High winds expected Friday, Saturday
High winds expected Friday, SaturdayThe Chicago, Illinois weather forecast includes a severe threat for the 2025 St. Patrick's Day weekend, including high winds Friday and Saturday.The area is under a Level 2 risk of severe weather from 9 p.
m. Friday to 3 a.m. Saturday from a line of storms moving through the area, ABC7 Chicago meteorologist Larry Mowry said.Mowry issued AccuWeather alerts for Friday and Saturday, mainly for wind. It will get really windy on Friday, with gusts over 45 mph, but the strongest winds come in on Saturday, with 50 to 55 mph gusts during the daytime hours on Saturday, Mowry said.Temperatures will be very warm on Friday, into the 70s area-wide, except along the far North Shore into Lake County, Illinois, where the breeze will be coming in off the lake.St. Patrick's Day festivities Saturday should be dry, but very windy.is in effect for central Cook, DuPage, eastern Will, Kankakee, Lake, northern Cook, northern Will, southern Cook and southern Will counties in Illinois from 4 p.m. Friday to 1 a.m. Saturday. It's in effect for the same times for Lake and Porter counties in Indiana.
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