Clay County, Illinois, United States

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27°C
Feels like 31°
Partly Cloudy
▲ 32°  /  ▼ 20°
Wind
8 mph W
Humidity
80%
Dew Point
23°
Pressure
29.41 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
2.7
Cloud Cover
53%
Sunrise
5:34 AM
Sunset
8:22 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Clay County is currently partly cloudy at 27°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 70% around 8 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 2061 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 5:34AM · Sunset: 8:22PM.

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58 AQI · Moderate Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
27°
63%
8 PM
27°
70%
9 PM
25°
57%
10 PM
24°
46%
11 PM
24°
50%
12 AM
23°
56%
1 AM
22°
38%
2 AM
22°
36%
3 AM
22°
41%
4 AM
22°
33%
5 AM
20°
41%
6 AM
20°
32%
7 AM
21°
32%
8 AM
22°
33%
9 AM
24°
30%
10 AM
24°
31%
11 AM
26°
31%
12 PM
26°
38%
1 PM
28°
42%
2 PM
28°
42%
3 PM
28°
43%
4 PM
28°
43%
5 PM
28°
48%
6 PM
27°
48%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
32° 20°
Partly Cloudy with a 63% chance of rain.
Sun
29° 20°
Mostly Cloudy with a 42% chance of rain.
Mon
28° 19°
Partly Cloudy with a 40% chance of rain.
Tue
28° 18°
Mostly Clear.
Wed
28° 19°
Partly Cloudy.
Thu
29° 22°
Rain, 77% chance.
Fri
29° 21°
Rain, 90% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 27° Partly Cloudy 63% 8 mph W 80%
8 PM 27° Overcast 70% 6 mph WSW 87%
9 PM 25° Mostly Cloudy 57% 3 mph SSW 89%
10 PM 24° Mostly Cloudy 46% 6 mph SW 91%
11 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 50% 6 mph WSW 92%
12 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 56% 7 mph W 94%
1 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 38% 7 mph W 96%
2 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 36% 5 mph W 96%
3 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 41% 4 mph W 96%
4 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 33% 4 mph W 96%
5 AM 20° Mostly Cloudy 41% 4 mph WNW 96%
6 AM 20° Partly Cloudy 32% 4 mph NW 96%
7 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 32% 5 mph NNW 94%
8 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 33% 5 mph NNW 90%
9 AM 24° Partly Cloudy 30% 5 mph NNW 85%
10 AM 24° Partly Cloudy 31% 5 mph NNW 81%
11 AM 26° Partly Cloudy 31% 5 mph NNW 78%
12 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 38% 5 mph NNW 74%
1 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 42% 5 mph NNW 71%
2 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 42% 5 mph NNW 71%
3 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 43% 6 mph NNW 71%
4 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 43% 6 mph NNW 72%
5 PM 28° Rain 48% 7 mph NNW 74%
6 PM 27° Rain 48% 7 mph NNW 77%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/4
Partly Cloudy
63%
20°
32°
Sun
7/5
Mostly Cloudy
42%
20°
29°
Mon
7/6
Partly Cloudy
40%
19°
28°
Tue
7/7
Mostly Clear
14%
18°
28°
Wed
7/8
Partly Cloudy
16%
19°
28°
Thu
7/9
Rain
77%
22°
29°
Fri
7/10
Rain
90%
21°
29°
Sat
7/11
Clear
17%
19°
27°
Sun
7/12
Drizzle
63%
17°
26°
Mon
7/13
Clear
44%
17°
27°
Tue
7/14
Drizzle
60%
18°
29°
Wed
7/15
Drizzle
60%
18°
29°
Thu
7/16
Drizzle
60%
18°
27°
Fri
7/17
Drizzle
60%
18°
27°
Sat
7/18
Drizzle
60%
18°
27°
58
Moderate
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: PM2.5
50 100 150 200

Air quality is acceptable. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
Dominant
58 AQI 12.8 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
36 AQI 40 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 58 Moderate 36 58
Mon 43 Good 32 43
Tue 54 Moderate 40 54
About the Air Quality Index
0–50 Good
51–100 Moderate
101–150 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
151–200 Unhealthy
201–300 Very Unhealthy
301–500 Hazardous

The U.S. AQI runs 0–500. The overall value equals the highest individual pollutant sub-index, and the dominant pollutant is the one driving it. PM2.5 (fine particles) is reported in µg/m³ and ozone (O3) in ppb. Forecast source: NWS NAQFC.

1000850700500400300250200150100 -40-30-20-10010203040 0.41247101624 LCLLFCEL0°C Temperature (°C) Pressure (hPa)
Temp Dewpoint Parcel (SB) CAPE CIN Dry adiabat Moist adiabat Mixing ratio
RAP
Valid Sat Jul 4, 22:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE1921 J/kg
MLCAPE2686 J/kg
MUCAPE2938 J/kg
SBCIN-76 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-5.7
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear11 kt
0–1 km Shear9 kt
Eff. Shear11 kt
0–1 km SRH-38
0–3 km SRH-64
Eff. SRH-64
Storm Motion211° @ 17 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.5
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index36.6
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.28 in
0–3 km LR6.0 °C/km
700–500 LR6.0 °C/km
Total Totals50.4
LCL935 hPa
LFC852 hPa
EL170 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,616 ft