Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Tuesday Morning Weather Update

New Tornado Watch issued to include counties east of Rockford, including the Chicago Metro region.


3:00 am Update:  Moderate to heavy rain continues to extend from southern Wisconsin down through the Quad Cities moving northeast around 50 mph.  As of right now there are no warnings but we are still under a Tornado Watch until 6am.  The cold front extends back through Iowa and will quickly race east within the next couple of hours.  What we'll be watching for are any storms that may develop out ahead of the main line, like a few that have developed south of I-80.  Wind shear still remains very high so that's why the tornado watch will continue. 

We have already seen wind gusts early this morning around 45 mph!  So even if all we get is heavy rain out of these storms, it is still going to be very windy!

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