. A Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory wind sensor there recorded an extraordinary gust at the height of last night's storms of 106 mph.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-weatherblog-link,0,5282204.framedurl
The weirdness for us was it was COOL and fairly clear before these puppies came down from the northwest. All of this massive energy was on the other side.