Chicago Weather

...Clusters of scattered thunderstorm will impact portions of St. Joseph, northeastern La Porte and southeastern Berrien Counties through 315 PM EDT/215 PM CDT/... At 220 PM EDT/120 PM CDT/, Doppler radar was tracking clusters of storms in the general area of South Bend and southwest Michigan. The storms may produce a brief period of small hail. The storms are moving northwest at 5 to 10 mph. HAZARD...Pea size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor damage to fragile outdoor objects is possible. Move indoors to avoid lightning. Locations impacted include... New Carlisle. This includes the following highways... Interstate 80 in Indiana between mile markers 54 and 84. Interstate 94 in Indiana near mile marker 45. Interstate 94 in Michigan between mile markers 0 and 23. MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EDT FRIDAY NIGHT... An Air Quality Action Day has been declared by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management for northwest, north central, and northeast Indiana...and is from midnight EDT /11 PM CDT/ tonight to midnight EDT /11 PM CDT/ Friday night. Ozone levels are expected to be in the Orange or unhealthy for sensitive groups range. People and businesses are urged to avoid activities which lead to ozone and fine particulate formation. These activities include... refueling vehicles or topping off when refueling, using gasoline powered lawn equipment and using charcoal lighter fluid. Positive activities include...car pooling, biking to work, delaying or combining errands and using water based paints. It is recommended that people with respiratory diseases such as asthma limit prolonged outdoor exertion. && For additional information, please visit the IDEM SMOG Watch web site at https://apps.idem.in.gov/smogwatch/ or the EPA AIRNOW web site at www.airnow.gov and click on Indiana.