Hazardous Weather Outlook for Portage, Indiana
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville IL
338 PM CDT Sat May 18 2024
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338 PM CDT Sat May 18 2024 /438 PM EDT Sat May 18 2024/
This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of north central
Illinois...northeast Illinois and northwest Indiana.
.DAY ONE...Tonight.
Weather hazards expected...
Limited Thunderstorm Risk.
DISCUSSION...
There is a 20 percent chance for a few widely scattered
thunderstorms with a cold front later this evening into the
overnight, primarily across northern Illinois.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.
Sunday...
Limited Thunderstorm Risk Well South of I-80.
Monday...
Limited PM Severe Thunderstorm Risk northwest of I-55.
Tuesday...
Elevated Severe Thunderstorm Risk near and west of I-39.
Limited Flooding Risk.
Wednesday...
Limited Thunderstorm Risk southeast of I-55.
Friday...
Limited Thunderstorm Risk.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
Spotter activation will not be necessary through tonight.
GENERAL STORM MOTION OF THE DAY:
Moving toward the east around 25 mph
Air Quality Alert for Portage, Indiana
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Lake IN-Porter-Newton-Jasper-
Including the cities of Gary, Hammond, Merrillville, Portage,
Valparaiso, Chesterton, Roselawn, Kentland, Morocco, Rensselaer,
and DeMotte
1249 PM CDT Fri May 17 2024
...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FOR SATURDAY...
An Air Quality Action Day has been forecast for Northwest Indiana
for elevated ozone levels and is from midnight tonight to midnight
CDT Saturday night.
Ozone Levels are expected to be at unhealthy levels for sensitive
groups. For additional information...please visit the IDEM SMOG
Watch web site at www.SmogWatch.IN.gov or the EPA AIRNOW web site at
www.airnow.gov and click on Indiana.