With the center of low pressure over northern Lake Huron beginning to pull away to the east, strong west to northwest winds gusting up to 50 miles per hour will slowly weaken somewhat – gusting to around 30 miles per hour by early morning hours Sunday. Temperatures will fall through the 20s into the teens and even single digits north near the Wisconsin state line. In the same time frame, wind chills already in the teens will gradually fall into the single digits digits and ultimately sub-zero values before daybreak Sunday.
Some 11PM Observations
Location temperature wind (mph)
Rockford 24 NW 29 gust 44
DeKalb 26 NW28 Gust 45
OHare 31 NW29 Gust 47
Midway 36 W 22 Gust 39
Aurora 30 W 25 Gust 47
Lansing 38 W 36 Gust 49
Joliet 32 W 32 Gust 40
Waukegan 28 W 25 Gust 44
West Chicago 28 W 25 Gust 40
Kankakee 38 W 31 Gust 37
Wheeling 29 W 28 Gust 44
Morris 32 W 35 Gust 45
Romeoville 33 NW 31 Gust 44
Michigan City, IN SW 54 Gust 71
Valparaiso, IN 40 W 30 Gust 41
South Bend, IN 40 W 30 Gust 48
