Excessive Heat Watch 7:00 PM

Madison County, Illinois, United States

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27°C
Feels like 31°
Mostly Cloudy
▲ 36°  /  ▼ 23°
Wind
4 mph SSW
Humidity
90%
Dew Point
25°
Pressure
29.38 inHg
Visibility
7 mi
UV Index
5.3
Cloud Cover
66%
Sunrise
5:55 AM
Sunset
8:16 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Madison County is currently mostly cloudy at 27°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 76% around 7 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 4452 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 5:55AM · Sunset: 8:16PM.

58 AQI · Moderate Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
27°
26%
9 AM
29°
35%
10 AM
31°
27%
11 AM
32°
33%
12 PM
33°
31%
1 PM
35°
44%
2 PM
36°
48%
3 PM
36°
42%
4 PM
34°
55%
5 PM
34°
55%
6 PM
32°
58%
7 PM
31°
75%
8 PM
28°
71%
9 PM
27°
47%
10 PM
26°
14%
11 PM
26°
14%
12 AM
26°
3%
1 AM
25°
3%
2 AM
25°
3%
3 AM
25°
3%
4 AM
25°
3%
5 AM
24°
3%
6 AM
24°
3%
7 AM
25°
3%
7-Day Forecast
Today
36° 23°
Partly Cloudy with a 71% chance of rain.
Mon
36° 23°
Partly Cloudy with a 36% chance of rain.
Tue
34° 21°
Mostly Clear.
Wed
31° 18°
Mostly Clear.
Thu
31° 18°
Clear.
Fri
27° 19°
Rain, 71% chance.
Sat
30° 18°
Drizzle, 53% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 27° Mostly Cloudy 26% 4 mph SSW 90%
9 AM 29° Mostly Clear 35% 5 mph SSW 83%
10 AM 31° Partly Cloudy 27% 5 mph SW 78%
11 AM 32° Partly Cloudy 33% 5 mph WSW 72%
12 PM 33° Mostly Cloudy 31% 5 mph WSW 67%
1 PM 35° Partly Cloudy 44% 6 mph W 65%
2 PM 36° Partly Cloudy 48% 7 mph W 64%
3 PM 36° Partly Cloudy 42% 8 mph WNW 64%
4 PM 34° Partly Cloudy 55% 5 mph W 67%
5 PM 34° Mostly Cloudy 55% 5 mph SSW 72%
6 PM 32° Mostly Cloudy 58% 7 mph SSE 79%
7 PM 31° Rain 75% 6 mph S 82%
8 PM 28° Drizzle 71% 8 mph SSW 81%
9 PM 27° Drizzle 47% 9 mph SSE 81%
10 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 14% 6 mph SSE 81%
11 PM 26° Mostly Clear 14% 5 mph SSW 81%
12 AM 26° Mostly Clear 3% 6 mph SSW 81%
1 AM 25° Mostly Clear 3% 5 mph S 85%
2 AM 25° Partly Cloudy 3% 5 mph S 89%
3 AM 25° Partly Cloudy 3% 5 mph S 92%
4 AM 25° Partly Cloudy 3% 6 mph SSE 92%
5 AM 24° Partly Cloudy 3% 6 mph SE 91%
6 AM 24° Partly Cloudy 3% 6 mph SE 90%
7 AM 25° Partly Cloudy 3% 6 mph SE 87%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/26
Partly Cloudy
71%
23°
36°
Mon
7/27
Partly Cloudy
36%
23°
36°
Tue
7/28
Mostly Clear
14%
21°
34°
Wed
7/29
Mostly Clear
15%
18°
31°
Thu
7/30
Clear
16%
18°
31°
Fri
7/31
Rain
71%
19°
27°
Sat
8/1
Drizzle
53%
18°
30°
Sun
8/2
Drizzle
43%
19°
30°
Mon
8/3
Drizzle
44%
19°
32°
Tue
8/4
Drizzle
51%
21°
34°
Wed
8/5
Drizzle
60%
21°
33°
Thu
8/6
Drizzle
60%
20°
32°
Fri
8/7
Drizzle
60%
20°
31°
Sat
8/8
Drizzle
60%
20°
33°
Sun
8/9
Drizzle
60%
21°
33°
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 13.1 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
49 AQI 53 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Mon 58 Moderate 49 58
Tue 58 Moderate 48 58
Wed 49 Good 44 49
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 Sun Jul 26, 11:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE3002 J/kg
MLCAPE2619 J/kg
MUCAPE3002 J/kg
SBCIN-69 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-5.5
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear16 kt
0–1 km Shear16 kt
Eff. Shear26 kt
0–1 km SRH-27
0–3 km SRH-53
Eff. SRH-53
Storm Motion296° @ 22 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.5
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index31.0
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.82 in
0–3 km LR5.0 °C/km
700–500 LR5.9 °C/km
Total Totals46.9
LCL968 hPa
LFC867 hPa
EL156 hPa
Freezing Lvl16,716 ft