Naperville Ribfest was forced to temporarily close the festival twice on Thursday because of severe weather threat. Yesterday storms creeped up at 10-15 mph from the south to the north. Today storms are moving from the north to the south with a line of moderate, but weakening, thunderstorms bearing down on Naperville. The storms were strengthening over Elgin, but weakened by the time they were on Naperville’s doorstep at 5:20 p.m. For the past three days storms in northern Illinois have strengthened and weakened in a matter of a couple of hours. The National Weather Service calls the storms “loosely organized” with convective trends that are “tricky.” Wednesday night one of the storms brought a lightning strike that caused a house fire in the block of 2400 Branch Court in Naperville, about 3.35 miles southeast of the Ribfest festival grounds at West Street and Martin Avenue.
Today, a cold front is approaching from southwest Wisconsin and northeast Iowa, which may bring organization to some storm activity with severe wind risk near Naperville 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
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UPDATE: Severe weather has not materialized after 6:00 p.m. and the weather radar for northern Illinois is nearly clear with a few scattered diminishing small thunderstorm cells. Cooler temps with the cold front were observed north of the Wisconsin Dells and north of the Iowa-Minnesota border at 8:20 p.m.
North Park – Pitbull at 8:30pm, fireworks at 10pm! July 5th shuttle in effect: South Park free admission TONIGHT. July 5th bus schedule in effect: https://t.co/gFB96TM7Gy Fireworks at 10pm.
— Ribfest-Naperville (@NaperRibfest) July 6, 2018
South Park free admission TONIGHT. July 5th bus schedule in effect: https://t.co/gFB96TM7Gy Fireworks at 10pm.
— Ribfest-Naperville (@NaperRibfest) July 6, 2018
The sky is blue! Free admission to South Park (local talent stage sponsored by Nissan) TONIGHT! Fireworks at 10pm. Pitbull at 8:30pm on the Navistar Main Stage! #partywithapurpose
— Ribfest-Naperville (@NaperRibfest) July 6, 2018
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Weather hazards expected… Significant Thunderstorm Risk…
Limited damaging wind risk…up to 60 mph.
Elevated Flooding Risk.
Limited hail risk…up to nickel to quarter size.
Limited Excessive heat Risk.
NWS HAZARDOUS WEATHER DISCUSSION…
There is a chance that thunderstorms associated with a cold front
could intensify into the early evening hours as they progress
toward and south of roughly the Interstate 80 corridor. The main
threat if this occurs would be isolated damaging winds, though
very isolated large hail can`t be completely ruled out. Earlier
thunderstorms resulted in areas of flooding across portions of the
area and any additional heavy rainfall could exacerbate the
flooding, particularly near flashier rivers and streams.
Flooding will continue along portions of the Little Calumet
River.
Challenges. We've had a few. Planning on a park re-open tonight. Thank you for sticking by us. To thank you, we're rolling back pricing on all park general access (includes concerts) for Friday and Saturday. See new prices here: https://t.co/6mcx2NAqta
— Ribfest-Naperville (@NaperRibfest) July 5, 2018
And we are temporarily closing. Volunteers to NCHS; South Park patrons please depart by way of West. St.
— Ribfest-Naperville (@NaperRibfest) July 5, 2018
4:46pm Temporarily closing.
— Ribfest-Naperville (@NaperRibfest) July 5, 2018
Carnival update: the 12-3pm $15 ride bracelet will be honored until 4:30pm today. The 12-3pm bracelet can be upgraded to use until close for only $15. We are open and looking forward to a great evening!
— Ribfest-Naperville (@NaperRibfest) July 5, 2018
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Chicago Weather Forecast for your MAC/PC/TABLET includes surrounding suburbs.
A line of showers and thunderstorms has developed across northern Illinois and is moving to the east southeast at 20 mph. These storms will pic.twitter.com/WppZKYG4ZO
— NWS Chicago (@NWSChicago) July 5, 2018
SPC Jul 5, 2018 2000 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook: SPC 2000Z Day 1 Outlook Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0251 PM CDT Thu Jul 05 2018 Valid 052000Z – 061200Z …THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS… https://t.co/c6wIPldQni pic.twitter.com/LtdzVavQ9F
— Cardinal Weather (@CardinalWeather) July 5, 2018
NAPERVILLE …
This Afternoon: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a steady temperature around 85. Northwest wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming clear, with a low around 66. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north northeast after midnight.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 80. Northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Friday Night: Clear, with a low around 57. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 83. East southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday Night: Clear, with a low around 59.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 85.
Sunday Night: Clear, with a low around 63.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 89.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 68.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 90.
Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 69.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 92.
Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 71.
Thursday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 91.