Weather TODAY
FRI
SAT
59
44
SUN
53
MON
27
Cloudy, windy & warm with a shower early Wind:
Cloudy, breezy, rain & snow at night Wind:
Mostly cloudy & cold with snow showers Wind:
SSW 15-25 mph
WSW 10-20 mph
NW 10-20 mph
Cloudy with heavy rain late in the day
Wind: ESE 10-20 mph
Thursday, January 10, 2013 Northwest Herald Page A6
40
47
ALMANAC
26
WED
29
30
Partly sunny with a flurry
Partly sunny with a flurry
25
Wind:
Wind:
NE 10-20 mph
NW 10-15 mph
19
20
Mostly cloudy with snow showers Wind:
W 10-20 mph
21
12
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
at Chicago through 4 p.m. yesterday
Harvard 40/36
Belvidere 40/37
TEMPERATURE HIGH
TUE
Crystal Lake 44/40
Rockford 40/37
LOW
Hampshire 40/37
Algonquin 40/38
88
Sandwich 40/37
39
90
Waukegan 40/38
Oak Park 42/40
St. Charles 44/49
DeKalb 44/49 Dixon 40/38
McHenry 40/38
Thursday a large storm system moves in from Texas. It will pump Gulf moisture into the area. Skies will be cloudy and periods of heavy rain are possible afternoon and overnight. Highs will be in the 40s. Scattered showers early Friday then gusty southwest winds warm us to near-60. We are in a dry slot until Sunday night when cold air and snow returns.
Aurora 39/37
LAKE FORECAST
41
WATER TEMP: Chicago Winds: SE at 12-25 kts. 42/40 Waves: 1-3 ft.
Orland Park 44/39 31° 17°
Record high
60° in 1880
Record low
-20° in 1875
Q.
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On average, when is the coldest period for the United States?
PRECIPITATION 24 hours through 4 p.m. yest.
Trace
Month to date
0.03”
Normal month to date
0.56”
The latter part of January.
Year to date
0.03”
Normal year to date
0.56”
FOX RIVER STAGES as of 7 a.m. yesterday Flood
Current
24hr Chg.
Fox Lake
--
2.58
+0.02
Nippersink Lake
--
2.51
+0.01
7:21 a.m.
New Munster, WI
10
5.91
-0.11
Sunset
4:41 p.m.
McHenry
4
0.88
-0.04
Moonrise
6:01 a.m.
Algonquin
3
1.34
+0.01
Moonset
3:49 p.m.
Sunrise
SUN AND MOON
MOON PHASES
New
First
Jan 11
Jan 18
Full
Jan 26
Last
Feb 3
AIR QUALITY Wednesday’s reading
0-50 Good; 51-100 Moderate; 101-150 Unhealthy for sensitive groups; 151-200 Unhealthy; 201-300 Very Unhealthy; 301-500 Hazardous Source: http://www.epa.state.il.us/air/aqi/index.html
UV INDEX TODAY The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ number, the greater the need for eye and skin protection.
9a
10a 11a Noon 1p
2p
3p
4p
0-2 Low; 3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 Very high; 11+ Extreme
5p
NATIONAL CITIES Today
WORLD CITIES
REGIONAL CITIES
WEATHER TRIVIA™
A.
Normal high Normal low
Today
City
Hi/Lo/W
City
Hi/Lo/W
Albuquerque Anchorage Atlanta Atlantic City Baltimore Billings Boise Boston Charlotte Cincinnati Cleveland Dallas Denver Des Moines Detroit El Paso Fairbanks Fargo Green Bay Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Jacksonville Kansas City Las Vegas Los Angeles Louisville Memphis
51/29/s 25/21/sf 62/57/c 48/36/s 51/35/s 35/7/sn 35/22/sn 45/32/s 60/51/c 48/46/r 42/37/pc 62/47/pc 53/27/pc 40/37/r 40/34/pc 58/44/s 5/-1/sf 36/20/pc 40/32/pc 80/68/s 70/50/r 44/42/r 76/59/pc 48/41/r 57/36/c 58/42/c 58/56/r 70/58/r
Miami Milwaukee Minneapolis Nashville New Orleans New York Norfolk Oklahoma City Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Portland, OR Reno Richmond Sacramento Salt Lake City San Antonio San Diego San Francisco Seattle Sioux Falls St. Louis St. Paul Tampa Tucson Wash., DC Wichita
82/70/pc 40/36/r 37/32/r 66/59/sh 74/58/r 46/36/s 54/41/s 54/40/c 82/64/pc 49/34/s 69/42/pc 44/38/pc 40/30/sh 31/16/sf 58/39/s 49/30/c 38/22/sn 67/49/pc 60/45/c 51/39/c 41/29/sh 37/29/c 52/50/r 37/32/r 82/65/pc 68/40/pc 52/38/s 48/37/sh
Today
City
Arlington Hts Aurora Bloomington Carbondale Champaign Chicago Clinton Evanston Galesburg Joliet Kankakee Mt. Vernon Naperville Peoria Princeton Rockford Rock Island Springfield Waukegan Wheaton
-10s
-0s
Hi/Lo/W
Hi/Lo/W
Friday
Saturday
44/38/r 39/37/r 42/40/r 60/53/r 44/42/r 42/40/r 44/41/r 44/39/r 42/39/r 44/38/r 44/39/r 56/52/r 41/39/r 44/41/r 41/39/r 40/37/r 42/38/r 47/45/r 40/38/r 40/39/r
56/45/sh 54/42/c 57/45/pc 65/49/pc 59/45/pc 55/46/sh 58/44/pc 55/44/sh 53/43/c 56/45/pc 58/46/c 64/47/pc 55/44/c 57/45/pc 54/43/c 52/43/c 51/42/c 61/47/pc 53/41/sh 55/44/c
53/27/c 52/24/c 54/29/c 66/38/c 58/33/c 52/29/c 56/30/c 52/28/c 47/22/c 53/28/c 56/31/c 63/39/c 52/26/c 53/26/c 49/24/c 47/23/c 45/22/c 57/29/c 51/25/c 52/26/c
0s
10s
Hi/Lo/W
Today
Hi/Lo/W
City
Hi/Lo/W
Acapulco Amsterdam Athens Baghdad Beijing Berlin Brussels Buenos Aires Cairo Cancun Dublin Geneva Hong Kong Islamabad Istanbul Kabul Kingston Lima London Madrid
91/73/s 39/33/pc 51/42/s 52/32/s 34/18/s 38/24/c 41/33/r 92/72/s 55/43/sh 85/74/sh 45/37/r 44/37/sh 63/55/s 70/42/s 39/30/pc 47/24/s 89/77/pc 82/68/s 43/37/r 48/36/pc
Manila Melbourne Mexico City Montreal Moscow New Delhi Paris Rome Santiago Sao Paulo Seoul Singapore Stockholm Sydney Tel Aviv Tokyo Toronto Vancouver Vienna Warsaw
90/77/c 84/65/s 76/43/pc 34/18/s 18/7/sf 68/43/pc 46/42/r 53/41/c 93/59/s 74/63/r 25/14/s 86/77/pc 28/22/sf 82/70/pc 51/43/r 46/34/c 40/35/pc 42/24/sh 38/35/pc 37/21/sf
NATIONAL FORECAST 20s
30s
40s
Today
City
50s
60s
70s
80s
90s
100s 110s
Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice
Forecasts and graphics, except WFLD forecasts, provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2013
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Rain
Flurries
Snow
Ice
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Warm Front
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