are sounding in Michigan City as we speak!
It looks like the the scary line is south of here, places like North Judson and Demotte are being named.
AT 236 PM EDT/136 PM CDT/... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF RAIN-WRAPPED TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO WIDESPREAD STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE. 9 MILES WEST OF DE MOTTE... AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE STORM INCLUDE... MEDARYVILLE... LA CROSSE... NORTH JUDSON... KNOX... HAMLET AND WINAMAC... KOONTZ LAKE... CULVER...
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE SAN PIERRE... CLARKS... LOMAX... ENGLISH LAKE... DENHAM... TOTO... RIPLEY... BREMS... BEARDSTOWN... BASS LAKE... WINONA AND ORA.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 426 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 10 PM EDT /9 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 21 COUNTIES
IN NORTHERN INDIANA
ADAMS ALLEN IN CASS IN DE KALB ELKHART FULTON IN HUNTINGTON KOSCIUSKO LA PORTE LAGRANGE MARSHALL MIAMI NOBLE PULASKI ST. JOSEPH IN STARKE STEUBEN WABASH WELLS WHITE WHITLEY
IN MICHIGAN THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES
IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN
BERRIEN BRANCH CASS MI HILLSDALE ST. JOSEPH MI
IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 7 COUNTIES
IN NORTHWEST OHIO
DEFIANCE FULTON OH HENRY PAULDING PUTNAM VAN WERT WILLIAMS
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF... AKRON... ALBION... ANGOLA... ANTWERP... ARCHBOLD... AUBURN... BASS LAKE... BENTON HARBOR... BERNE... BLUFFTON... BREMEN... BRONSON... BROOKSTON... BRYAN... BUCHANAN... CASSOPOLIS... COLDWATER... COLUMBIA CITY... CULVER... DECATUR... DEFIANCE... DELPHOS... DESHLER... DOWAGIAC... ELKHART... FAYETTE... FORT JENNINGS... FORT WAYNE... FRANCESVILLE... FREMONT... GARRETT... GOSHEN... GRISSOM AFB... HICKSVILLE... HILLSDALE... HUNTINGTON... JONESVILLE... KALIDA... KENDALLVILLE... KNOX... LA PORTE... LAGRANGE... LIBERTY CENTER... LIGONIER... LITCHFIELD... LOGANSPORT... MARCELLUS... MEDARYVILLE... MELROSE... MENDON... MENTONE... MEXICO... MICHIGAN CITY... MISHAWAKA... MONON... MONTICELLO... MONTPELIER... NAPOLEON... NAPPANEE... NEW CARLISLE... NEW HAVEN... NILES... NORTH JUDSON... NORTH MANCHESTER... OHIO CITY... OSSIAN... OTTAWA... PANDORA... PAULDING... PERU... PLYMOUTH... ROANOKE... ROCHESTER... ROYAL CENTER... SHERWOOD... SHIPSHEWANA... SOUTH BEND... SOUTH WHITLEY... ST. JOSEPH... STURGIS... SWANTON... SYRACUSE... THREE RIVERS... TOPEKA... TRI-LAKES... VAN WERT... WABASH... WALKERTON... WARSAW... WAUSEON... WHITE PIGEON... WINAMAC AND WINONA LAKE.
Missed us....headin SOUTH
Yeah, the lake really killed our section of that one. It is still in the 40's in the deep lake.
The National Weather Service in northern Indiana has issued a heat advisory for northern Indiana and northwest Ohio until midnight tonight.
It said the region will suffer through “one more hot and humid day” before storms usher in at least some relief for Thursday.
After a warm start this morning, the weather service said temperatures will rapidly rebound into the lower to middle 90s. Combined with high humidity, this will create heat index readings in the range of 97 degrees to 102 degrees.
Evening temperatures are expected to drop back into the 80s with heat index readings in the upper 80s to around 90.
The advisory includes the following counties:
Indiana – Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, Wabash, Wells, Whitley, LaPorte, St. Joseph, Elkhart, Starke, Pulaski, Marshall, Fulton, White, Cass, Miami, Grant, Blackford and Jay.
Ohio – Williams, Fulton, Defiance, Henry, Paulding, Putnam, Van Wert and Allen.
Michigan – Cass Mi, St. Joseph and Branch.
Issued by The National Weather Service
North Webster, IN
Wed, Jun 8, 2011, 4:04 PM CDT
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... RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...
* RISK... HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS THURSDAY AND MODERATE RISK THURSDAY NIGHT.
* WAVES... BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FEET BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING. 2 TO 4 FEET THURSDAY NIGHT.
* WINDS... NORTH 10 TO 20 KNOTS... GUSTS TO 25 KNOTS THURSDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THURSDAY... AND A MODERATE RISK THURSDAY NIGHT.
DANGEROUS POUNDING SURF AND LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED AT THE BEACHES. PEOPLE VISITING THE BEACHES SHOULD STAY OUT OF THE WATER.
Pattern Change Results in Increasing Tornado Threat
by Chris Dolce, Meteorologist
June 20, 2011
Over the last several days, the pattern has been very conducive to clusters of storms producing swaths of damaging winds and large hail in the central and eastern states. Although we saw around a dozen tornado reports on Sunday, most days have seen minimal or no tornadic activity.
Monday and Tuesday, the pattern will be changing as a dip in the jet stream over the West and a cold front kick into the Plains. As a result, atmospheric conditions will be ripe for tornadoes in addition to damaging wind and large hail threats. You can see this setup in the graphic at the top right.
Pop up storm takes out a lot of power in the area. Currently NIPSCO reporting no outages in Michigan City proper, but 824 without power in Long Beach and 1624 without power in LaPorte.
No more power outages being reported in Michigan City or Long Beach at this time. LaPorte is down to 102 out of power, with Westville 2, and Chesteron with 3.
Last night our power blipped but came back on right away. However, I heard transformers popping all over the place. Sounded like a war zone!
What a CRAZY storm last night!!
A crazy night has turned into a crazy morning. I'm seeing people talk about significant hail out in the Pines.
3.2 inches over the past 24 hours at my house...
It is thunderstorming like the end of the world in downtown Chicago right now. Batten down the hatches City! It should be there in about an hour!
WSBT-TV
Severe Thunderstorm Warning in effect for our Michigan counties, and then LaPorte, St. Joe, Elkhart, Starke and Marshall Counties in IN until 11 AM. A big line of storms is moving this way from Chicago. Should start to see the effects of this line in LaPorte and Berrien Counties in the next 15 to 30 minutes.
http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/article/20110711/NEWS01/307110003/Winds-up-85-mph-reported-approaching-storm?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Frontpage
It will be pretty much clear sailing for the rest of the week, but could get hotter than hell this coming weekend.
http://www.weather.com/weather/alerts/localalerts/46360:4?phenomena=EH&significance=A&areaid=INZ003&office=KIWX&etn=0001
http://www.weather.com/weather/alerts/localalerts/46360:4?phenomena=TAQ&significance=TL&areaid=INZ003&office=KIWX&etn=8ff1afbf9ef501dd000e8c2dd63608db6e607c54
Obviously the beaches and dunes will be crowded this week. Some storms are predicted, and that of course means: RIP CURRENTS. There's already been a few drowning deaths reported, and sadly, it won't be the last.
http://www.wdtn.com/dpp/weather/wdt_alert/Heat-Advisory_90968538
And it's fair week.... be careful out there!
http://thenewsdispatch.com/articles/2011/07/20/news/local/doc4e24e0d7ccc8f722265657.txt
Indiana Department of Environmental Management E-News Release
For immediate release
July 19, 2011
IDEM forecasts high ozone for 11 areas in Indiana
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) is forecasting high ozone levels on Wednesday, July 20, 2011, in the following metropolitan areas:
* Anderson - Madison County
* Bloomington - Greene, Monroe, and Owen counties
* Central Indiana - Boone, Brown, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Putnam, and Shelby counties
* Columbus-Seymour - Bartholomew and Jackson counties
* Fort Wayne - Allen, Huntington, Wells, and Whitley counties
* Greater Louisville - Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Scott, and Washington counties
* Lafayette - Benton, Carroll, Tippecanoe, and White counties
* Michigan City-LaPorte - LaPorte County
* Muncie - Delaware County
* Northwest Indiana - Jasper, Lake, Newton, and Porter counties
* South Bend-Elkhart - Elkhart and St. Joseph counties
IDEM encourages everyone to help reduce ozone by making simple changes to their daily habits. You can:
* Walk, bike, carpool or use public transportation.
* Avoid using the drive-through and combine errands into one trip.
* Avoid using gasoline-powered lawn equipment until after 7 p.m.
* Turn off your engine when idling for more than 30 seconds.
* Conserve energy by turning off lights or setting the air conditioner to 75 degrees or above.
Anyone sensitive to poor air quality may be affected when ozone levels are high. Children, the elderly and anyone with heart or lung conditions should reduce or avoid exertion and heavy work outdoors.
IDEM examines weather patterns and current ozone readings to make daily air quality forecasts. To learn more about ozone or sign up for air quality forecasts, visit www.SmogWatch.IN.gov<http://www.SmogWatch.IN.gov>.
Ground-level ozone is formed when sunlight and hot weather bake vehicle exhaust, factory emissions and gasoline vapors. Ozone in the upper atmosphere blocks ultraviolet radiation, but ozone near the ground is a lung irritant that can cause coughing and breathing difficulties.
Community Outreach Basketball League
Due to severe heat conditions in the gym, we will be cancelling the games tonight. Just spoke with the janitor and the temperature in the gym is currently 106 degrees. We will be back in the gym on Sunday. That will be the final regular season game, and the playoff start next Wednesday. We will also announce the 2 $500 scholarship winners on Sunday.
Just got back from North Judson picking blueberries. The HEAT was so oppressive in those bushes.....I thought I was in the middle of the Amazon !
Wolfpack Mchs Cheerleading
Hey everyone! Practice for tonight is cancelled once again! HOWEVER, meet at Elston at 5:30 still to pick up your carwash tickets to start selling. After that there is NO practice! stay cool and practice camp material! ♥
Garwood Orchards
UPICK CLOSED UNTIL SATURDAY DUE TO EXTREME HEAT! Planning to UPick? Wait until Saturday or Sunday. Stay cool folks and drink lots of water! Check on your elderly friends and neighbors, too!
http://thenewsdispatch.com/articles/2011/07/21/news/local/doc4e27a735a82a9875835892.txt
Gonna have to shut off the puter shortly. No need to have that thing FRIED with this approaching storm.
Raining Cats and Dogs in Westville now !
Glad I went to the beach yesterday. No need for yet another riptide current victim.
Same storm that hit Warsaw.....WITH TWISTERS. Mike Hoffman photos.
UPDATE: Warsaw clean-up begins in the aftermath of severe storms
Warsaw, Ind.
A severe afternoon storm that rolled through Warsaw left a path of damage, tearing down trees and demolishing some structures.
Posted: 12:04 AM Jul 23, 2011
Reporter: Stephanie Stang; Gabby Gonzalez
A severe afternoon storm that rolled through Warsaw left a path of damage, tearing down trees and demolishing some structures.
Shopping plazas, banks and streets all were left empty after the storms hit near 2:00 p.m. Although they only lasted a few minutes, they cut a swath of destruction in Warsaw and the surrounding areas.
A storage shed belonging to Whimet, a metal finishing company for orthopedics, was blown over a fence and onto railroad tracks. Train traffic was not affected although a crane was needed to remove the debris.
Large trees were split twain and large branches broken off. Some trees were laid flat across yards and on houses.
"I got scared," said homeowner Mary Allce Lackey who's house had a tree land on it. "The power box was right there. That's the main room where our family room is."
Power outages were rampant across the area and at its height, NIPSCO's website indicated that over 8,000 people were without power. At this time, there are an estimated 200 people still without power.
Both Kosciusko County Sheriffs deputies and Warsaw Police were out and about helping stranded residents in addition to clearing roads.
No injuries have been reported.
The National Weather Service is not investigating whether the storm did produce a tornado.
What a BUMMER. Looks like the dunes lakeshore will shutdown as well.
Chicago Park District
Swim ban @ all beaches today based on water quality. Due to heavy rains, the MWRD opened locks on the Chicago River downtown & Wilmette. We ban swimming @ all beaches as a precaution. When the locks are opened, the flow of the Chicago River is reversed & stormwater mixed with sewage may be released into the lake. Once the locks close, water sampling will begin, 2X a day until test results show low levels of bacteria.
http://www.facebook.com/ChicagoParkDistrict/posts/10150272360373711
http://www.chestertontribune.com/Environment/ozone_pollution_action_day_forec.htm
Lake Michigan - Broadway Beach
The following advisory is in effect:
Contamination Advisory
Start Date: 8/1/2011
Issued By: Indiana Dept. of Natural
Beach Details
Beach Name: Broadway Beach
Beach Description: Beverly Shores
Facilities: Stairs
Accessibility: Public Owned, Public Access
Other Information:
Beach Location
Central Latitude/Longitude: 41.6834 / -86.98352 View Map
County: Porter
Township: Pine
Ownership Type:
Park Name:
Other Information
EPA PRAWN Beach ID: IN713297
EPA STORET Number: BROADWAY
Other Information
Hydrological Unit Code (HUC):
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I just got back from swimming there today. NO signs put up, hundreds of people in the water....like if nothins happening.
Severe Wisconsin thunderstorms may be Chicago-bound
August 2, 2011 6:36 AM |
Severe thunderstorms racing are southeast from northern and central Wisconsin and could reach the Chicago area later this morning. The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma is monitoring these storms for the possible issuance of a severe weather watch for portions of the Chicago area where a very energetic hot and humid atmosphere is in place.
Stay tuned!!
http://www.chicagoweathercenter.com/
http://www.wishtv.com/dpp/weather/wdt_alert/Heat-Advisory_66122556
http://alerts.weather.gov/cap/wwacapget.php?x=MZGL20110802190000SmallCraftAdvisory20110803040000MZGL.IWXMWWIWX.b6af18e5953776b66b358052681cd7f5
http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=INZ003&warncounty=INC091&firewxzone=INZ003&local_place1=Michigan+City+IN&product1=Rip+Current+Statement
Tom Skilling
We're headed into the coolest wx here in 7 wks with back to back 70s Wed & Thu! This is occurring as the severity of the heat in the southern Plains continues to garner attention. July finished 4th warmest since records began in 1895. NOAA rpts Oklahoma's 88.9-deg July temp ranks the hottest statewide avg temp in any state since nat'l records began 116 yrs ago! http://blog.chicagoweathercenter.com/
That was one hail of a wave of storms... Looks like we might get another one which is right about to the state line of IL
Local Weather Alert
Rip Current Statement for La Porte, IN
until 1:00 PM CDT, Mon., Aug 15, 2011
Issued by The National Weather Service
North Webster, IN
Sun, Aug 14, 2011, 9:42 AM CDT
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* Video: Prepare for a Day in the Sun
* More Boat & Beach Maps
... RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...
* RISK... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH TONIGHT AND A MODERATE RISK ON MONDAY.
* WAVES... WAVES NEAR THE BEACH WILL BE 4 TO 8 FEET TODAY AND TONIGHT... AND 2 TO 4 FEET MONDAY.
* WINDS... WINDS WILL BE NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 MPH TONIGHT AND MONDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY AND TONIGHT.
DANGEROUS POUNDING SURF AND LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED AT THE BEACHES TODAY AND TONIGHT. PEOPLE VISITING THE BEACHES SHOULD STAY OUT OF THE WATER.
Indiana Department of Environmental Management E-News Release
For immediate release
August 31, 2011
IDEM forecasts high ozone for five areas in Indiana
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) is forecasting high ozone levels on Thursday, September 1, 2011, in the following metropolitan areas:
* Columbus-Seymour - Bartholomew and Jackson counties
* Greater Louisville - Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Scott, and Washington counties
* Michigan City-LaPorte - LaPorte County
* Northwest Indiana - Jasper, Lake, Newton, and Porter counties
* South Bend-Elkhart - Elkhart and St. Joseph counties
IDEM encourages everyone to help reduce ozone by making simple changes to their daily habits. You can:
* Walk, bike, carpool or use public transportation.
* Avoid using the drive-through and combine errands into one trip.
* Avoid using gasoline-powered lawn equipment.
* Turn off your engine when idling for more than 30 seconds.
* Conserve energy by turning off lights or setting the air conditioner to 75 degrees or above.
Anyone sensitive to poor air quality may be affected when ozone levels are high. Children, the elderly and anyone with heart or lung conditions should reduce or avoid exertion and heavy work outdoors.
IDEM examines weather patterns and current ozone readings to make daily air quality forecasts. To learn more about ozone or sign up for air quality forecasts, visit www.SmogWatch.IN.gov<http://www.SmogWatch.IN.gov>.
Ground-level ozone is formed when sunlight and hot weather bake vehicle exhaust, factory emissions and gasoline vapors. Ozone in the upper atmosphere blocks ultraviolet radiation, but ozone near the ground is a lung irritant that can cause coughing and breathing difficulties.
It was GORGEOUS at the Dunes today.
IDEM forecasts high ozone or high ozone and fine particles (PM2.5) for all metropolitan areas in Indiana
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) is forecasting high ozone and fine particle (PM2.5) levels on Friday, September 2, 2011, in the following metropolitan areas.
Ozone
* Fort Wayne - Allen, Huntington, Wells, and Whitley counties
* Michigan City-LaPorte - LaPorte County
* Northwest Indiana - Jasper, Lake, Newton, and Porter counties
* South Bend-Elkhart - Elkhart and St. Joseph counties
Ozone and fine particles
* Anderson - Madison County
* Bloomington - Greene, Monroe, and Owen counties
* Central Indiana - Boone, Brown, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Putnam, and Shelby counties
* Columbus-Seymour - Bartholomew and Jackson counties
* Greater Louisville - Clark , Floyd, Harrison, Scott, and Washington counties
* Lafayette - Benton, Carroll, Tippecanoe, and White counties
* Muncie - Delaware County
* Southwest Indiana - Dubois, Gibson, Perry, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, and Warrick counties
* Terre Haute - Clay, Sullivan, Vermillion, and Vigo counties
Anyone sensitive to poor air quality in these areas may be affected when ozone or PM2.5 levels are high. Children, the elderly and anyone with heart or lung conditions should reduce or avoid exertion and heavy work outdoors.
Get ready for more RIPTIDE CASUALTIES
SUNDAY
NORTHWEST WINDS TO 30 KT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS. WAVES 3 TO
5 FT BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.
SUNDAY NIGHT
NORTH WINDS TO 30 KT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS. WAVES
6 TO 9 FT.
MONDAY
NORTH WINDS TO 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT MONDAY
NIGHT. WAVES 6 TO 9 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT MONDAY NIGHT.
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/data/Forecasts/FZUS63.KLOT.html
ALCO-LaPorte County
Rip current risk remains in effect through Wednesday morning...
* risk...high rip current risk through Tuesday. Moderate risk
Tuesday night into Wednesday morning.
* Waves...waves will continue to increase into tonight...topping out
at 10 feet or more by Labor Day. Waves will then slowly subside
into Wednesday. (LS 04SEP2011 1540 hrs.)
http://www.nwitimes.com/news/weather/article_731c9678-7d10-550e-97ab-7f8354328d3f.html
Sort of weather related.... do any of you know who is in CHARGE of the weather sirens? We have one in Springfield that keeps going off sporadically in the early morning hours... 3 times this morning at 4:00 a.m. It's a new-ish siren, so I have to assume someone's either having fun with the switch, or there's some timer that's wrong somewhere. It's happened about 3 other times over the last year.. always in early twilight morning.
It gets the coyotes all riled up, and scares the bejeezus out of me!
Tom Skilling
My Weather Service colleague Gino Izzi, in his morning fcst discussion, raises an interesting possibility with which I concur--and that is that it wouldn't be surprising in this sort of set-up to see local waterspouts develop over Lake Michigan. All the ingredients appear to be there--the air's unstable, we have synoptic (large) scale lift being generating at the nose of a jet stream speed max and there's moisture available and a comparatively warm lake surface further de-stabilizing the otherwise cool air expected over the weekend. It will be interesting to monitor this possibility. Here's a look at Sat afternoon's predicted upper air set-up at 500 mb (roughly 18,000 ft) depicting wind speeds in shades of clue. You can see 35 kt winds downstate near Lafayette IN feeding north into a region of 15 kt winds near Rockford. This kind of velocity shear (wind speed change) suggests air is being encouraged to rise over Chi & southern Lake Michigan encouraging shower or even isolated t-storm formation. The spin-up of a waterspout in this situation wouldn't be impossible at all.
Now here's something you don't see everyday.....WATERSPOUTS OVER LAKE MICHIGAN:
Tom Skilling has City in a band that could see 18 foot waves or higher on Lake Michigan on Friday.
http://blog.chicagoweathercenter.com/
Looks like a lot of fog delays out there, though nothing in City. Be careful on your commute this morning!
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NIPSCO is reporting a total of 47 outages covering 600+ people right now in MC. Apparently that is down from over 2100 at its peak overnight.
http://www.wsbt.com/news/wsbt-giant-waves-draw-crowd-on-beach-20110930,0,6434081.story
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-wind-advisory-issued-as-yeartodate-sets-record-for-wet-20110929,0,708259.story
Taken by Chris Dillon
Sure was ROUGH at the lighthouse this morning.
OK, I am freaked. For a couple of seconds, just before it turned to rain a few minutes ago, it was
Rick Richards 15-20 ft 9-30 3
Definitely NOT kayaking weather.
VIDEO:
http://iwitness.weather.com/_Waves-on-Lake-Michigan/video/1642218/148597.html
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Kudos to Angela Shark for this jaw dropping shot !
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Heavy winds caused heavy wave action and was risky business for many who took their chances trying to get from North Ave. to Oak Street Beach. | Al Podgorski~Chicago Sun-Times
Huge waves make Lake Michigan look ‘like an ocean’
BY STEFANO ESPOSITO Staff Reporter September 30, 2011
One giant wave after another rolled along the curve of the Montrose Harbor jetty, before booming against the breakwater and shooting spray 20 to 40 feet into the air.
At times Friday, the ashy-green waves walloped the lakefront with such force that some onlookers swore they felt the concrete tremble beneath their feet.
“It looks like an ocean — I can’t get over it,” said Joan Picariello, 66, visiting from Boston. “We’re in awe. This can’t be a lake. We have lakes, but not like this.”
And with a sky over the lake that was at one moment sooty black, the next brilliant blue, it looked as though Mother Nature was in the midst of a furious tantrum.
Blame a cold front that swept down from the north, bringing with it wind gusts up to 30 mph and piling water up along the lakeshore, according to the National Weather Service.
The waves were so bad Friday that parts of the jogging and bike paths along the lake had to be closed just south of Fullerton Avenue and near the Oak Street Beach.
Late Friday, police said they had no reports of any injuries connected to the high waves, and a spokeswoman for the Chicago Park District said there had been no major damage.
All along the lakefront, tourists, nature lovers and folks on their lunch breaks stared in awe at the watery peaks and gullies.
At Montrose Harbor, there were no visible access restrictions, and walkers could — if they wished to — traipse out along the jetty.
Brian Keleher of Rogers Park aimed his camera lens lakeward, standing perilously close to the crashing waves.
“Crazy? I don’t think so,” said Keleher, 61, a registered nurse. “I know how to swim. That guy’s crazy.”
Keleher pointed to man just north of the jetty, who was “kite surfing.”
Farther south, near Fullerton, Heide Ralli was out for a walk with her dog, Quinn.
“It’s beautiful,” said Ralli, 68, who lives on the Gold Coast. “I find it fascinating that the lake can change so much, that nature can be so exciting. It’s usually so calm.”
Jerry Lama knows better. A lake wave knocked the 69-year-old retired nurse off his feet a few years ago near Fullerton, and last December, he slipped and broke two ribs while walking near the North Avenue Beach.
Still, on Friday, all he could do was marvel at the majesty of nature.
“It’s spectacular,” Lama said. “It really shows the power of nature. I’m surprised they don’t have pagan festivals, Taoist festivals out here to commune with Mother Nature.”
http://www.robbquinnimaging.com/Local
Won't be long before it starts looking like this.
http://heraldargus.com/articles/2011/10/01/news/local/doc4e8660f993624370121874.txt
Next 10 days will be some of the nicest weather all year.
Runners beware: Winds could create waves up to 22 feet near lakefront
SUN-TIMES MEDIA WIRE October 19, 2011
October 19, 2011 7:42AM
Runners beware. The National Weather Service is warning of the possibility of Lake Shore Drive flooding on Wednesday as a high winds create waves that could build up to 22 feet.
A gale warning now in effect will last through 3 p.m. Wednesday, according to the weather service. Forecasters predict the strongest winds will come from the northeast and clock in at nearly 52 miles per hour.
Large and “battering” waves will result in flooding of areas near the lake and more susceptible parts of Lake Shore Drive -- likely worse than what was seen in a late September storm that wreaked havoc for runners and bikers on the lakeshore bike path.
A lakeshore flood warning will be in effect from 3 p.m. Wednesday until 4 p.m. Thursday. That’s when waves will build to 12 to 16 feet Wednesday afternoon and later build to 17 to 22 feet, the National Weather Service said. Waves will gradually subside to less than 15 feet by late Thursday afternoon.
There’s also a 90 percent chance of rain all day Wednesday, when a storm warning will be in effect from 3 p.m. until 3 p.m. Thursday, according to the weather service. Forecasters predict winds could reach 58 miles per hour with waves building to 25 or occasionally 34 feet during the storm warning -- which is issued when winds reach even higher speeds than during a gale warning.
A high wind watch will also be in effect from Wednesday afternoon through Thursday morning near Lake Michigan. Winds will quickly increase Thursday afternoon with strong and potentially damaging winds likely late Wednesday afternoon through Wednesday night.
The winds will reach up to 30 to 40 miles per hour with gusts up to 60 mph likely, the weather service said.
The very strong winds could result in minor wind damage, downed tree limbs and power lines. High rise buildings near the lake will experience even stronger winds just a couple 100 feet above ground, the weather service said.
The high wind watch means there is the potential for a hazardous high wind event, sustained winds of at least 40 mph, or gusts of 58 mph or stronger possible.
The high on Wednesday will reach just 48 degrees. Thursday night will see a high of 51 degrees and a low 39 degrees.
It ought to be another great day for pictures up on the lake!
http://www.nbcchicago.com/weather/stories/Warnings-Issued-for-High-Winds-20-Foot-Waves-132128848.html
WSBT-TV
Double and triple semi trailers are banned on the Toll Road from 4 p.m. today until noon tomorrow because of high winds. This is in effect for the entire length of the road.
The big winds have brought back downed powerlines. As of this moment, NIPSCO is reporting 15 outages in City, and 700+ people without power. Currently Barker Woods opening is being delayed until 9 am because of this. Any Cityzen reports out there who can tell us where the power is out at?
( E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune / October 20, 2011 )
Boats and debris battered by high overnight winds are pushed up against the sea wall behind Shedd Aquarium.
Huge waves crash, sink boats in Monroe Harbor
BY KIM JANSSEN Staff Reporter
Big waves and brutal winds sank nine boats and badly damaged 11 more which became unmoored in the downtown Monroe Harbor overnight — one of the worst storms in more than 30 years, police said.
Winds gusting to 60 m.p.h. and 25-foot waves ripped sail and motorboats from their moorings, tangled them together in knots and dragged them to the south end of the harbor, where they smashed against concrete harbor walls next to the Shedd Aquarium.
“The waves were so powerful that one boat was jumping out of the water like an Orca against the wall,” said boat owner Kirk Kessler, who came down to the harbor to watch the destruction Wednesday night and predicted the carnage will cost insurers millions.
“It got real messy.”
As the Chicago Police Marine Unit surveyed the damage Thursday morning, boat owners stopped by in drips and drabs to see if their pride and joy had survived the night.
Braving the chilly lakefront drizzle in storm gear, they peered into a churning soup of splintered wood, fiberglass, diesel, floating orange life preservers and other boat parts for some clue to their boat’s fate. Masts jutted out of the water at unnatural angles, with ripped sails littering the waterfront bike path.
“Oh no, that’s it,” one shocked owner said as he spotted a package of towels bobbing in the water that were unmistakably his.
His boat was missing from its mooring and was almost certainly one of the nine sitting on the harbor floor, he said.
“People say that the two best days of owning a boat are the day you buy it and the day you sell it, but that’s not true,” he said. “When it’s a nice day and you’re out there on the Lake, there’s nothing better. We had some great times.”
Police Marine Unit Sgt. Ray Mazzola has worked in the harbor for 33 years and said the damage was as bad as he’d seen, comparable to the May 1984 storm that sunk a dozen boats.
Officers “saved five boats and did what they could to keep others from going into the wall,” but the storm was so strong it ripped at least two cans that are used for mooring from their concrete ties on the harbor floor, he said.
Though the harbor holds 1,000 boats during peak season and remains open until the end of the month, just 200 remained moored there Wednesday night, Park District spokeswoman Matra Juaniza said.
Most owners moved their boats earlier to avoid the riskier late season, she added.
But capsized Tiki boat owner Paul Newman — whose bamboo-covered party boat is one of the more recognizable small craft moored downtown — said he wouldn’t be guilt-tripped into his decision to keep his boat in the water as long as possible.
“Some of us are in denial that the boat season ever ends,” he said. “We’ll be back next year, but first I need to buy a bunch of bamboo.”
WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING
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Urgent - Winter Weather Message
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
416 AM EST Wed Jan 11 2012
, Winter Storm Watch For Southwest Michigan And Portions Of
Northern Indiana,
.A Vigorous Disturbance Dropping Out Of Canada Will Deepen
Significantly As It Swings Through The Southern Great Lakes
Thursday Night. This System Will Be Accompanied By A Blast Of
Arctic Air And A Period Of Accumulating Snow, Late Thursday
Afternoon And Thursday Night. Lake Effect Snow Showers Will Follow
Late Thursday Night And Persist Through Friday Evening. Heavy Snow
Accumulations Are Possible Over Southwest Lower Michigan And
Portions Of Northern Indiana, With The Highest Amounts Expected
Over Eastern Berrien And Cass Counties Where Snow Amounts In
Excess Of 10 Inches Will Be Possible, With Locally Higher Amounts
Likely. Portions Of Northern Indiana Generally North Of Highway 6
Could See Between 8 To 12 Inches While Areas Further South Could
See Between 4 To 8 Inches. IN Addition, Strong Gusty West To
Northwest Winds Are Expected Late Thursday Into Friday Afternoon, With
Widespread Blowing And Drifting Snow Likely. Travel May Become
Difficult Over Sections Of Interstate 94, The Toll Road And Many Us
Highways Across The Area. There Is Still Some Uncertainty Related To
The Orientation And Intensity Of The Lake Effect Snow Bands Friday,
Which Will Ultimately Dictate Eventual Snowfall Amounts. Listen To
Noaa Weather Radio Or Your Local Media For Later Updates.
La Porte-St. Joseph IN-Elkhart-
Including The Cities Of, Michigan City, La Porte, South Bend,
Mishawaka, New Carlisle, Walkerton, Elkhart, Goshen,
Nappanee
416 AM EST Wed Jan 11 2012 /316 AM Cst Wed Jan 11 2012/
, Winter Storm Watch IN Effect From Thursday Afternoon Through
Friday Evening,
The National Weather Service IN Northern Indiana Has Issued A
Winter Storm Watch, Which Is IN Effect From Thursday Afternoon
Through Friday Evening.
Hazardous Weather,
* Snow Will Develop Thursday Afternoon And Could Become Heavy At Times
Thursday Night Through Friday.
* Accumulations Of 8 To 12 Inches With Locally Higher Amounts
Are Possible By Friday Evening.
* Strong Westerly Winds Of 20 To 30 Mph With Higher Gusts Will
Cause Considerable Blowing And Drifting Snow.
Impacts,
* Roads May Become Impassable, Especially Secondary And County
Roads Due To Snowfall And Drifting Snow.
* Motorists May Experience Poor Visibility IN Blowing Snow,
With Possible Whiteout Conditions At Times.
Precautionary/Preparedness Actions,
A Winter Storm Watch Means There Is A Potential For Significant
Snow And Blowing Snow That May Impact Travel. Continue To Monitor
The Latest Forecasts.
Its never a good sign when the totals are going up before the storm gets here.
http://www.nwitimes.com/news/weather/first-big-snow-of-season-expected-thursday/article_daaaae4e-df82-5989-b5cd-00075a6f52e2.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
There's the devil to pay for all this lovely weather we've been having lately.
Alerts for La Porte County
Number of Active Alerts: 1
There is 1 active alert issued for La Porte County
Urgent - Winter Weather Message
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
421 AM EST Thu Jan 12 2012
, Winter Storm Waring IN Effect For Southwest Michigan And
Portions Of Northern Indiana,
.A Vigorous Disturbance Over The Central Plains Will Bring A Period Of
Accumulating Snow To The Area Starting Late This Afternoon Through Tonight.
Lake Effect Snow Showers Will Follow Late Tonight And Persist
Through Friday Evening. Heavy Snow Accumulations Are Possible Over
Southwest Lower Michigan And Portions Of Northern Indiana, With
The Highest Amounts Expected Over Berrien, Cass And Northern
Laporte Counties, Where Snow Amounts IN Excess Of 10 Inches
Are Likely, With Locally Higher Amounts Near 15 Inches Possible.
Portions Of Northern Indiana Generally North Of Highway 6 Will See
Between 8 To 12 Inches While Areas Further South Should See
Between 4 To 8 Inches. IN Addition, Strong Gusty West To
Northwest Winds Are Expected Beginning Late This Afternoon Through Friday
Afternoon, With Widespread Blowing And Drifting Snow Likely Along
With Areas Of Highly Reduced Visibilities. Travel Will Become
Difficult Over Sections Of Interstate 94, The Toll Road And Many
State Roads Across The Area. There Is Still Some Uncertainty
Related To Intensity And Placement Of The Lake Effect Snow Bands
Friday, Which Will Ultimately Dictate Eventual Snowfall Amounts.
Lake Effect Snow Showers Are Expected To Diminish Late Friday
Night. Listen To Noaa Weather Radio Or Your Local Media For Later
Updates.
La Porte-St. Joseph IN-Elkhart-Berrien-Cass MI-
Including The Cities Of, Michigan City, La Porte, South Bend,
Mishawaka, New Carlisle, Walkerton, Elkhart, Goshen,
Nappanee, Niles, Benton Harbor, St. Joseph, Buchanan,
Dowagiac, Cassopolis, Marcellus
3 PM Cst/ This
Afternoon To 7 PM EST /6 PM Cst/ Friday,
The National Weather Service IN Northern Indiana Has Issued A
Winter Storm Warning For Heavy Snow And Blowing Snow, Which Is In
Effect From 4 PM EST /3 PM Cst/ This Afternoon To 7 PM EST /6 Pm
Cst/ Friday. The Winter Storm Watch Is No Longer IN Effect.
Hazardous Weather,
* Snow Will Develop This Afternoon And Become Heavy At Times Tonight
Through Friday Evening.
* Accumulations Of 8 To 12 Inches With Locally Higher Amounts Of
12 To 15 Inches Are Likely By Friday Evening.
* Strong Westerly Winds Of 20 To 30 Mph With Higher Gusts Will
Cause Considerable Blowing And Drifting Snow.
Impacts,
* Roads May Become Impassable, Especially Secondary And County
Roads Due To Snowfall And Drifting Snow.
* Motorists May Experience Poor Visibility IN Blowing Snow,
With Possible Whiteout Conditions At Times.
Precautionary/Preparedness Actions,
A Winter Storm Warning For Heavy Snow Means Severe Winter Weather
Conditions Are Expected Or Occurring. Significant Amounts Of Snow
Are Forecast That Will Make Travel Dangerous. Only Travel IN An
Emergency. If You Must Travel, Keep An Extra Flashlight,
Food, And Water IN Your Vehicle IN Case Of An Emergency.
http://www.nwitimes.com/news/weather/snow-expected-to-hit-region-by-noon/article_14d6f520-390c-5ccc-b8a7-3b055b3b4202.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Its SNOWING in Westville already.
Still holding at 8+ inches
... WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.
* ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY EVENING.
* STRONG WESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
IMPACTS...
* ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE... ESPECIALLY SECONDARY AND COUNTY ROADS DUE TO SNOWFALL AND DRIFTING SNOW.
* MOTORISTS MAY EXPERIENCE POOR VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW... WITH POSSIBLE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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More Information
... SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY...
.SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON... CONTINUING AND INCREASING IN INTENSITY TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING AS A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE TRACKS THROUGH THE REGION. THERE WILL LIKELY BE A LULL IN THE SNOWFALL LATER THIS EVENING ALONG AND EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 69 CORRIDOR LIMITING SNOWFALL AMOUNTS HERE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE GENERALLY FORECAST TO RANGE BETWEEN 8 AND 14 INCHES ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN... INCLUDING SOUTH BEND AND BENTON HARBOR WHERE LAKE ENHANCEMENT IS ANTICIPATED. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO FRIDAY NIGHT HERE AS LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS PERSIST. LIGHTER SNOWFALL TOTALS CAN BE EXPECTED FARTHER SOUTH AND EAST. IN ADDITION... STRONG GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED BEGINNING LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LIKELY ALONG WITH AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY ACROSS FAR NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN.
Windchill is now getting pretty close to ZERO. What a BRUTAL BLAST
Despite the schools being closed, it looks like we dodged the worst of things again. There is a lot of blowing and snow covered streets out there, especially in the county roads areas. Be careful today!
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/01ef7ba0a40a49b79c2c2e984a9e0ec2/IN--Winter-Storm-Indiana/
[quote]ELKHART, Ind. — The National Weather Service says a winter storm dumped up to nine inches of snow on northern Indiana and more is on the way.
Weather service meteorologist Evan Bentley in Syracuse said Friday morning that Elkhart had received nine inches of snow, while Michigan City and North Judson both had six inches on the ground.
Weather service meteorologist Evan Bentley in Syracuse said Friday morning that Elkhart had received nine inches of snow, while Michigan City and North Judson both had six inches on the ground.
Up to four more inches of snow could fall on the area Friday as lake effect snow showers kick in while the storm system pushes to the east. Bentley says gusty winds have whipped up drifts up to two feet high in far northern Indiana.
While northern Indiana saw heavy snow, light to moderate amounts were reported to the south, with four inches in Lafayette and about an inch in Indianapolis.
Most of it should be gone....when temps get back into the 50s once again next week. Nice winter.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
409 PM EST TUE JAN 17 2012
INZ003>005-MIZ077>079-182115-
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...
BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS
409 PM EST TUE JAN 17 2012 /309 PM CST TUE JAN 17 2012/
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA
AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL ALLOW FOR STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES BY LATE TONIGHT WITH LOCALIZED
GREATER AMOUNTS IN STRONGER LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS. GUSTY
NORTHWEST WINDS TO AROUND 30 MPH WILL ALSO RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT
BLOWING AND DRIFTING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ARE LIKELY ON THURSDAY WITH LIGHT
ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...SNOW IS EXPECTED ON FRIDAY
WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS.
The latest from the meteorological master, Tom Skilling
Ahead of Friday,s snow, Thursday's punch of arctic air is likely to set up a band of light snow which could produce as much as 1-2" across Chicago's southern suburbs in the morning. The coldest air won't evident here at daybreak--it seeps in amid a falling temp regime during the day. Gusty overnight winds will hold readings in the 20s much of the night through mixing. But temps are to fall into the 7 to 14-degree range in the afternoon and evening Thursday with wind chills descending to sub-zero levels many sections of the Chicago area making Thursday afternoon the chilliest here in 11 months. By the way, the heaviest official snowfall to date this season was 4.9" last Thursday. Barring significant changes in the next 36 hours, Friday and Friday night's snow system appears capable of surpassing that. The best thinking now is snow may commence with a few hours either side of 10 am Friday and the organized "system snow" may continue just past midnight--at which point lake-effect snow showers take over in lakeside counties and carry on into a portion of Saturday.
http://www.nwitimes.com/news/weather/forecast-light-snow-thursday-more-than-inches-friday/article_f6c5046c-1ae1-5877-bd3f-7dddd7c1f315.html
We might not be so lucky this time.
Issued by The National Weather Service
North Webster, IN
Thu, Jan 19, 2012, 3:18 PM CST
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... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ FRIDAY TO 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ FRIDAY TO 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ SATURDAY.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN FRIDAY MORNING... AND FAR NORTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS ON FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.
IMPACTS...
* ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
* PERIODS OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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... ACCUMULATING SNOW FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...
.A FAST MOVING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION ON FRIDAY. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST INDIANA FRIDAY MORNING... AND THEN ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN... NORTHEAST INDIANA... AND NORTHWEST OHIO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM MID AFTERNOON FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.
Forgive me but I MISS SNOW!!!
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
908 PM EST THU JAN 19 2012
...ACCUMULATING SNOW FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...
.A FAST MOVING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION ON FRIDAY. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD
SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST INDIANA FRIDAY MORNING...
AND THEN ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
NORTHEAST INDIANA...AND NORTHWEST OHIO BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW
WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE FRIDAY
NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM MID AFTERNOON FRIDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3
TO 7 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.
Tom Skilling
Winter Weather Advisory upgraded to a Winter Storm Warning Friday into Friday night. We expect accumulations in the 4 to 9" range. Radar's showing precipitation developing rapidly in the Plains. We expect snowfall to begin in Chicago just before luinchtime and to continue steadily through 10pm. Much of the 4-9 inch accumulation looks likely to fall in a roughly 8 hour period from noon to 6-8pm Friday evening. Lakeside counties will see lake-effect snow keep at least some snow or snow flurries falling into Saturday.
Starting to pile up in Westville this afternoon.
It's 80 here in sunny Florida. It's my first time getting out of dodge during the winter....wish you were all here w/me!
So far it is being forecast for further West than City, but it is worth keeping an eye on the wind directions, just in case.
Tom Skilling
LAKE SNOW WATCH up for lakeside sections of the Chicago metro area Friday afternoon & night. A classic lake snow situation is coming together as arctic air & strong N winds hit! Mild winter means there's no ice on Lake Michigan & lake water temps are running 1-deg F warmer than average. Arctic air's arrival sets up explosive instability with temps in the lowest mile of the atmosphere to dropping by 30+-deg by Fri night fostering snow development. Current thinking here: Friday's snow won't seriously impact Friday AM'ws rush. But lunchtime & evening rush periods could see some siignificant waves of snowfall going at times over sections of the metro area-hviest east Cook/Will counties IL; Lake/Porter counties IN. Elsewhere, a dusting to 1/2" appears the most that's likely to occur. Stay tuned and keep up with updates here, on our blog and on WGN at 5 & 9PM!
Snow forecast seems to be moving our way
Special Weather Statement
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
550 AM EST FRI FEB 10 2012
INZ003-012-013-020-MIZ077-102030-
LA PORTE-STARKE-PULASKI-WHITE-BERRIEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...KNOX...
NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...
MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...
ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN
550 AM EST FRI FEB 10 2012 /450 AM CST FRI FEB 10 2012/
...LIGHT SNOW EXPECTED FROM MID AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING
FOLLOWED BY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS....
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TODAY...USHERING
IN A BLAST OF COLDER AIR THAT WILL PERSIST INTO THE WEEKEND. LIGHT
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT WITH THE
MOST FAVORABLE TIME FRAME FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL BETWEEN 4 PM
AND 8 PM EST /3 PM AND 7 PM CST/. ACCUMULATIONS FROM A DUSTING TO A
FEW INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED.
AS THE COLD AIR MOVES OVER LAKE MICHIGAN...A STRONG BAND OF
LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF LAKE
AND PORTER COUNTIES AND POTENTIALLY SHIFT EASTWARD WITH TIME INTO
PORTIONS OF LA PORTE...STARKE...PULASKI AND WHITE COUNTIES
OVERNIGHT. SEVERAL UNCERTAINTIES REMAIN AS TO HOW THIS BAND OF
SNOW MAY UNFOLD. AT LEAST AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW MAY FALL...IN
ADDITION TO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING SNOWFALL...WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW IF A MORE EASTWARD TREND OF
THE BAND OCCURS. THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO
TONIGHT SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE
WINTER HEADLINES AS THIS EVENT BECOMES BETTER ESTABLISHED.
Tom Skilling
Happy Friday all! Lake effect snow coming together as arctic air makes its way toward the area. Snow showers are to build across the Chicago area this afternoon as a plume of heavy snowfall sets up over Lake Michigan and flirts with the northeast Illinois shoreline well into this evening, including sections of Cook, Lake and Will counties. The band is to shift into northwest Indiana tonight where it is to deliver its heavy snows. Travel there could become a real challenge for a time given high winds (30+ mph gusts) likely to blow and drift the fluffy falling snow. Coming up with accumulation estimates on lake snow is always a dicey proposition, given the widely varied manner in which such snows fall. Using a series of snow forecast techniques, it appears top snowfall numbers may reach 7 to 12" in a few of the hardest hit locations--but the more general spread looks to be 3 to 7 inches across sections of Lake, Porter and La Porte Counties. Here's one of the Weather Service's hi-resolution model's take on potential snowfall.
They have moved it further east since they made that map this morning.
Winter Weather WARNING has just been issued for the LPC.
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
407 PM EST FRI FEB 10 2012
...WINTER WEATHER RETURNS...
.A STRENGTHENING FRONTAL SYSTEM ACROSS THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES
WILL DROP SOUTH THIS EVENING AND SPREAD WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL
THROUGH THE REGION. WHILE OVERALL AMOUNTS THROUGH MIDNIGHT WILL
NOT BE HEAVY...SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THIS EVENINGS COMMUTE IS
ANTICIPATED. SNOW WILL BE MODERATE TO BRIEFLY HEAVY AT TIMES LATE
THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. SHARPLY COLDER AIR WILL
INFILTRATE AS WINDS SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST TO NORTH BEHIND THE
FRONT AND ALLOW THE FALLING SNOW TO FREEZE ON IMPACT...CREATING AN
EXTREMELY SLICK LAYER OF ICE ON ROADS. WIND CHILLS WILL PLUMMET
INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS TONIGHT AS BRISK WINDS AND SHARPLY COLDER
TEMPERATURES ARRIVE.
THE WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT
SNOW EVENT ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST
LOWER MICHIGAN. SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE MOST INTENSE PART OF THE SNOW BAND. THE EXACT
PLACEMENT...INTENSITY AND DURATION OF THE SNOW BAND IS UNCERTAIN.
HOWEVER...LA PORTE AND NORTHERN STARKE COUNTIES IN INDIANA AND
EXTREME SOUTHWEST BERRIEN COUNTY IN MICHIGAN ARE POISED TO RECEIVE
THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS...WITH THE POTENTIAL OF 6 INCHES OR MORE
BETWEEN EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND SATURDAY AFTERNOON. LESSER
AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY IN AREAS TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE WARNING
AREA THROUGH PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA. WIND CHILLS WILL
REMAIN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS THROUGH THE DAYTIME HOURS ON SATURDAY.
SNOW TOTALS OF 3 TO 9 INCHES EXPECTED WITH ISOLATED HIGHER
AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN FAR
WESTERN LA PORTE...ALONG AND WEST OF ROUTE 421...AND IN
NORTHERN STARKE COUNTY. SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER
HOUR ARE POSSIBLE.
WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT
UNTIL 10 AM CST SATURDAY
Urgent - Winter Weather Message
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
407 PM EST Fri Feb 10 2012
, Winter Weather Returns,
.A Strengthening Frontal System Across The Central Great Lakes
Will Drop South This Evening And Spread Widespread Snowfall
Through The Region. While Overall Amounts Through Midnight Will
Not Be Heavy, Significant Impact On This Evenings Commute Is
Anticipated. Snow Will Be Moderate To Briefly Heavy At Times Late
This Afternoon Into This Evening. Sharply Colder Air Will
Infiltrate As Winds Shift To The Northwest To North Behind The
Front And Allow The Falling Snow To Freeze On Impact, Creating An
Extremely Slick Layer Of Ice On Roads. Wind Chills Will Plummet
Into The Single Digits Tonight As Brisk Winds And Sharply Colder
Temperatures Arrive.
The Widespread Snow Will Be Followed By A Significant Lake Effect
Snow Event Across North Central Indiana And Extreme Southwest
Lower Michigan. Snowfall Rates Of Up To 2 Inches Per Hour Are
Possible IN The Most Intense Part Of The Snow Band. The Exact
Placement, Intensity And Duration Of The Snow Band Is Uncertain.
However, La Porte And Northern Starke Counties IN Indiana And
Extreme Southwest Berrien County IN Michigan Are Poised To Receive
The Heaviest Amounts, With The Potential Of 6 Inches Or More
Between Early Saturday Morning And Saturday Afternoon. Lesser
Amounts Are Likely IN Areas To The South And East Of The Warning
Area Through Parts Of North Central Indiana. Wind Chills Will
Remain IN The Single Digits Through The Daytime Hours On Saturday.
La Porte-Starke-
Including The Cities Of, Michigan City, La Porte, Knox,
North Judson, Bass Lake
307 PM Cst Fri Feb 10 2012
, Winter Storm Warning IN Effect Until 10 AM Cst Saturday,
The National Weather Service IN Northern Indiana Has Issued A
Winter Storm Warning For Snow And Sharply Colder Temperatures
Creating Hazardous Driving Conditions This Evening And Early
Tonight. Lake Effect Snow, Heavy At Times, Will Ensue Early
Saturday Morning To Late Saturday Morning.
Hazardous Weather,
* Widespread Snow This Evening And Early Tonight. Lake Effect
Snow, Heavy At Times, Late Tonight Into Saturday Morning.
* Sharply Colder Temperatures And Brisk Winds Will Create Single
Digit Wind Chill Temperatures.
Impacts,
* Extremely Hazardous Road Conditions Expected
* Snow Totals Of 3 To 9 Inches Expected With Isolated Higher
Amounts Possible. The Heaviest Amounts Are Expected IN Far
Western La Porte, Along And West Of Route 421, And In
Northern Starke County. Snowfall Rates Of Up To 2 Inches Per
Hour Are Possible.
Precautionary/Preparedness Actions,
A Winter Storm Warning For Heavy Snow Means Severe Winter Weather
Conditions Are Expected Or Occurring. Significant Amounts Of Snow
Are Forecast That Will Make Travel Dangerous. Only Travel IN An
Emergency. If You Must Travel, Keep An Extra Flashlight,
Food, And Water IN Your Vehicle IN Case Of An Emergency.
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Issue Time:2/10/2012 3:07:00 PM
Valid Until:2/10/2012 11:15:00 PM
http://heraldargus.com/articles/2012/02/13/news/local/doc4f39674dd9f28972181936.txt
City schools under a two hour delay today. No safe harbor!
Alerts for La Porte County
Number of Active Alerts: 1
Go to alert detail: 1
There is 1 active alert issued for La Porte County
WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING
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Urgent - Winter Weather Message
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
410 AM EST Thu Feb 23 2012
, Potential For Heavy Wet Snow Tonight Into Friday Morning Across
Far Northern Indiana And Southern Lower Michigan,
.A Developing Storm System Will Move Across The Great Plains And
Into The Western Great Lakes Region Tonight. This System Will Spread
Precipitation Into Northern Indiana And Southern Lower Michigan
This Afternoon Into Early This Evening. The Exact Track And
Strength Of This Storm System Will Have Significant Bearing As To
The Precipitation Type And Amounts.
There Is The Potential For 6 Inches Or More Of Total Snowfall With
This System, Especially Along And North Of The Indiana Toll
Road. The Bulk Of The Precipitation Will Generally Fall Within A
12 Hour Period, Except For Some Lake Effect Snowfall Remaining
Downwind Of Lake Michigan Into Early Friday Morning. There Is
Also The Potential, Especially Along The Southern Fringe Of The
Winter Storm Watch Area, For A Large Part Of The Precipitation
To Fall As A Mixture Of Rain And Snow, Which Would Greatly Limit
Total Snowfall Amounts.
Keep Abreast Of The Latest Information Regarding This Potential
Winter Storm Via Local Media, Noaa Weather Radio Or Online At
Weather.Gov/Iwx.
La Porte-St. Joseph IN-Elkhart-Lagrange-Steuben-Starke-Marshall-
Berrien-Cass MI-St. Joseph MI-Branch-Hillsdale-
Including The Cities Of, Michigan City, La Porte, South Bend,
Mishawaka, New Carlisle, Walkerton, Elkhart, Goshen,
Nappanee, Lagrange, Topeka, Shipshewana, Angola, Fremont,
Knox, North Judson, Bass Lake, Plymouth, Bremen, Culver,
Niles, Benton Harbor, St. Joseph, Buchanan, Dowagiac,
Cassopolis, Marcellus, Sturgis, Three Rivers, White Pigeon,
Mendon, Coldwater, Bronson, Hillsdale, Litchfield,
Jonesville
410 AM EST Thu Feb 23 2012 /310 AM Cst Thu Feb 23 2012/
, Winter Storm Watch Now IN Effect From This Evening Through
Friday Morning,
The Winter Storm Watch Is Now IN Effect From This Evening Through
Friday Morning.
Hazardous Weather,
* Timing, A Mixture Of Rain And Snow Is Expected To Develop This
Afternoon, Likely Changing Over To All Snow This Evening. The
Snow May Be Heavy At Times Before Gradually Tapering Off Friday
Morning.
* Accumulations IN Excess Of 6 Inches Are Possible IN Some Areas.
* Uncertainty Remains With Respect To Precipitation Type,
Intensity And Total Amounts.
Impacts,
* Heavy Wet Snow May Fall At Rates Greater Than An Inch Per Hour
Thursday Night Resulting IN Quick Accumulation Of Wet Snow On
Area Roadways. This Will Likely Result IN Slippery And
Potentially Hazardous Travel Conditions.
* Friday Morning Commute Delays Possible From The Heavy Snow.
Precautionary/Preparedness Actions,
A Winter Storm Watch Means There Is A Potential For Significant
Snow, Sleet, Or Ice Accumulations That May Impact Travel.
Continue To Monitor The Latest Forecasts.
... WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...
THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* TIMING... A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON... LIKELY CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES BEFORE GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF FRIDAY MORNING.
* ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS.
* UNCERTAINTY REMAINS WITH RESPECT TO PRECIPITATION TYPE... INTENSITY AND TOTAL AMOUNTS.
IMPACTS...
* HEAVY WET SNOW MAY FALL AT RATES GREATER THAN AN INCH PER HOUR THURSDAY NIGHT RESULTING IN QUICK ACCUMULATION OF WET SNOW ON AREA ROADWAYS. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SLIPPERY AND POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
* FRIDAY MORNING COMMUTE DELAYS POSSIBLE FROM THE HEAVY SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW... SLEET... OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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... POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY WET SNOW TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS FAR NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
.A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE GREAT PLAINS AND INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL SPREAD PRECIPITATION INTO NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. THE EXACT TRACK AND STRENGTH OF THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT BEARING AS TO THE PRECIPITATION TYPE AND AMOUNTS.
THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR 6 INCHES OR MORE OF TOTAL SNOWFALL WITH THIS SYSTEM... ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INDIANA TOLL ROAD. THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL GENERALLY FALL WITHIN A 12 HOUR PERIOD... EXCEPT FOR SOME LAKE EFFECT SNOWFALL REMAINING DOWNWIND OF LAKE MICHIGAN INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL... ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SOUTHERN FRINGE OF THE WINTER STORM WATCH AREA... FOR A LARGE PART OF THE PRECIPITATION TO FALL AS A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW... WHICH WOULD GREATLY LIMIT TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS.
Winter Weather Advisory for La Porte, IN
From 9:00 PM CST, Thu., Feb 23, 2012 until 12:00 PM CST, Fri., Feb 24, 2012
Issued by The National Weather Service
... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ FRIDAY...
* TIMING... PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS ESPECIALLY ACROSS EXTREME NORTHERN INDIANA. FURTHER SOUTH... AN INITIAL MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW... ALONG WITH LIGHTER SNOWFALL INTENSITY WILL LESSEN TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF IN INTENSITY BY MID MORNING FRIDAY AS THE SYSTEM PULLS OFF TO THE NORTHEAST.
* STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE MORNING FRIDAY... WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED CLOSE TO THE INDIANA MICHIGAN STATELINE.
IMPACTS...
* HEAVY WET SNOW MAY FALL AT RATES UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR LATE TONIGHT RESULTING IN RAPID ACCUMULATION OF WET SNOW ON AREA ROADWAYS. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SLIPPERY AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
* FRIDAY MORNING COMMUTE DELAYS ARE LIKELY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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... HEAVY WET SNOW TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY ACROSS FAR NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
.A STORM SYSTEM MOVING OUT OF IOWA WILL MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES REGION FRIDAY MORNING. INCREASED MOISTURE WILL LIFT NORTHWARD AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM ALLOWING FOR INCREASED COVERAGE OF PRECIPITATION. A MIX OF RAIN... SLEET AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS ACROSS FAR NORTHERN INDIANA INTO SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN.
THERE IS THE POTENTIAL OF 3 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW WITH THIS SYSTEM. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. THE LIGHTER AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY OCCUR ACROSS STARKE AND MARSHALL COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA. THE BULK OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE EARLY HOURS OF FRIDAY MORNING. LINGERING SNOWFALL IS EXCEPTED DOWNWIND OF LAKE MICHIGAN FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY NIGHT WITH SOME ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE.
Well once again Tom Skilling was the closest to correct having us in the 2-4 inch band.
Alerts for La Porte County
Number of Active Alerts: 1
Go to alert detail: 1
There is 1 active alert issued for La Porte County
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 11:00PM EDT
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Urgent - Immediate Broadcast Requested
Tornado Watch Number 73
Nws Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
425 PM EDT Mon Mar 12 2012
The Nws Storm Prediction Center Has Issued A
Tornado Watch For Portions Of
Northern Indiana
Central And Southwest Lower Michigan
Extreme Northwest Ohio
Lake Michigan
Effective This Monday Afternoon And Evening From 425 PM Until
1100 PM EDT.
Tornadoes, Hail To 1 Inch IN Diameter, Thunderstorm Wind Gusts
To 70 Mph, And Dangerous Lightning Are Possible IN These Areas.
The Tornado Watch Area Is Approximately Along And 65 Statute
Miles East And West Of A Line From 30 Miles South Southeast Of
South Bend Indiana To 35 Miles Northeast Of Roben Hood Michigan.
For A Complete Depiction Of The Watch See The Associated Watch
Outline Update (wous64 Kwns Wou3).
Remember, A Tornado Watch Means Conditions Are Favorable For
Tornadoes And Severe Thunderstorms IN And Close To The Watch
Area. Persons IN These Areas Should Be On The Lookout For
Threatening Weather Conditions And Listen For Later Statements
And Possible Warnings.
Hope everyone had a wonderful winter.....that is if you can call it that.
It is amazing to say, but we are under a high pollen alert.
Anyone know if there was some kind Laporte County practice alert today? The sirens just went off at 9:20 this morning in clear sunny skies here in Westville.
So what really are the viable options when threatening conditions approach ? Obviously weather detection and warning times have vastly improved over the years. So wouldn't it be more prudent to wait in the car the moment a weather warning is issued....and slam the gas pedal heading north northwest when ominous sky conditions suddenly appear ? Of course during the night time, this wouldn't be too practical. Still one would like to increase the odds of escaping whenever possible. Consider these southern rednecks and the actions they took just before a violent storm struck:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXD5O2pyZyU
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There has been a high fire danger at the dunes lately.
.Enhanced fire danger this afternoon and evening for portions of
northern Indiana and far southwestern lower Michigan...
While portions of northern Indiana and far Southern Lower Michigan
were fortunate enough to see rainfall over the past week...many
locations have seen less than a quarter inch of rain. This has set
the stage for pockets of drier land conditions with the moisture
content of fine fuels decreasing further.
Afternoon highs in the upper 80s to around 90 are expected across
much of the area. Relative humidity values will drop into the 25
to 30 percent range...with areas of lower values mainly along and
west of Route 13 and 131. Gusty southerly winds will also add to
the drying effects. All these factors will allow for a enhanced
fire danger into this evening. Burning is not recommended through
this evening.
It is gonna be a hot one day, be safe, and keep hydrated! The only bright point here is we have very low humidities today.
Local Weather Alert
Heat Advisory for La Porte, IN
From 11:00 AM CDT, Sun., May 27, 2012 until 6:00 PM CDT, Sun., May 27, 2012
Sun, May 27, 2012, 3:02 AM CDT
Local Temperature Map
Updated May 27, 2012, 8:45am CDTWeather in Motion®
HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT... /11 AM CDT/ TODAY TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT /11 AM CDT/ TODAY TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH INTO THE MIDDLE 90S WITH PEAK AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX READINGS BETWEEN 95 AND 100.
IMPACTS...
* ANYONE PLANNING TO BE OUTDOORS TODAY SHOULD TAKE EXTRA CARE TO STAY HYDRATED AND AVOID SUNBURN. THOSE WORKING OUTDOORS SHOULD TAKE FREQUENT RESTS IN SHADED AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE... RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.
TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY... CALL 9 1 1.
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... RECORD HEAT EXPECTED TODAY...
.A STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL PROVIDE VERY HOT CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 90S CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH PEAK AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX READINGS OF 95 TO 100.
Water quality warning at Washington Park Beach
TEST DATE: 05/26/12 RESULTS
Washington Park 771
Stop 2 - Sheridan Beach 38
Stop 7 - Sheridan Beach 23
BACTERIA COUNT
1-234 OPEN
235-999 ADVISORY
1,000+ CLOSED
Local Weather Alert
Rip Current Statement for La Porte, IN
From 4:00 AM CDT, Wed., May 30, 2012 until 9:00 PM CDT, Wed., May 30, 2012
Issued by The National Weather Service
North Webster, IN
Tue, May 29, 2012, 9:36 AM CDT
... RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...
* RISK... HIGH
* WAVES... BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FEET AFTER MIDNIGHT... THEN TO 3 TO 5 FEET OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO WEDNESDAY.
* WINDS... NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH THIS EVENING INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 MPH OVERNIGHT... THEN BECOMING NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH MIDDAY WEDNESDAY WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. DANGEROUS POUNDING SURF AND LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED AT THE BEACHES LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. PEOPLE VISITING THE BEACHES SHOULD STAY OUT OF THE WATER DURING THIS TIME PERIOD.
RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE... WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS.
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...
A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EXISTS ALONG THE COOK COUNTY SHORE
OF ILLINOIS AS WELL AS THE SHORES OF LAKE AND PORTER COUNTIES
OF INDIANA.
DUE TO PERSISTENT STRONG NORTHEAST AND NORTH WINDS TODAY INTO
FRIDAY...AND THE HIGH WAVES THE SE WINDS WILL GENERATE...
CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR SIGNIFICANT RIP CURRENTS ALONG
THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE ILLINOIS SHORE AS WELL AS ALL OF
THE INDIANA SHORE TODAY INTO FRIDAY EVENING.
&&
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS.
ALL SWIMMERS SHOULD SERIOUSLY CONSIDER NOT ENTER THE WATER DURING
PERIODS OF HIGH RIP CURRENT POTENTIAL. HEED THE ADVICE AND
INSTRUCTIONS OF LIFEGUARDS AND OTHER OFFICIALS...AND OBEY BEACH
CLOSURE SIGNS OR FLAGS.
IF A BEACH IS CLOSED DUE TO RIP CURRENTS THEN OTHER BEACHES IN
THE VICINITY ARE LIKELY TO BE JUST AS DANGEROUS. DO NOT ENTER
THE WATER AT THESE UNSUPERVISED AREAS EVEN THOUGH THERE IS NO
OFFICIAL POSTED BEACH CLOSING.
RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY
FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE
SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...
JETTIES AND PIERS.
IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM
AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE
FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG
SWIMMER CAN BECOME QUICKLY EXHAUSTED TRYING TO FIGHT A STRONG RIP
CURRENT FLOW OUTWARDS FROM THE SHORE.
Local Weather Alert
Rip Current Statement for La Porte, IN
until 4:00 PM CDT, Sun., Jun 03, 2012
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Issued by The National Weather Service
North Webster, IN
Sun, Jun 3, 2012, 3:48 AM CDT
... RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...
* RISK... MODERATE TODAY.
* WAVES... 2 TO 4 FEET TODAY.
* WINDS... WEST 10 TO 20 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS MEANS WIND AND OR WAVE CONDITIONS SUPPORT STRONGER OR MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS. ONLY EXPERIENCED SURF SWIMMERS SHOULD ENTER THE WATER.
http://www.chestertontribune.com/Environment/idem_issues_air_quality_action_d.htm
IDEM forecasts high ozone for four areas in Indiana
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) is forecasting high ozone levels for Friday, June 15, 2012, in the following metropolitan areas:
* Central Indiana - Boone, Brown, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Putnam, and Shelby counties
* Michigan City-LaPorte - LaPorte County
* Northwest Indiana - Jasper, Lake, Newton, and Porter counties
* South Bend-Elkhart - Elkhart and St. Joseph counties
IDEM encourages everyone to help reduce ozone by making simple changes to their daily habits. You can:
* Walk, bike, carpool or use public transportation.
* Avoid using the drive-through and combine errands into one trip.
* Avoid using gasoline-powered lawn equipment until after 7 p.m.
* Turn off your engine when idling for more than 30 seconds.
* Conserve energy by turning off lights or setting the air conditioner to 75 degrees or above.
Anyone sensitive to poor air quality may be affected when ozone levels are elevated. Children, the elderly and anyone with heart or lung conditions should reduce or avoid exertion and heavy work outdoors.
IDEM examines weather patterns and current ozone readings to make daily air quality forecasts. To learn more about ozone or sign up for air quality forecasts, visit www.SmogWatch.IN.gov<http://www.SmogWatch.IN.gov>.
Ground-level ozone is formed when sunlight and hot weather bake vehicle exhaust, factory emissions and gasoline vapors. Ozone in the upper atmosphere blocks ultraviolet radiation, but ozone near the ground is a lung irritant that can cause coughing and breathing difficulties.
IDEM forecasts high ozone for 11 areas in Indiana
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) has expanded the high ozone forecast for Friday, June 15, and has extended the forecast to include Saturday, June 16, 2012. Elevated ozone levels are expected in the following metropolitan areas:
* Anderson - Madison County
* Bloomington - Greene, Monroe, and Owen counties
* Central Indiana - Boone, Brown, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Putnam, and Shelby counties
* Columbus-Seymour - Bartholomew and Jackson counties
* Fort Wayne - Allen, Huntington, Wells, and Whitley counties
* Greater Louisville - Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Scott, and Washington counties
* Michigan City-LaPorte - LaPorte County
* Muncie - Delaware County
* Northwest Indiana - Jasper, Lake, Newton, and Porter counties
* South Bend-Elkhart - Elkhart and St. Joseph counties
* Southwest Indiana - Dubois, Gibson, Perry, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, and Warrick counties
IDEM encourages everyone to help reduce ozone by making simple changes to their daily habits. You can:
* Walk, bike, carpool or use public transportation.
* Avoid using the drive-through and combine errands into one trip.
* Avoid using gasoline-powered lawn equipment until after 7 p.m.
* Turn off your engine when idling for more than 30 seconds.
* Conserve energy by turning off lights or setting the air conditioner to 75 degrees or above.
Anyone sensitive to poor air quality may be affected when ozone levels are elevated. Children, the elderly and anyone with heart or lung conditions should reduce or avoid exertion and heavy work outdoors.
IDEM examines weather patterns and current ozone readings to make daily air quality forecasts. To learn more about ozone or sign up for air quality forecasts, visit www.SmogWatch.IN.gov<http://www.SmogWatch.IN.gov>.
Ground-level ozone is formed when sunlight and hot weather bake vehicle exhaust, factory emissions and gasoline vapors. Ozone in the upper atmosphere blocks ultraviolet radiation, but ozone near the ground is a lung irritant that can cause coughing and breathing difficulties.
Tom Skilling is saying it could get up to as high as 100 degrees today locally.
Sent: 16:49 CDT on 06-23-2012
Effective: 16:49 CDT on 06-23-2012
Expires: 01:00 CDT on 06-24-2012
Event: Rip Current Statement
Alert:
...INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...
STRONG NORTH WINDS AND HIGH WAVES WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK OF FOR
RIP CURRENTS FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.
Instructions: THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY.
Target Area:
Lake
Porter
DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
535 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2012 /435 PM CDT MON JUN 25 2012/
...WIDESPREAD DROUGHT TO WORSEN INTO JULY...
SYNOPSIS...
ONGOING PERSISTENT DRYNESS WILL LEAD TO STEADILY WORSENING DROUGHT
CONDITIONS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF JUNE AND JULY. OUTLOOKS
THROUGH JULY INDICATED CONTINUED BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION AND
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES.
THE DROUGHT INTENSITY ACROSS THE REGION VARIES...AS DEFINED BY
THE UNITED STATES DROUGHT MONITOR INDEX...
ACROSS SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
PRIMARILY D1 OR MODERATE DROUGHT CONDITIONS
ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO...
D1 TO D2 OR MODERATE TO SEVERE DROUGHT CONDITIONS
ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA...
WIDESPREAD D2 OR SEVERE DROUGHT CONDITIONS
SUMMARY OF IMPACTS...
A MAJORITY OF COUNTIES IN INDIANA ARE UNDER BURN BANS DUE TO
INCREASED FIRE DANGERS. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF LARGE AND RAPIDLY
SPREADING GRASS AND FIELD FIRES HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED AND
THIS TREND IS EXPECTED TO WORSEN AS LIVE FUEL MOISTURE CONTINUES
TO WANE.
Heat Advisory
Issued At: Wednesday, 27 Jun 2012, 4:35 AM EDT
Expires At: Thursday, 28 Jun 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 435 AM EDT WED JUN 27 2012 LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB- STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN- WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD- JAY-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH- DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE... PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES... SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON... MONON...LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO... WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON... OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND... HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...DOWAGIAC... CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON... MENDON...COLDWATER...BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD... JONESVILLE...BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON... DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER... LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA... PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT...DELPHOS... OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE 435 AM EDT WED JUN 27 2012 /335 AM CDT WED JUN 27 2012/ ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT /9 AM CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT /9 AM CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THURSDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AIR TEMPERATURES AND HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL EXCEED 100 DEGREES THURSDAY. IMPACTS... * HOT TEMPERATURES WILL IMPACT OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. * RECORD OR NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR INCREASED FIRE DANGER FOR MOST OF
NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO...
* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 001 WILLIAMS...FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 002 FULTON OH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 004 DEFIANCE...FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 005 ELKHART...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 005 HENRY...FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 006 LAGRANGE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 007 STEUBEN...
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 008 NOBLE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 009 DE KALB...
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 012 STARKE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 013 PULASKI...
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 014 MARSHALL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 015 FULTON
IN... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 015 PAULDING...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 016
KOSCIUSKO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 016 PUTNAM...FIRE WEATHER ZONE
017 WHITLEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 018 ALLEN IN...FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 020 WHITE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 022 CASS IN...FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 023 MIAMI...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 024 WABASH...FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 024 VAN WERT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 025 HUNTINGTON...FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 025 ALLEN OH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 026 WELLS...FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 027 ADAMS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 032 GRANT...FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 033 BLACKFORD AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 034 JAY.
* WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.
* TIMING...MID MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING THURSDAY.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 TO 25 PERCENT.
* TEMPERATURES...100 TO 105 DEGREES.
* LIGHTNING...NONE.
* IMPACTS...NEARLY ALL NORTHERN INDIANA COUNTIES REMAIN UNDER
BURN BANS DUE TO THE THREAT OF WILDFIRES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.
Local Weather Alert
Air Quality Alert for La Porte, IN
Issued by The National Weather Service
North Webster, IN
Thu, Jun 28, 2012, 4:35 AM CDT
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Updated Jun 28, 2012, 10:15am CDT
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... AIR QUALITY ACTION DAY CHANGED TO RED FOR TODAY JUNE 28TH...
THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT HAS DECLARED TODAY... JUNE 28TH TO BE AN AIR QUALITY ACTION DAY. OZONE LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE RED OR UNHEALTHY FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS RANGE. ACTIVE CHILDREN AND ADULTS... AND PEOPLE WITH RESPIRATORY DISEASE... SUCH AS ASTHMA SHOULD AVOID PROLONGED OUTDOOR EXERTION.
ADDITIONALLY ALL PEOPLE... REGARDLESS OF HEALTH CONCERNS SHOULD LIMIT OUTDOOR EXERTION DURING AIR QUALITY ACTION DAYS IN THE RED OR UNHEALTHY RANGE.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION... PLEASE SEE THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT WEBSITE AT...
SURFZONE FORECAST THU JUN 28 2012
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 90.
BEACH WINDS.........WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.
SURF................2 TO 4 FEET...SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FEET BY
EVENING.
WATER TEMPERATURE...MIDDLE 60S.
RIP CURRENT RISK....MODERATE RISK.
Its only 79 at the Michigan City pier/ lighthouse at noon today.
Looking at the radar it looks like some rain, and maybe storms, are on their way to city in the next half hour or so.
Message: NOAA-NWS-ALERTS-IL124CB30444DC.SpecialWeatherStatement.124CB73D91C0IL.LOTSPSLOT.63f2a0013405f2faec613b80f93d9252 from w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent: 16:59 CDT on 06-30-2012
Effective: 16:59 CDT on 06-30-2012
Expires: 03:00 CDT on 07-01-2012
Special Weather Statement
Alert:
...EXTENDED HEAT WAVE EXPECTED...
HEAT AND HUMIDITY IS FORECAST TO BUILD NORTHWARD BACK INTO THE
AREA LATE THIS WEEKEND AND CONTINUE THROUGH NEXT WEEK. THE HEAT IS
FORECAST TO SPREAD NORTH SUNDAY WITH AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES NEAR
OR POSSIBLY ABOVE 100 DEGREES ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA SUNDAY AND
EACH AFTERNOON THROUGH NEXT WEEK. DURING THE HOTTEST AFTERNOONS
HEAT INDEX READINGS OVER 105 DEGREES ARE POSSIBLE.
A FRONT IS FORECAST TO STALL OUT NORTH OF THE REGION AND ITS NOT
OUT OF THE QUESTION THAT THUNDERSTORMS COULD PUSH THIS FRONT SOUTH
AND BRING BRIEF BOUTS OF RELIEF FROM THE HEAT...BUT CURRENT
INDICATIONS ARE THE HEAT WAVE WILL BE RATHER UNRELENTING. THE LONG
DURATION OF THIS HEAT WAVE WILL TAKE A TOLL ON THOSE MOST
SUSCEPTIBLE TO HEAT. HOSPITALS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS...AND THOSE
RESPONSIBLE FOR HANDLING HEAT RELATED ILLNESS SHOULD PREPARE NOW
FOR THE POTENTIAL OF AN EXTENDED HEAT WAVE.
Looks like another thunderstorm system is heading our way. Batten down the hatches.
Looks like we have storms blowing up to the West again. Nice big reds and purples are inbedded in here so far. If it holds up, we should expect a line to go through in the next hour or so. We are under a thunderstorm watch until 7pm.
Looks like a bowhook is showing down around I80. Don't be surprised if the worst of the weather hits down there.
Washington Park Beach is closed due to high bacteria counts today. E-Coli counts came in at 2700, with 1000 being the level that causes a closure.
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT /11 AM CDT/ TUESDAY TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ SATURDAY
UNTIL 12:15AM EDT
Alerts for La Porte County
Number of Active Alerts: 1
Go to alert detail: 1
There is 1 active alert issued for La Porte County
Urgent - Weather Message
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
401 PM EDT Mon Jul 2 2012
, Another Heat Wave To Impact The Area This Week,
.A Hot Airmass Over The Plains Today Will Shift Slowly Eastward
This Week. High Temperatures Across Our Area Will Be IN The
Middle To Upper 90s With Lows IN The Lower To Middle 70s Tuesday
Through Saturday. The Heat Index Will Peak Around 100 Degrees
Each Afternoon Through This Period. A Cold Front Is Expected To
Move Through The Area Over The Weekend, Bringing Cooler
Temperatures By Sunday.
Exposure To The Heat Has A Cumulative Effect, The Longer The
Heat Persists, The Greater The Danger. The Elderly And Young
Children Are Especially Susceptible To The Effects Of The Heat.
Also Some People IN Northeast Indiana And Northwest Ohio Remain
Without Power Due To Recent Severe Thunderstorms, With Estimates
That Power Will Remain Out For Portions Of This Area Until This
Weekend. People Without Air Conditioning IN Their Home Should Try
To Spend At Least A Portion Of Each Day IN An Air-Conditioned
Environment.
La Porte-St. Joseph IN-Elkhart-Lagrange-Steuben-Noble-De Kalb-
Starke-Pulaski-Marshall-Fulton IN-Kosciusko-Whitley-Allen IN-
White-Cass IN-Miami-Wabash-Huntington-Wells-Adams-Grant-Blackford-
Jay-Berrien-Cass MI-St. Joseph MI-Branch-Hillsdale-Williams-
Fulton OH-Defiance-Henry-Paulding-Putnam-Van Wert-Allen OH-
Including The Cities Of, Michigan City, La Porte, South Bend,
Mishawaka, New Carlisle, Walkerton, Elkhart, Goshen,
Nappanee, Lagrange, Topeka, Shipshewana, Angola, Fremont,
Kendallville, Ligonier, Albion, Auburn, Garrett, Knox,
North Judson, Bass Lake, Winamac, Francesville, Medaryville,
Plymouth, Bremen, Culver, Rochester, Akron, Warsaw,
Winona Lake, Syracuse, Mentone, Columbia City, Tri-Lakes,
South Whitley, Fort Wayne, New Haven, Monticello, Brookston,
Monon, Logansport, Royal Center, Peru, Grissom Afb, Mexico,
Wabash, North Manchester, Huntington, Roanoke, Bluffton,
Ossian, Decatur, Berne, Marion, Gas City, Upland,
Hartford City, Montpelier, Portland, Dunkirk, Niles,
Benton Harbor, St. Joseph, Buchanan, Dowagiac, Cassopolis,
Marcellus, Sturgis, Three Rivers, White Pigeon, Mendon,
Coldwater, Bronson, Hillsdale, Litchfield, Jonesville,
Bryan, Wauseon, Archbold, Fayette, Swanton, Defiance,
Sherwood, Hicksville, Napoleon, Deshler, Liberty Center,
Paulding, Antwerp, Melrose, Ottawa, Pandora, Kalida,
Fort Jennings, Van Wert, Delphos, Ohio City, Lima,
Spencerville
401 PM EDT Mon Jul 2 2012 /301 PM Cdt Mon Jul 2 2012/
, Excessive Heat Warning IN Effect From Noon EDT /11 AM Cdt/
Tuesday To 8 PM EDT /7 PM Cdt/ Saturday,
The National Weather Service IN Northern Indiana Has Issued An
Excessive Heat Warning, Which Is IN Effect From Noon EDT /11 Am
Cdt/ Tuesday To 8 PM EDT /7 PM Cdt/ Saturday.
Hazardous Weather,
* Very Hot Conditions Will Occur Tuesday Through Saturday With
Highs IN The Middle To Upper 90s And Lows IN The Lower To
Middle 70s. The Heat Index Will Peak Around 100 Degrees Each
Afternoon Through This Period.
Impacts,
* The Long Duration Of This Heat Wave Will Make It Particularly
Dangerous Due To The Cumulative Effects Of Exposure To The
Heat.
* Elderly And Young Children Are Especially Susceptible To The
Effects Of The Heat And Should Take Extra Precautions. People
Without Power Due To Recent Severe Thunderstorms Will Also Be
Greatly Impacted.
* IN Addition Smoke From Western Forest Fires And The Combination
Of The Stagnant Airmass And Elevated Ozone Levels Will Result
IN Poor Air Quality Through This Period.
Precautionary/Preparedness Actions,
An Excessive Heat Warning Means That A Prolonged Period Of
Dangerously Hot Temperatures Will Occur. The Combination Of Hot
Temperatures And High Humidity Will Combine To Create A Dangerous
Situation IN Which Heat Illnesses Are Likely. Drink Plenty Of
Fluids, Stay IN An Air-Conditioned Room, Stay Out Of The Sun,
And Check Up On Relatives And Neighbors.
Take Extra Precautions If You Work Or Spend Time Outside. When
Possible, Reschedule Strenuous Activities To Early Morning Or
Evening. Know The Signs And Symptoms Of Heat Exhaustion And Heat
Stroke. Wear Light Weight And Loose Fitting Clothing When
Possible And Drink Plenty Of Water.
To Reduce Risk During Outdoor Work The Occupational Safety And
Health Administration Recommends Scheduling Frequent Rest Breaks
In Shaded Or Air Conditioned Environments. Anyone Overcome By
Heat Should Be Moved To A Cool And Shaded Location. Heat Stroke
Is An Emergency, Call 9 1 1.
&&
Issue Time:7/2/2012 3:01:00 PM
Valid Until:7/2/2012 11:15:00 PM
Local Weather Alert
Excessive Heat Warning for La Porte, IN
From 11:00 AM CDT, Tue., Jul 03, 2012 until 7:00 PM CDT, Sat., Jul 07, 2012
Issued by The National Weather Service
North Webster, IN
Tue, Jul 3, 2012, 6:58 AM CDT
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Updated Jul 3, 2012, 9:25am CDT
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... EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT /11 AM CDT/ TODAY TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ SATURDAY...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* VERY HOT CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S AND LOWS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 70S. HIGHS AROUND 100 ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE HEAT INDEX WILL PEAK AROUND 100 DEGREES EACH AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS PERIOD... AND EVEN AS HIGH AS 105 TO 110 THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
IMPACTS...
* THE LONG DURATION OF THIS HEAT WAVE WILL MAKE IT PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS DUE TO THE CUMULATIVE EFFECTS OF EXPOSURE TO THE HEAT.
* ELDERLY AND YOUNG CHILDREN ARE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE EFFECTS OF THE HEAT AND SHOULD TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER DUE TO RECENT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE GREATLY IMPACTED.
* IN ADDITION SMOKE FROM WESTERN FOREST FIRES AND THE COMBINATION OF THE STAGNANT AIRMASS AND ELEVATED OZONE LEVELS WILL RESULT IN POOR AIR QUALITY THROUGH THIS PERIOD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS... STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM... STAY OUT OF THE SUN... AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.
TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE... RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.
TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY... CALL 9 1 1.
The elderly were especially susceptible to the hot weather of the 1995 heat wave. This 101-year-old woman was overcome by heat later in the summer when an electrical fire knocked out the power in her apartment building. (Tribune photo by Walter Kale)
Reminds me of the time I lived in Chicago back in the summer of 95. There was an ambulance in just about every block.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_Chicago_heat_wave
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) is forecasting elevated ozone levels in most of Indiana on Wednesday, July 4, 2012. The forecast expands to include all of Indiana on Thursday, July 5, 2012.
Elevated ozone is expected on Wednesday, July 4 in the following metropolitan areas:
* Anderson - Madison County
* Bloomington - Greene, Monroe, and Owen counties
* Central Indiana - Boone, Brown, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Putnam, and Shelby counties
* Fort Wayne - Allen, Huntington, Wells, and Whitley counties
* Greater Louisville - Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Scott, and Washington counties
* Michigan City-LaPorte - LaPorte County
* Muncie - Delaware County
* Northwest Indiana - Jasper, Lake, Newton, and Porter counties
* South Bend-Elkhart - Elkhart and St. Joseph counties
* Southwest Indiana - Dubois, Gibson, Perry, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, and Warrick counties
Elevated ozone is expected on Thursday, July 5 in the following metropolitan areas:
* Anderson - Madison County
* Bloomington - Greene, Monroe, and Owen counties
* Central Indiana - Boone, Brown, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Putnam, and Shelby counties
* Columbus-Seymour - Bartholomew and Jackson counties
* Fort Wayne - Allen, Huntington, Wells, and Whitley counties
* Greater Louisville - Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Scott, and Washington counties
* Lafayette - Benton, Carroll, Tippecanoe, and White counties
* Michigan City-LaPorte - LaPorte County
* Muncie - Delaware County
* Northwest Indiana - Jasper, Lake, Newton, and Porter counties
* South Bend-Elkhart - Elkhart and St. Joseph counties
* Southwest Indiana - Dubois, Gibson, Perry, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, and Warrick counties
* Terre Haute - Clay, Sullivan, Vermillion, and Vigo counties
IDEM encourages everyone to help reduce ozone by making simple changes to their daily habits. You can:
* Walk, bike, carpool or use public transportation.
* Avoid using the drive-through and combine errands into one trip.
* Avoid using gasoline-powered lawn equipment until after 7 p.m.
* Turn off your engine when idling for more than 30 seconds.
* Conserve energy by turning off lights or setting the air conditioner to 75 degrees or above.
Anyone sensitive to poor air quality may be affected when ozone levels are elevated. Children, the elderly and anyone with a heart or lung condition should reduce or avoid exertion and heavy work outdoors.
IDEM examines weather patterns and current ozone readings to make daily air quality forecasts. To learn more about ozone or sign up for air quality forecasts, visit www.SmogWatch.IN.gov<http://www.SmogWatch.IN.gov>.
Ground-level ozone is formed when sunlight and hot weather bake vehicle exhaust, factory emissions and gasoline vapors. Ozone in the upper atmosphere blocks ultraviolet radiation, but ozone near the ground is a lung irritant that can cause coughing and breathing difficulties.
Finally, you can SEE what you breathe !
I don't know if any of you braved the heat for the LaPorte parade yesterday, it was definitely a scorcher!! I was tolerating it quite well until we passed LaPorte Savings Bank and I saw the temperature was 100! Whew! And we still had another mile and a half to go!
Today is supposed to be hotter!
And they say global warming is a myth! Pshaw
Skilling sez the cap has just been BREACHED ! Thunderstorms heading south from IL/WI border:
http://www.chicagoweathercenter.com/
Cells are popping all over the place.
Hope we get in some of this free cooling this afternoon. 103 in Westville already.
Message: NOAA-NWS-ALERTS-
Sent: 14:40 CDT on 07-05-2012
Effective: 14:40 CDT on 07-05-2012
Expires: 15:45 CDT on 07-05-2012
Event: Special Weather Statement
Alert: ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...
AT 235 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR ROSEMONT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
UP TO PENNY SIZE HAIL...WINDS TO 50 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
CITIES AND TOWNS AFFECTED...
NORRIDGE... SCHILLER PARK... FRANKLIN PARK...
ROSEMONT... OHARE AIRPORT... PARK RIDGE...
NORTHLAKE... NILES... BENSENVILLE...
OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
BROOKFIELD ZOO...HAWTHORNE PARK...LINCOLN PARK ZOO...NORTHEASTERN
ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY...SOLDIER FIELD...MUSEUM CAMPUS...MCCORMICK PLACE
AND NORTHERLY ISLAND...THE LOOP...
Instructions: GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. HEAVY RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITY. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.
I am watching the cells blow up over downtown Chicago. Amazing.
Looks like it is going to miss us. The one cell is dying, and going to our west.
I guess Merrillville and south Lake Co got hit pretty hard last nite. It was on the news this morning with pics of the devastation.
On the train ride home, the rain line ended between Gary and Miller Beach.
Not even 9 yet this morning.....and its already near 90 here in Westville. INSANE !
It was 86 at 7:30 am in Chicago.
This also needs to be posted.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwsyU0PD1zc
This is what we missed yesterday
Tom Skilling
Powerhouse storms blew up Thursday afternoon, gusting through the warm air "cap" aloft and whipping Navy Pier with 60 mph gusts which de-roofed a boat moored there while the offshore Harrison-Dever Crib clocked 94 mph gusts. The storm clusters are shown in their developmental stages here on CIMSS-Univ of Wisconsin-Madison MODIS hi resolution satellite imagery from Thursday afternoon. The view is so clear you can actually see the shadows the clouds were casting on the ground below. Before the afternoon was over, cloud tops reached heights of 56,000 ft. and a downburst generating storm cluster roared into the Griffith and Merrillville, IN.
102 now in Westville......and still CLIMBING
8:30 AM....and its already 90 here in Westville. Hoping the temps CRASH this afternoon.....as they say it will:
Scary.. between the waves and the heat and fireworks, just bad. All of those kids on the beach, out of towners, drunk 18-25 year olds... scary, scary, scary. Hope we get through tomorrow night with no tragedies.
I hate to "predict" anything like that, but people don't pay attention.... and, with the fireworks tomorrow, there'll be a LOT of people who maybe don't have a good gauge of the lake. Scary.
Hot damn ! 100 @ 1PM. Possible CAP BREACH now developing this afternoon:
It has cooled off a lot by the lake. That north wind makes it feel really nice up there.
Please to explain - what is a cap breach?
Sent: 11:10 EDT on 07-10-2012
Effective: 11:10 EDT on 07-10-2012
Expires: 19:15 EDT on 07-10-2012
Event: Rip Current Statement
Alert:
...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
* RISK...MODERATE RISK THROUGH TONIGHT.
* WAVES...2 TO 4 FEET THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.
* WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 KNOTS VEERING EAST LATE TONIGHT.
Instructions: THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. ONLY EXPERIENCED SURF SWIMMERS SHOULD ENTER THE WATER. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY.
Target Area:
La Porte
Indiana Department of Environmental Management E-News Release
For immediate release
July 11, 2012
IDEM forecasts elevated ozone for two areas in Indiana
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) is forecasting elevated ozone levels for Thursday, July 12, 2012, in the following metropolitan areas:
* Michigan City-LaPorte - LaPorte County
* Northwest Indiana - Jasper, Lake, Newton, and Porter counties
IDEM encourages everyone to help reduce ozone by making simple changes to their daily habits. You can:
* Walk, bike, carpool or use public transportation.
* Avoid using the drive-through and combine errands into one trip.
* Avoid using gasoline-powered lawn equipment until after 7 p.m.
* Turn off your engine when idling for more than 30 seconds.
* Conserve energy by turning off lights or setting the air conditioner to 75 degrees or above.
Anyone sensitive to poor air quality may be affected when ozone levels are elevated. Children, the elderly and anyone with a heart or lung condition should reduce or avoid exertion and heavy work outdoors.
IDEM examines weather patterns and current ozone readings to make daily air quality forecasts. To learn more about ozone or sign up for air quality forecasts, visit www.SmogWatch.IN.gov<http://www.SmogWatch.IN.gov>.
There is rain making its way from western Iowa into Illinois as we speak. Cross your fingers it makes it here!
Storm cells are popping up all over eastern Illinois. A good one is getting ready to clobber Chicago. Stay tuned and hopefully they can give us a nice soaking!
Some places got almost TWO INCHES yesterday. What a bummer.
Indiana Department of Environmental Management E-News Release
For immediate release
July 16, 2012
IDEM extends elevated ozone forecast for four areas in Northern Indiana
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) is extending the elevated ozone level forecast for Tuesday, July 17, 2012, in the following metropolitan areas:
* Fort Wayne - Allen, Huntington, Wells, and Whitley counties
* Michigan City-LaPorte - LaPorte County
* Northwest Indiana - Jasper, Lake, Newton, and Porter counties
* South Bend-Elkhart - Elkhart and St. Joseph counties
IDEM encourages everyone to help reduce ozone by making simple changes to their daily habits. You can:
* Walk, bike, carpool or use public transportation.
* Avoid using the drive-through and combine errands into one trip.
* Avoid using gasoline-powered lawn equipment until after 7 p.m.
* Turn off your engine when idling for more than 30 seconds.
* Conserve energy by turning off lights or setting the air conditioner to 75 degrees or above.
Anyone sensitive to poor air quality may be affected when ozone levels are elevated. Children, the elderly and anyone with a heart or lung condition should reduce or avoid exertion and heavy work outdoors.
IDEM examines weather patterns and current ozone readings to make daily air quality forecasts. To learn more about ozone or sign up for air quality forecasts, visit www.SmogWatch.IN.gov<http://www.SmogWatch.IN.gov>.
Ground-level ozone is formed when sunlight and hot weather bake vehicle exhaust, factory emissions and gasoline vapors. Ozone in the upper atmosphere blocks ultraviolet radiation, but ozone near the ground is a lung irritant that can cause coughing and breathing difficulties.
Had a few sprinkles and some thunder from this one this hot evening.
That storm went right over my house! It was S-C-A-R-Y!!!
http://thenewsdispatch.com/articles/2012/07/17/news/local/doc5004cb19adbc9888780248.txt
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