Gary / Chicago, Indiana

Short-term forecast
Issued by the National Weather Service at 6:18 am CST on March 11, 2010

At 615 am CST...radar indicated a band of showers and embedded thunderstorms stretching from north of the Quad Cities...near Savanna...southeast through Amboy and Morris...to just south of Kankakee...to Milford. Through 8 am CST...this band of showers and embedded thunderstorms will continue to spread north across the Rockford...Belvidere...Elgin...Gary and Rensselaer areas. The heaviest showers...and a few thunderstorms capable of producing some pea sized hail...will affect areas south of Chicago early this morning.


5-day forecast
Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon
Chance of a Thunderstorm Chance of Rain Chance of Rain Chance of Rain Partly Cloudy
Chance of T-storms Chance of Rain Chance of Rain Chance of Rain Partly Cloudy
54° | 43° 47° | 40° 49° | 36° 45° | 32° 47° | 31°



Current conditions
As of 6:45 AM CST
at Gary, Indiana

Overcast
Temperature: 54°
Wind: ESE 12 mph
Dewpoint: 48°
Humidity: 82%
Visibility: 15.0 miles
Forecast

As of 3:59 am CST on March 11, 2010

Today...Chance of showers early in the morning...then showers and a chance of thunderstorms in the late morning and afternoon. Highs around 60. Southeast winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of precipitation 90 percent.

Tonight...Cloudy. Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms in the evening...then a chance of showers after midnight. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the mid 40s. Southeast winds around 10 mph until early morning becoming light and variable during the predawn hours. Chance of precipitation 60 percent.

Friday...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers. Highs in the mid 50s. Light and variable winds in the morning becoming east around 10 mph in the afternoon.

Radar
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    Regional conditions
LocationConditionsTemp..
Gary Overcast 54°
Munster Clear 52°
Bedford Park Overcast 52°
Valparaiso Clear 50°
Romeoville Mostly Cloudy 53°
Chicago Overcast 51°
Joliet Mostly Cloudy 54°
Aroma Park Heavy Thunderstorms and Rain 50°
Knox Clear 50°
Libertyville Mostly Cloudy 49°

Almanac

Key: T = Trace of precipitation; MM = data not available
March 11, 2010
Normal high:48° Record high:74° (1972)
Normal low:31° Record low:10° (1969)
Sunrise:6:08 AM Moon Rise: 3:59 AM
Sunset:5:51 PM Moon Set: 2:04 PM
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