Heat will build over the Intermountain West and the Southwest the next couple of days. Lightning from dry thunderstorms can create new fire starts and combined with gusty winds may cause a fire to rapidly grow in Oregon and northern California. Flash flooding will be possible in New Mexico and west Texas today, as well as parts of the southern and central Plains due to slow moving thunderstorms. Read More >
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 830 AM CST FRI JAN 16 2009 ...PRELIMINARY LOW TEMPERATURES REPORTED ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA THIS MORNING... THE FOLLOWING ARE SELECT COOPERATIVE OBSERVER AND AIRPORT OBSERVATIONS FOR THIS MORNING. SOME COOPERATIVE OBSERVER REPORTING END TIMES ARE BETWEEN 6 AND 7 AM AND THEREFORE IT IS POSSIBLE THAT TEMPERATURES MAY HAVE DROPPED A DEGREE OR TWO SINCE THEIR OBSERVATION TIME. LOW TEMPERATURE LOCATION ENDING 6-8 AM ILLINOIS DIXON -32 POLO -32 AURORA AIRPORT -31 (SUGAR GROVE) ROCHELLE -28 SHABBONA -26 ROCKFORD AIRPORT -25 AT 0651 (NEW RECORD) ROMEOVILLE IL NWS -24 MARSEILLES -23 BARRINGTON -23 MCHENRY -23 PAW PAW -22 WEST CHICAGO -22 BATAVIA -22 ST CHARLES -22 MUNDELEIN -22 ELGIN -21 JOLIET -21 MORRIS -20 PARK FOREST -19 LISLE MORTON ARB -19 PIPER CITY -19 STREATOR -18 CHICAGO OHARE -18 AT 0722 MIDWAY 3SW -17 DWIGHT -18 WAUKEGAN -17 WHEELING -15 CHICAGO LAKEFRONT -11 INDIANA WANATAH -24 VALPARAISO AIRPORT -20 VALPARAISO -19 $$
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 449 PM CST FRI JAN 16 2009 ...LOWEST WIND CHILL READINGS FROM RECENT COLD SNAP... HERE ARE THE LOWEST HOURLY WIND CHILL READINGS RECORDED ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE RECENT ARCTIC COLD SNAP: WIND TIME DAY LOCATION CHILL -51 7 AM 01/16 AURORA SUGAR GROVE AIRPORT -41 1 AM 01/16 VALPARAISO -38 4 AM 01/16 WEST CHICAGO DUPAGE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT -36 8 AM 01/16 WAUKEGAN -35 7 AM 01/15 ROCKFORD AIRPORT -35 7 AM 01/16 CHICAGO MIDWAY AIRPORT -34 6 AM 01/16 CHICAGO O'HARE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT -32 7 AM 01/16 WHEELING CHICAGO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT THE FOLLOWING OBSERVATIONS ARE FROM AREA AWOS LOCATIONS...WHICH ARE NOT QUALITY CONTROLLED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. WIND TIME DAY LOCATION CHILL -53 1 AM 01/16 ROCHELLE -42 2 AM 01/16 DEKALB -42 8 AM 01/15 STERLING -40 8 AM 01/15 PERU -39 8 AM 01/16 KANKAKEE -39 4 AM 01/15 MORRIS -38 2 AM 01/16 LOCKPORT -36 11 PM 01/15 RANTOUL -36 3 AM 01/16 LANSING -35 4 AM 01/16 FREEPORT -33 7 AM 01/16 PONTIAC -32 2 AM 01/16 JOLIET $$