Heat Advisory — Effingham, IL, Jasper, IL, Crawford, IL, Clay, IL, Richland, IL, Lawrence, IL 8:00 PM

Effingham County, Illinois, United States

Last updated: 3:46 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
88°F
Feels like 99°
Mostly Cloudy
▲ 90°  /  ▼ 73°
Wind
8 mph SSW
Humidity
67%
Dew Point
76°
Pressure
29.46 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
5.9
Cloud Cover
69%
Sunrise
6:07 AM
Sunset
7:49 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Effingham County is currently mostly cloudy at 88°F. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 2749 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:07AM · Sunset: 7:49PM.

43 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
88°
10%
4 PM
87°
5%
5 PM
90°
8%
6 PM
87°
8%
7 PM
85°
21%
8 PM
83°
21%
9 PM
81°
21%
10 PM
80°
21%
11 PM
79°
22%
12 AM
78°
22%
1 AM
78°
23%
2 AM
77°
36%
3 AM
77°
36%
4 AM
77°
34%
5 AM
77°
48%
6 AM
78°
38%
7 AM
78°
31%
8 AM
78°
47%
9 AM
73°
36%
10 AM
76°
36%
11 AM
78°
31%
12 PM
79°
31%
1 PM
84°
30%
2 PM
86°
22%
7-Day Forecast
Today
90° 73°
Mostly Cloudy with a 21% chance of rain.
Sun
87° 73°
Mostly Cloudy with a 43% chance of rain.
Mon
83° 66°
Partly Cloudy with a 42% chance of rain.
Tue
84° 63°
Partly Cloudy with a 52% chance of rain.
Wed
86° 65°
Drizzle, 60% chance.
Thu
79° 63°
Drizzle, 60% chance.
Fri
82° 62°
Clear with a 35% chance of rain.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 88° Mostly Cloudy 10% 8 mph SSW 67%
4 PM 87° Mostly Cloudy 5% 9 mph SSW 66%
5 PM 90° Partly Cloudy 8% 7 mph SW 69%
6 PM 87° Partly Cloudy 8% 5 mph SW 75%
7 PM 85° Partly Cloudy 21% 4 mph SSW 77%
8 PM 83° Mostly Clear 21% 4 mph S 80%
9 PM 81° Mostly Clear 21% 4 mph S 81%
10 PM 80° Mostly Clear 21% 5 mph S 82%
11 PM 79° Mostly Clear 22% 5 mph S 82%
12 AM 78° Mostly Clear 22% 6 mph S 81%
1 AM 78° Partly Cloudy 23% 6 mph SSW 81%
2 AM 77° Partly Cloudy 36% 5 mph SW 80%
3 AM 77° Partly Cloudy 36% 5 mph SW 80%
4 AM 77° Partly Cloudy 34% 6 mph SW 78%
5 AM 77° Mostly Cloudy 48% 7 mph WSW 76%
6 AM 78° Mostly Cloudy 38% 8 mph W 74%
7 AM 78° Overcast 31% 9 mph W 77%
8 AM 78° Overcast 47% 10 mph WNW 80%
9 AM 73° Rain 36% 10 mph WNW 83%
10 AM 76° Rain 36% 10 mph WNW 81%
11 AM 78° Mostly Cloudy 31% 9 mph W 78%
12 PM 79° Mostly Cloudy 31% 10 mph W 75%
1 PM 84° Mostly Cloudy 30% 9 mph W 74%
2 PM 86° Mostly Cloudy 22% 9 mph W 72%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/15
Mostly Cloudy
21%
73°
90°
Sun
8/16
Mostly Cloudy
43%
73°
87°
Mon
8/17
Partly Cloudy
42%
66°
83°
Tue
8/18
Partly Cloudy
52%
63°
84°
Wed
8/19
Drizzle
60%
65°
86°
Thu
8/20
Drizzle
60%
63°
79°
Fri
8/21
Clear
35%
62°
82°
Sat
8/22
Clear
60%
63°
85°
Sun
8/23
Clear
25%
64°
84°
Mon
8/24
Clear
42%
63°
88°
Tue
8/25
Drizzle
60%
66°
88°
Wed
8/26
Drizzle
60%
64°
86°
Thu
8/27
Drizzle
60%
63°
84°
Fri
8/28
Drizzle
60%
62°
84°
Sat
8/29
Drizzle
60%
63°
86°
43
Good
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: PM2.5
50 100 150 200

Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no health risk.

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
Dominant
43 AQI 7.7 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
34 AQI 37 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Sun 43 Good 34 43
Mon 51 Moderate 34 51
Tue 51 Moderate 39 51
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 Aug 15, 19:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE3262 J/kg
MLCAPE682 J/kg
MUCAPE3262 J/kg
SBCIN-43 J/kg
MLCIN-167 J/kg
Lifted Index-7.6
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear20 kt
0–1 km Shear16 kt
Eff. Shear23 kt
0–1 km SRH108
0–3 km SRH153
Eff. SRH153
Storm Motion328° @ 14 kt
0–1 km EHI2.2
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell5.8
K-Index38.1
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.04 in
0–3 km LR6.9 °C/km
700–500 LR5.9 °C/km
Total Totals46.9
LCL905 hPa
LFC808 hPa
EL137 hPa
Freezing Lvl15,620 ft