...PNEUMONIA FRONT MOVING DOWN WESTERN LAKE MICHIGAN...

[orleans]

it's one for the books!
so i just had to put this in this forum--since it's wacky weather i never heard of before:
(from weather.com severe weather alert)

WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE- LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK- KENDALL- WILL-LAKE IN-PORTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...WOODSTOCK... WAUKEGAN... OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB... AURORA...CHICAGO...OSWEGO...JOLIET... GARY...VALPARAISO 927 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008
...PNEUMONIA FRONT MOVING DOWN WESTERN LAKE MICHIGAN...

A PNEUMONIA FRONT CURRENTLY IN FAR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN WILL CONTINUE TO RAPIDLY DROP SOUTHWARD INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND INDIANA TONIGHT. THIS FRONT HAS BEEN MARKED BY A DRASTIC CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES AND A STRONG WIND SHIFT. TEMPERATURES ALONG THE LAKE FRONT HAVE DROPPED FROM THE LOW TO MID 70S TO THE MID TO UPPER 40S AS THE FRONT PASSES. WINDS HAVE SHIFTED FROM BEING LIGHT AND OUT OF THE WEST TO OUT OF THE NORTHEAST AND GUSTING UP TO 40 MPH AT TIMES ALONG THE LAKE. THIS FRONT WILL BE INTO LAKE AND MCHENRY COUNTIES BY 10PM...COOK... DUPAGE..KANE...DEKALB...AND BOONE COUNTIES BY 1045PM...AND THE REST OF NORTHWEST INDIANA AND NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY MIDNIGHT CDT.

A PNEUMONIA FRONT IS A RARE... METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA THAT IS TYPICALLY OBSERVED ALONG THE WESTERN LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE DURING THE WARM SEASON. THESE FRONTS ARE DEFINED AS LAKE MODIFIED SYNOPTIC SCALE COLD FRONTS THAT RESULT IN ONE HOUR TEMPERATURE DROPS OF 16 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT OR GREATER.

well, it's gotten a bit colder the last couple of hours but the temps did NOT drop by 16 degrees in one hour, that's for sure.

even channel 5 news was talking about this PNEUMONIA FRONT

crazy.

...wonder if there is such as thing as a FLU FRONT...

[mopinko]

1. seemed like it here.

it was glorious yesterday, then the wind blew up, and it was sweater time. i am pretty close to the lake.
no flu front, tho. i feel fine.

[greatauntoftriplets]

2. Someone told me it suddenly got cold in the Chicago area around 11:30 P.M.

I was asleep at the time and wrapped in a down comforter. What a shock when I left for work this morning.