The center of a strong low pressure system will move out of Minnesota across northern Wisconsin tonight - passing across the northern tip of Lakes Michigan and Huron Monday. The deep low and associated tight pressure gradient will not only generate Blizzard and Winter Storm Warnings across Nebraska, the Dakotas, Minnesota, and northern Wisconsin tonight into early Monday, but also strong southwest to westerly winds gusting 40 to 50 miles per hour Monday over Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, and Michigan as depicted in light brown or tan color on the map below.
Following is the Wind Advisory issued by the Chicago National Weather Service Forecast Office this evening:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /1 AM EST/
TONIGHT TO 4 PM CST /5 PM EST/ MONDAY.
...STRONG WEST SOUTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT
AND CONTINUE ON MONDAY...THE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING
ILLINOIS AND INDIANA COUNTIES...WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-
LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-
LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK...
WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...WHEATON...CHICAGO...
OTTAWA...OSWEGO...MORRIS...JOLIET...KANKAKEE...PONTIAC...
WATSEKA...PAXTON...GARY...VALPARAISO...MOROCCO...RENSSELAER...
FOWLER
* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE OUT OF THE WEST SOUTHWEST ON MONDAY.
* WINDS...25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH.
* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE AND
MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
