Severe Thunderstorm Watch 9:00 PM

Pope County, Illinois, United States

Last updated: 8:30 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
27°C
Feels like 31°
Partly Cloudy
▲ 34°  /  ▼ 19°
Wind
5 mph NNW
Humidity
80%
Dew Point
23°
Pressure
29.32 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
33%
Sunrise
5:50 AM
Sunset
8:11 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Pope County is currently partly cloudy at 27°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1150 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 5:50AM · Sunset: 8:11PM.

Alerts

Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 9:00 PM
46 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
27°
11%
9 PM
25°
14%
10 PM
24°
14%
11 PM
24°
14%
12 AM
23°
14%
1 AM
22°
3%
2 AM
22°
3%
3 AM
21°
3%
4 AM
21°
4%
5 AM
19°
5%
6 AM
19°
5%
7 AM
21°
5%
8 AM
22°
5%
9 AM
24°
5%
10 AM
24°
5%
11 AM
26°
5%
12 PM
26°
5%
1 PM
28°
5%
2 PM
28°
5%
3 PM
28°
5%
4 PM
28°
3%
5 PM
27°
3%
6 PM
27°
3%
7 PM
26°
3%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
34° 19°
Clear.
Wed
29° 18°
Mostly Clear.
Thu
27° 16°
Clear.
Fri
24° 16°
Mostly Cloudy with a 70% chance of rain.
Sat
29° 18°
Partly Cloudy with a 51% chance of rain.
Sun
33° 22°
Clear.
Mon
34° 23°
Clear.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 27° Partly Cloudy 11% 5 mph NNW 80%
9 PM 25° Mostly Clear 14% 4 mph NNW 84%
10 PM 24° Clear 14% 4 mph N 83%
11 PM 24° Clear 14% 6 mph N 83%
12 AM 23° Clear 14% 7 mph N 83%
1 AM 22° Clear 3% 7 mph N 84%
2 AM 22° Clear 3% 7 mph N 85%
3 AM 21° Clear 3% 6 mph N 87%
4 AM 21° Clear 4% 6 mph NNW 88%
5 AM 19° Clear 5% 6 mph NNW 88%
6 AM 19° Clear 5% 7 mph N 88%
7 AM 21° Clear 5% 7 mph N 86%
8 AM 22° Clear 5% 7 mph N 82%
9 AM 24° Clear 5% 7 mph N 78%
10 AM 24° Mostly Clear 5% 8 mph N 74%
11 AM 26° Partly Cloudy 5% 9 mph NNE 70%
12 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 5% 9 mph NNE 66%
1 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 5% 10 mph NNE 64%
2 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 5% 10 mph NNE 63%
3 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 5% 10 mph NNE 63%
4 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 3% 10 mph NNE 64%
5 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 3% 9 mph NNE 67%
6 PM 27° Mostly Clear 3% 9 mph NNE 69%
7 PM 26° Mostly Clear 3% 9 mph NNE 71%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/21
Clear
14%
19°
34°
Wed
7/22
Mostly Clear
5%
18°
29°
Thu
7/23
Clear
3%
16°
27°
Fri
7/24
Mostly Cloudy
70%
16°
24°
Sat
7/25
Partly Cloudy
51%
18°
29°
Sun
7/26
Clear
17%
22°
33°
Mon
7/27
Clear
17%
23°
34°
Tue
7/28
Rain
28%
19°
32°
Wed
7/29
Drizzle
65%
18°
29°
Thu
7/30
Drizzle
44%
16°
29°
Fri
7/31
Drizzle
51%
16°
29°
Sat
8/1
Drizzle
60%
18°
30°
Sun
8/2
Drizzle
60%
19°
31°
Mon
8/3
Drizzle
60%
19°
31°
Tue
8/4
Drizzle
60%
20°
31°
46
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
46 AQI 8.3 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
31 AQI 34 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 46 Good 31 46
Thu 28 Good 28 17
Fri 31 Good 31 5
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 Tue Jul 21, 23:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 50 60 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE860 J/kg
MLCAPE579 J/kg
MUCAPE1046 J/kg
SBCIN-149 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-1.3
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear40 kt
0–1 km Shear11 kt
Eff. Shear45 kt
0–1 km SRH-91
0–3 km SRH-100
Eff. SRH-100
Storm Motion273° @ 31 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.5
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index9.9
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.62 in
0–3 km LR4.9 °C/km
700–500 LR5.6 °C/km
Total Totals42.0
LCL927 hPa
LFC817 hPa
EL169 hPa
Freezing Lvl17,195 ft