Chicagoland Weather

[G2003]

We've been getting weird weather the past few days. A phenomenon I like to call Lake Effect Storms.

Storms form over the Lake, then move from East to West over the area.

It first started at 4:00 AM this morning. I had my window open and saw lightning. so i turned on TWC and saw
First Outlook for the second time in my life, and there was nothing but Red on the radar over the Lake!

Pretty carzy!

[Concentric Eyewall]

Ooo!

[G2003]

The humid/rain spell appears to have ended today (thankfully). Now its going to start warming up!


Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 63. North northeast wind around 10 mph.

Saturday: Partly cloudy, with a high near 80. Northeast wind around 15 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 60. North northeast wind between 10 and 15 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 81. East northeast wind around 10 mph.

Sunday Night: Clear, with a low around 63. Northeast wind between 5 and 10 mph.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 84.

Monday Night: Clear, with a low around 65.

[G2003]

A cold front moved through last night, but its still 87 degrees right now. Humidity is high as well. This isnt supposed to stop
until late next week. Tomorrow it will be 85 with a chance of thunderstorms!

[G2003]

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHEASTERN DUPAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
  NORTH CENTRAL WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 600 PM...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD AND RADAR INDICATED
  ROTATION NEAR ROMEOVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HOMER GLEN... AND DARIEN BY 615 PM...
  WILLOW SPRINGS... AND BURR RIDGE BY 625 PM...
  ORLAND PARK BY 630 PM...
  PALOS HILLS......HICKORY HILLS... AND JUSTICE BY 635 PM...
  WORTH... AND CHICAGO RIDGE BY 640 PM...

TAKE COVER NOW! IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE
ABANDONED FOR MORESUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS!

LAT...LON 4176 8814 4158 8813 4158 8776 4175 8776



I was right...

[Concentric Eyewall]

[G2003]

Yeah, it really goes to show how screwed we are up here with severe weather. Theres no other explaination, other than that the lake
steers it all away.

[G2003]

On Wednesday, we had an actual Tornado Warning for my part of the county. Unfortunately, I wasn't home when it happened. > But
my mom was...

So it was like 3:30 PM and my mom heard the tornado sirens, but the one right by our house wasn't sounding. so she turned on TWC
and there was a Tornado Warning, and the storm was heading right for us! We were actually listed as one of the towns in the path
on the warning. Well, we never did get a tornado, but they reported a rotating cloud at an intersection in Schaumburg, which is only
about 3-4 miles from my house!

Pretty kickass!! What really ticks me off is that the one day im gone, something like that happens. And I can guarantee it wont
happen for another 3-4 years! >

[G2003]

Video from Arlington Heights, IL (east of me) w/ sirens sounding...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0AIIFho_vI

[G2003]

okay we recetly had a tornado warning right inmy exact neighborhood!!! I wish i had my cell with me because i saw a funnel cloud!!!

[Localonthe8s]

okay we recetly had a tornado warning right inmy exact neighborhood!!! I wish i had my cell with me because i saw a funnel cloud!!!

Did you excited seeing the funnel cloud? I would've had a trip of a lifetime to see a funnel cloud and/or tornado with hail,wind,rain, lightning and thunder.

[G2003]

Well we don't get the "OH MY GOD IS A FUNNEL CLOUD!!!" here, its usually "Hey look, an funnel cloud"

[Localonthe8s]

I'll be like. "Oh look, just another funnel cloud."

[G2003]

I'll be like. "Oh look, just another funnel cloud."

Ummm...Okay...

[Localonthe8s]

I'll be like. "Oh look, just another funnel cloud."

Ummm...Okay...

Wow, like you're so cool