Windy in the Lakes today

[PurdueWx80]

After a summer-like airmass gave way to some nasty storms last night, skies cleared out and the wind picked up like crazy. It's been really gusty here and there are leaves flying around EVERYWHERE! Here are some reports from the area:

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ABUS34 KCHI 302037
PNSCHI

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
330 PM CDT SAT OCT 30 2004

PEAK WIND GUSTS MEASURED AT THE AIRPORT ASOS SITES AROUND THE REGION
FOR SATURDAY OCTOBER 30 2004

SITE        PEAK GUST (MPH)     TIME (CDT)

AURORA          45              11:51 AM
DU PAGE         47               9:51 AM
MIDWAY          49              11:30 AM
MILWAUKEE       45              10:49 AM
MADISON         33               2:32 PM
O'HARE          47               9:38 AM
PEORIA          44               8:44 AM
PALWAUKEE       43              10:18 AM
ROCKFORD        46              10:09 AM
SPRINGFIELD     47               9:22 AM
WAUKEGAN        52               9:38 AM
VALPARAISO      58              11:18 AM

$$

KREIN


ABUS34 KMLI 302034
PNSMLI

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
333 PM CDT SAT OCT 30 2004

...HIGH WINDS RAKE ACROSS MIDWEST...

AN INTENSE FALL STORM MOVED WELL NORTH OF THE REGION...ACROSS LAKE
SUPERIOR ON SATURDAY.  A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THIS
STORM AND AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS PRODUCED
SUSTAINED WESTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45
MPH ACROSS EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS.  WINDS WERE STRONGEST
DURING THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS.

HERE ARE SOME SPECIFIC WIND GUSTS AS OF 3PM...

BURLINGTON     38
CEDAR RAPIDS   52
DAVENPORT      47
DUBUQUE        48
FREEPORT       43
IOWA CITY      44
MACOMB         47
MOLINE         48
WASHINGTON     40

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
407 PM EST SAT OCT 30 2004


...STRONG LOW PRESSURE BRINGS GUSTY WINDS TO THE REGION...


A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES
IS BRINGING STRONG WINDS TO THE GREAT LAKES AND MIDWEST TODAY.
SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE BEEN IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS
GENERALLY BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MPH.

THE FOLLOWING WIND GUST REPORTS HAVE BEEN COLLECTED FROM VARIOUS
SURFACE OBSERVATION SITES FROM AROUND THE REGION.


...NORTHERN INDIANA...

.MICHIGAN CITY COAST GUARD.... 69 MPH
  NOTE..THIS EQUIPMENT IS ELEVATED WELL ABOVE GROUND LEVEL
.NORTH WEBSTER................ 58 MPH
.SOUTH BEND................... 55 MPH
.NORTH WEBSTER NWS............ 52 MPH
.FORT WAYNE................... 51 MPH
.GOSHEN....................... 49 MPH


...SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...

.COLDWATER.................... 53 MPH
.HILLSDALE.................... 51 MPH
.BENTON HARBOR................ 48 MPH


...NORTHWEST OHIO...

LIMA.......................... 55 MPH
DEFIANCE...................... 48 MPH

$$

HITCHCOCK

NOUS43 KGRR 302115
PNSGRR

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  GRAND RAPIDS, MI
515 PM EDT SAT OCT 30 2004

...HIGH WINDS ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN...

HERE ARE SOME MEASURED PEAK WIND GUSTS FROM THE OFFICIAL OBSERVING
SITES ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN THROUGH 5 PM TODAY...

STATION      PEAK WIND IN MPH        TIME

GRAND RAPIDS      55                 1230 PM
HOLLAND           55                 1043 AM
BATTLE CREEK      54                 1214 PM
JACKSON           52                 1259 PM
LANSING           49                  124 PM
KALAMAZOO         48                  101 PM
MUSKEGON          45                 1000 AM

$$

OSTUNO

[TazzyD]

Here, 40+ miles south of Indy, we had leaves blowing everywhere as well as trees branches crashing everywhere and power outages. Of course there as soooo many trees in this area of Indiana it doesn't take much for downed tree branches to put us out of power So I spent the day on the golf course hitting a little white ball into the air and watching it almost boomerang back towards me. I love windy days!