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Snow Across the Great Lakes, Central Appalachians, and Northeast; Unsettled Weather in the West

Light to moderate snow will continue into Saturday over the Great Lakes, Central Appalachians, and Northeast. This weekend into next week, a series of atmospheric rivers will bring gusty winds, periods of heavy rain, and mountain snow to northern California and the Pacific Northwest. Colder temperatures are in store for the weekend from the Great Lakes to East Coast. Read More >

 

 
 
Overview
  • Numerous rain showers, regularly mixed with graupel and at times snow, moved over northern Illinois and northwestern Indiana during the late afternoon and evening of March 25, 2022. The showers are called squalls, and develop in the same way as springtime thunderstorms. They produce brief but intense precipitation rates and winds, some of which can be damaging. 
  • Wind gusts of 50 to 60 mph were observed across northern Illinois and northwest Indiana within and outside of squalls. The peak wind gust was 72 mph in Sugar Grove, associated with a particularly intense squall.
Peak Wind Gusts
 
...HIGHEST WIND GUSTS ON FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 2022...

LAND LOCATION                SPEED     TIME/DATE
----------------------------------------------------
Sugar Grove - Aurora Arpt.   72 MPH    0418 PM 03/25                        
Cline Avenue Bridge          62 MPH    0525 PM 03/25                        
Dyer                         60 MPH    0520 PM 03/25                        
Gary Airport                 60 MPH    0525 PM 03/25                        
3 WSW Clare                  60 MPH    0349 PM 03/25                        
Rockford Airport             58 MPH    0319 PM 03/25                        
4 ESE Valparaiso             56 MPH    0553 PM 03/25                        
Valparaiso Airport           56 MPH    0553 PM 03/25                        
2 SW North Aurora            56 MPH    0430 PM 03/25                        
Kouts                        54 MPH    0600 PM 03/25                        
3.0 SW Midway Airport        52 MPH    0459 PM 03/25                        
Pontiac Airport              51 MPH    0515 PM 03/25                        
Peru Airport                 51 MPH    0435 PM 03/25                        
Grand Ridge                  50 MPH    0430 PM 03/25                        
Rosemont                     50 MPH    0446 PM 03/25                        
Rochelle Airport             48 MPH    0355 PM 03/25                        
Deerfield                    48 MPH    0347 PM 03/25                        
Utica                        48 MPH    0446 PM 03/25                        
West Chicago - DuPage Arpt.  48 MPH    0427 PM 03/25                        
Valparaiso Airport           47 MPH    0503 PM 03/25                        
Plainfield                   47 MPH    0404 PM 03/25                        
Mount Morris                 47 MPH    0315 PM 03/25                        
Sugar Grove - Aurora Arpt.   47 MPH    0320 PM 03/25                        
Chicago Midway               47 MPH    0458 PM 03/25                        
Rockford Airport             46 MPH    0233 PM 03/25                        
1 SSW Lombard                46 MPH    0445 PM 03/25                        
Valparaiso Airport           45 MPH    0438 PM 03/25                        
Marengo 5 NW (McHenry DOT)   45 MPH    0350 PM 03/25                        
West Chicago - DuPage Arpt.  45 MPH    0329 PM 03/25                        
Chicago O'Hare               45 MPH    0441 PM 03/25


MARINE LOCATION              SPEED     TIME/DATE
----------------------------------------------------

Michigan City GLERL Station  54 MPH    0556 PM 03/25
Chicago Harrison Dever Crib  53 MPH    0506 PM 03/25
Montrose Beach Light         48 MPH    0502 PM 03/25
3 NE Ogden Dunes             45 MPH    0547 PM 03/25  

OBSERVATIONS ARE COLLECTED FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES WITH VARYING
EQUIPMENT AND EXPOSURE. NOT ALL DATA LISTED ARE CONSIDERED OFFICIAL.
 
Reports
 

 

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
544 PM CDT SAT APR 02 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS.. 

0315 PM     Non-Tstm Wnd Gst 3 W Mount Morris        42.05N 89.49W
03/25/2022  M47 MPH          Ogle               IL   Mesonet          

            Mesonet station FW3055 Mount Morris. 

0319 PM     Non-Tstm Wnd Gst Rockford Airport        42.20N 89.10W
03/25/2022  M58 MPH          Winnebago          IL   ASOS             

            Corrects previous non-tstm wnd gst report 
            from Rockford Airport. 

0347 PM     Non-Tstm Wnd Gst 1 NE Deerfield          42.18N 87.84W
03/25/2022  M48 MPH          Lake               IL   Mesonet          

            Mesonet station FW8573 Deerfield. 

0349 PM     Non-Tstm Wnd Gst 3 WSW Clare             42.00N 88.88W
03/25/2022  M60 MPH          De Kalb            IL   Public           

             

0350 PM     Non-Tstm Wnd Gst 5 NW Marengo            42.31N 88.66W
03/25/2022  M45 MPH          McHenry            IL   Mesonet          

            Mesonet station IMC02 Marengo 5 NW (McHenry 
            DOT). 

0355 PM     Non-Tstm Wnd Gst 2 SSW Rochelle          41.89N 89.08W
03/25/2022  M48 MPH          Ogle               IL   AWOS             

            AWOS station KRPJ Rochelle Airport. 

0404 PM     Non-Tstm Wnd Gst 3 WSW Crystal Lawns     41.56N 88.20W
03/25/2022  M47 MPH          Will               IL   Mesonet          

            Mesonet station DW9022 Plainfield. 

0418 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     2 W Sugar Grove         41.77N 88.48W
03/25/2022  M72 MPH          Kane               IL   ASOS             

            Corrects previous non-tstm wnd gst report 
            from 2 W Sugar Grove. ASOS station KARR 
            Sugar Grove - Aurora Arpt. 

0427 PM     Non-Tstm Wnd Gst DuPage Airport          41.92N 88.25W
03/25/2022  M48 MPH          DuPage             IL   ASOS             

            ASOS station KDPA West Chicago - DuPage 
            Arpt. 

0430 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     2 SW North Aurora       41.79N 88.36W
03/25/2022  M56 MPH          Kane               IL   Mesonet          

            Corrects previous non-tstm wnd gst report 
            from 2 SW North Aurora. Mesonet station 
            FW0906 2 SW North Aurora. 

0430 PM     Non-Tstm Wnd Gst Grand Ridge             41.24N 88.83W
03/25/2022  M50 MPH          La Salle           IL   Mesonet          

            Mesonet station DW9746 Grand Ridge. 

0435 PM     Non-Tstm Wnd Gst 2 NW Peru               41.35N 89.15W
03/25/2022  M51 MPH          La Salle           IL   AWOS             

            AWOS station KVYS Peru Airport. 

0438 PM     Non-Tstm Wnd Gst 4 ESE Valparaiso        41.45N 87.00W
03/25/2022  M45 MPH          Porter             IN   ASOS             

            ASOS station KVPZ Valparaiso Airport. 

0441 PM     Non-Tstm Wnd Gst Ohare Airport           41.98N 87.90W
03/25/2022  M45 MPH          Cook               IL   ASOS             

            ASOS station KORD Chicago O''Hare. 

0445 PM     Non-Tstm Wnd Gst 2 SSW Lombard           41.86N 88.02W
03/25/2022  M46 MPH          DuPage             IL   Mesonet          

            Mesonet station GMBRD 1 SSW Lombard. 

0446 PM     Non-Tstm Wnd Gst Rosemont                41.99N 87.87W
03/25/2022  M50 MPH          Cook               IL   Mesonet          

            Mesonet station EW1098 Rosemont. 

0446 PM     Non-Tstm Wnd Gst 2 N Utica               41.37N 89.01W
03/25/2022  M48 MPH          La Salle           IL   Mesonet          

            Mesonet station FW2874 Utica. 

0458 PM     Non-Tstm Wnd Gst Midway Airport          41.78N 87.76W
03/25/2022  M47 MPH          Cook               IL   ASOS             

            ASOS station KMDW Chicago Midway. 

0459 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     3.0 SW Midway Airport   41.74N 87.78W
03/25/2022  M52 MPH          Cook               IL   CO-OP Observer   

             

0502 PM     Non-Tstm Wnd Gst Montrose Harbor Light   41.97N 87.63W
03/25/2022  M48 MPH          LMZ741             IL   Mesonet          

            Mesonet station XMTB Montrose Beach Light. 

0503 PM     Non-Tstm Wnd Gst 4 ESE Valparaiso        41.45N 87.00W
03/25/2022  M47 MPH          Porter             IN   ASOS             

            ASOS station KVPZ Valparaiso Airport. 

0515 PM     Non-Tstm Wnd Gst 3 NNE Pontiac           40.92N 88.62W
03/25/2022  M51 MPH          Livingston         IL   AWOS             

            AWOS station KPNT Pontiac Airport. 

0520 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     Dyer                    41.50N 87.51W
03/25/2022  M60 MPH          Lake               IN   Public           

            Fence damage. 

0525 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     1 NNW East Chicago      41.65N 87.47W
03/25/2022  M62 MPH          Lake               IN   Mesonet          

            Mesonet station XCAV Cline Avenue Bridge. 

0525 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     Gary Airport            41.62N 87.41W
03/25/2022  M60 MPH          Lake               IN   AWOS             

             

0547 PM     Marine Tstm Wind 3 NE Ogden Dunes        41.65N 87.15W
03/25/2022  M45 MPH          LMZ745             IN   C-Man Station    

             

0553 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     4 ESE Valparaiso        41.45N 87.00W
03/25/2022  M56 MPH          Porter             IN   ASOS             

            Valparaiso Porter County Municipal Airport. 

0553 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     4 ESE Valparaiso        41.45N 87.00W
03/25/2022  M56 MPH          Porter             IN   ASOS             

            ASOS station KVPZ Valparaiso Airport. 

0600 PM     Non-Tstm Wnd Gst 2 N Kouts               41.34N 87.02W
03/25/2022  M54 MPH          Porter             IN   Mesonet          

            Mesonet station FW9001 Kouts.

 
 
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    Radar Loop
Meteorology of the squalls.     Radar loop of the heaviest showers that prompted two Severe Thunderstorm Warnings into the southwestern and far southern Chicago metro.

 

Photos

 

Photo Photo Photo
South of DeKalb, IL. Courtesy of Ethan Mok. South of DeKalb, IL. Courtesy of Ethan Mok. Sugar Grove, IL. Courtesy of Gaston Gaber.

 

Photo Photo Photo
Minooka, IL. Courtesy of Vickie Quast. Manhattan, IL. Courtesy of Daniel Casper. Portage, IN. Courtesy of Danny Ferguson.