Daytime weather January 03 2024 (CARDINAL NEWS). YouTube Tips ⓘ
Vehicle windows had an ice glaze this morning, and the area of freezing drizzle that passed through the area overnight continued to wane this morning with little or no impacts to road surfaces.
Another upper disturbance will pivot into the area this afternoon
which should allow for scattered light snow showers and flurries
to develop, but accumulation with any showers or flurries Wednesday afternoon are not expected.
However, lake effect snow showers are expected to develop this
evening across northwest Indiana which could yield some minor
accumulations between 0.5 to 1 inch are possible.
A weather system pattern forecast early next week bears similarities to systems that bring periods of rain and/or accumulating snow with heavy rates, strong winds, and falling temperatures around Tuesday night.
Weather Radar in northeast Illinois was clear.
See also Arlingtoncardinal.com/clouds
Non-accumulating flurries/snow showers this afternoon-evening, then lake effect snow showers (mainly Lake and Porter IN) later this evening-overnight. Quiet Thu-Fri then on and off snow showers late Fri. night thru Sun. AM. #ILwx #INwx pic.twitter.com/MvZ7mbv6SN
— NWS Chicago (@NWSChicago) January 3, 2024
O’HARE FORECAST …
Wednesday Afternoon: Scattered flurries before 3pm, then a slight chance of snow after 3pm. Cloudy, with a high near 35. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Wednesday Night: Scattered flurries with a slight chance of snow before midnight, then scattered flurries between midnight and 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. North wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 34. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the morning.
Thursday Night: Increasing clouds, with a low around 24. Calm wind becoming south southwest around 5 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 10 mph.
Friday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 36. South southwest wind around 5 mph, with gusts as high as 10 mph.
Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow showers after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29.
Saturday: A 30 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 37.
Saturday Night: A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29.
Sunday: A chance of snow showers before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 36.
Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28.
Monday: Cloudy, with a high near 38.
Monday Night: Rain and snow likely. Cloudy, with a low around 32.
Tuesday: Rain and snow. Cloudy, with a high near 36. Breezy.
LAKE TEMPS …
SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN WATER TEMPERATURES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
901 AM CST Wed Jan 3 2024
LAKE MICHIGAN WATER TEMPERATURES…
CHICAGO SHORE………..39.
CHICAGO CRIB…………41.
MICHIGAN CITY………..40.
SOUTH MID LAKE BUOY…..43.
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M IS FOR MISSING DATA THAT IS NORMALLY AVAILABLE.
THE MICHIGAN CITY WATER TEMPERATURE SENSOR IS LOCATED AT A WATER INTAKE ONE MILE OFFSHORE AND 60 FEET BELOW THE WATER SURFACE. IT IS READ EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR.
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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville, IL
1133 AM CST Wed Jan 3 2024
.UPDATE… Issued at 1008 AM CST Wed Jan 3 2024
Forecast remains on track for today with minimal adjustments needed with morning updates.
The area of freezing drizzle that passed through the area overnight has continued to wane this morning with virtually no impacts to road surfaces reported as of this writing. While some pockets of light mist/drizzle are expected to linger across portions of northwest Indiana for the next couple hours, no surface impacts are expected aside from some brief reductions in visibility in the 5 to 7 mile range.
Another upper disturbance will pivot into the area this afternoon which should allow for scattered light snow showers and flurries to develop. Given that forecast soundings continue to show cloud tops remaining just above -10 C, I suspect that ice nucleation will be rather limited and therefore accumulation with any showers/flurries this afternoon are not expected. However, more robust lake effect snow showers are expected to develop this evening across northwest Indiana which could yield some minor accumulations (between 0.5 to 1 inch) if sufficient saturation can occur and overlap the better instability.
Otherwise, expect mostly cloudy skies through today with temperatures gradually warming into the mid-30s this afternoon.
— Yack/NWS
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.SHORT TERM… Issued at 330 AM CST Wed Jan 3 2024
Through Thursday…
Key Messages:
– Some ares of slick travel early this morning across portions of northern IL due to lingering light mist and light freezing drizzle.
– Period of flurries and snow showers this afternoon/early evening with little to no accumulation expected.
– Period of lake effect snow showers tonight into Thursday morning, primarily across northwestern IN where some minor accumulations are possible.
Temperatures continue to hover at, or just below, freezing across the area early this morning. Unfortunately, low clouds and even some areas of very light freezing drizzle have been reported across the area. While impacts from this very light freezing drizzle are expected to remain minor, some slick spots have developed on bridges and overpasses in and around the Rockford area, per calls to the Winnebago Sheriffs office and the Rockford observer. Farther south and east into the Chicago metro area temperatures also remain parked right at 32 degrees with this light drizzle moving across the area. As a result, some patchy slick spots can be expected through daybreak on area bridges and overpasses, along with untreated roads. Since any slick spots are expected to remain patchy for the next few hours this morning we will handle this with an SPS and updated graphic highlighting this message.
Current thinking is that this drizzle/freezing drizzle threat may begin to wane across the area around, or shortly after, daybreak as a weak surface trough continues to shift southeastward out of the area. This thinking is supported by the fact that upstream observations across southern WI continue to show improving ceilings and visibilities, suggesting that the drizzle threat has already ended north of the WI state line. These improving trends are thus anticipated across our area through the early morning hours.
Another fast moving mid-level impulse, currently shifting southward across the Upper Midwest, is slatted to drop across our area this afternoon. This is expected to foster some afternoon and evening flurries and snow showers across the area as low- level lapse rates steepen and push cloud heights into the DGZ. Little to no accumulation is anticipated, so no travel impacts are expected.
Lake effect snow showers are expected to persist across portions of northwestern IN tonight into early Thursday morning as the flow turns northerly down the lake. These showers are generally expected to remain rather unorganized due to the marginal thermodynamic setup on the lake. However, we may have a couple hour period later this evening into the early overnight hours supportive of some better organized bands of showers as lakeshore convergence maximizes with the arrival of the surface cold front. Accordingly, some minor accumulations up around an inch are plausible across parts of Lake and Porter counties in IN tonight. Otherwise, the lake effect snow showers will dissipate Thursday morning as a surface high approaches the western Great Lakes.
— KJB/NWS Chicago