A warm front that was poised to pass through the Chicago area Friday night bringing a mostly sunny and unseasonably warm day to the Chicago area Saturday. Obviously that did not work out. While the first warm front moved into southern Wisconsin, a secondary warm front developed across northern Illinois triggering a round of showers and thunderstorms that swept across the Chicago area early this afternoon, bringing heavy downpours, gusty winds and even some hail.
Large hail fell at Bolingbrook where the stones reached 1.5 inches in diameter (ping-pong ball size). Other areas receiving significant hail included penny-size hail at Naperville, and nickel- size hail at Oak Brook. Many locations around the Chicago Metro area reported pea to marble size hail.
While the city sits in clouds and lingering showers with temperatures in the upper 50s and lower 60s, areas Downstate are enjoying a mostly sunny Saturday afternoon with temperatures in the lower 70s and gust south-southwest winds. As the afternoon wear on, showers should end in the Chicago area with some clearing expected allowing temperatures to climb into the middle and upper 60s with a few areas even reaching 70 degrees.
ILLINOIS REGIONAL WEATHER ROUNDUP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
200 PM CST SAT NOV 10 2012
NOTE: "FAIR" INDICATES FEW OR NO CLOUDS BELOW 12,000 FEET WITH NO
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND/OR OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY.
* THESE STATIONS ARE NOT UNDER NWS QUALITY CONTROL. THEY ALSO MAY NOT
REPORT WEATHER SUCH AS PRECIPITATION OR FOG.
ILZ001-002-007-009-015-016-024-102100-
NORTHWEST ILLINOIS
CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS
MOLINE MOSUNNY 70 54 56 S18G28 29.76F
STERLING* MOSUNNY 66 54 63 S7 29.81S
SAVANNA* MOSUNNY 70 53 56 S21 29.76F
$$
ILZ003-004-008-010-011-017-018-102100-
NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS
ROCKFORD PTSUNNY 67 53 61 S21G32 29.82F
FREEPORT* MOSUNNY 65 55 69 S18G29 29.81F
DE KALB* CLOUDY 64 57 76 S21 29.86R
$$
ILZ005-006-012>014-019>023-102100-
NORTHEAST ILLINOIS
CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS
CHICAGO-OHARE CLOUDY 60 54 80 S13 29.84F
CHICAGO-MIDWAY LGT RAIN 61 54 77 SE14G23 29.86F
AURORA CLOUDY 63 56 78 S12 29.87R
LANSING* TSTM 67 52 59 SW9G20 29.96R
WAUKEGAN CLOUDY 63 52 67 S17G29 29.86F
DUPAGE AIRPORT CLOUDY 60 54 80 S10 29.85F
KANKAKEE* PTSUNNY 70 54 57 S17 29.92F
WHEELING CLOUDY 61 53 75 SE8 29.86F
NORTHERLY ISL N/A 57 52 83 MISG N/A
$$
LMZ740>746-102100-
SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN
STATION/POSITION SKY/WX TEMP WIND PRES VSBY WAVE
AIR SEA DIR/SP/G HT/PER
(F) (DEG/KT/KT) (MB) (MI) (FT/S)
SOUTHERN BUOY 53 51 160/ 16/ 17 1013.0F 3/ 4
WAUKEGAN HARBOR 53 170/ 17/ 18 1012.5R
HARRISON CRIB 59 170/ 25/ 28 N/A
BURNHAM HARBOR 57 140/ 16 N/A
CALUMET HARBOR 62 130/ 9/ 13 1013.8F
BURNS HARBOR 65 190/ 9/ 11 1014.9R
MICHIGAN CITY 65 180/ 4/ 6 1015.8R
$$
ILZ025>027-034>036-040-047-049-050-058-095>099-102100-
WEST-CENTRAL ILLINOIS
CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS
QUINCY MOSUNNY 74 53 48 S23G30 29.82F
GALESBURG* MOSUNNY 69 52 55 S15G23 29.81F
MACOMB* PTSUNNY 75 53 45 S20 29.83F
$$
ILZ028>032-037-038-041>044-048-051>054-059>061-102100-
CENTRAL ILLINOIS
CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS
PONTIAC CLOUDY 73 55 53 S21G29 29.85S
DECATUR SUNNY 73 51 46 S26 29.93F
PEORIA MOSUNNY 72 54 53 S17G24 29.85S
LACON* PTSUNNY 71 56 58 S10 29.84S
LINCOLN* SUNNY 73 53 48 S23 29.87F
SPRINGFIELD SUNNY 75 53 46 S20G26 29.88F
TAYLORVILLE SUNNY 72 46 40 S22G29 29.91F
$$
ILZ033-039-045-046-055>057-062-063-102100-
EAST-CENTRAL ILLINOIS
CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS
CHAMPAIGN SUNNY 74 47 38 S26G32 29.95F
RANTOUL* MOSUNNY 74 51 45 S15G24 29.95F
MATTOON SUNNY 71 48 43 S14G24 29.99F
PARIS* SUNNY 72 48 43 S21G29 30.01S
$$
ILZ079-100>102-102100-
SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS
CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS
ALTON SUNNY 79 37 22 S14G25 29.92S
BELLEVILLE SUNNY 76 49 39 S21G26 29.94F
CAHOKIA* SUNNY 77 44 30 S17G24 29.92
$$
ILZ064>066-069>071-074>076-080>082-084>086-088>090-092>094-102100-
SOUTH-CENTRAL ILLINOIS
CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS
CARBONDALE SUNNY 71 52 50 S23G29 30.04F
MARION SUNNY 72 54 53 S15G22 30.06F
MT. VERNON SUNNY 72 54 53 S20 30.04F
CENTRALIA* SUNNY 72 51 47 S20G30 30.00S
SALEM* SUNNY 73 42 32 S17G28 30.00F
$$
