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Minor quake rumbles across northern suburbs; 2.4 in Richter Scale; USGS reports it hit at a depth of 6.2 miles at 9:54 CST Monday evening
 
A 2.4 magnitude earthquake has rattled homes and businesses throughout Chicago's north and northwest suburbs.
 
According to United States Geological Survey physicist Shengzao Chen, a minor earthquake struck just before 10 pm on Monday, its epicenter approximately 11 miles southwest of Kenosha and 14 miles northwest of Waukegan.
 
The exact coordinates are 42.526 degrees north and 88.032 degrees west.
 
North and northwest suburban police departments are reporting receiving a number of phone calls from residents feeling the quake.
 
There are no immediate reports of injury or damage.
 
For a map and more information from USGS--CLICK HERE
 

 
 
 
 

See you at Tom's Weather Day at Walgreens, 235 Palatine Road, Arlington Heights Saturday, May 21; we're partnering with Midland Radio and Walgreens to get NOAA weather radios into more peoples' hands at reduced cost
 
By Meteorologist Tom Skilling

Hope to see many of you this Saturday out at the Walgreens in Arlington Heights at 235 Palatine Road. We're teaming up with Midland Radio and Walgreens to try and get NOAA weather radios into as many homes as possible and at reduced cost. These radios can be programmed to turned on, alerting you to middle of the night tornado and severe weather warnings.

I'll be joined by my National Weather Service-Chicago colleagues as well as WGN radio's Greg Jarrett. Veteran observer Frank Wachowski is going to put in an appearance. Also on hand will be Midland Radio representatives, members of the Cook County Homeland Security office, the Arlington Heights Fire Department and others. We'll have a WeatherBug weather station set up for you to see and a portable tornado machine. We look forward to seeing you and assisting in setting up your NOAA weather radios which will be on sale at all Chicago area Walgreens stores in the weeks ahead!

Thanks for everyone who came out to the show! Here are some great photos sent to us by Brian Smith of the 2011 FERMILAB/WGN seminar!






Below is a group picture of this year's speakers. From left to right is award winning extreme weather photographer Jim Reed; Tom Skilling; Dr. Mary Ann Cooper MD-University of Illinois-Chicago; Dr. Louis W. Uccellini, Director of NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP); Ed Fenelon, Meteorologist in Charge of the NWS Forecast Office-Chicago; Jim Allsopp, Warning Coordination Meteorologist NWS Chicago; Dr. Jim Angel, State Climatologist- Midwestern Regional Climate Center; and Brian Smith, Warning Coordination Meteorologist, National Weather Service, Omaha, Nebraska:

Announcing the 2011 FERMILAB/WGN Tornado & Severe Storms Seminar on Saturday, April 30, 2011

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By Meteorologist Tom Skilling

Greetings to each of you! We have an extraordinary program planned for our 31st Annual Fermilab/WGN-TV seminar which takes place this year on Saturday, April 30th. I'm very excited about this year's program and the speakers who will join me at noon Saturday, Arpil 30th and again for a repeat of the entire program at 6 p.m. The event will take place at the Ramsey Auditorium on the grounds of the Batavia-based Fermilab National Accelerator Laboratory.  Please feel free to attend either the noon session or the 6 pm session. We'd love to have you join us!  Hope to see you there and again here are the key details.

Where: Fermilab - Kirk Rd & Pine St, Batavia, Illinois, 1.630.840.3000
When:  Saturday, April 30th @12pm and again at 6pm

For a complete listing of guest speakers and topics of discussion continue reading below!

A gray dreary Wednesday night but mild, Lows 44-48 with a breezy south wind at 10-20 mph.  Thursday will be the warmest temperatures in 3 months, High 56-62 with a S/SW 10-20 with gusts around 30 mph.  "weather on 1s!"

Duffinately Weather

A steamy Friday night in store as temps stay in the lower to mid 70s, an isolated t'storm is possible. Saturday hazy, hot, humid and scattered thunderstorms, high 86-92 with a W/SW wind. Sunday warm/humid, highs in the lower to mid 80s. "weather on the 1's!"

Check out pictures from the storm in this blog posting.

-- WGN-TV Weather Center

Check out this link from the Alaska Volcano Observatory showing a video time lapse of the recent activity of Redoubt Volcano on March 27 2009

Photo courtesy of Alaska Volcano Observatory