Severe Thunderstorm Watch 10:00 PM

Boone County, Illinois, United States

Last updated: 9:10 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
20°C
Feels like 21°
Partly Cloudy
▲ 23°  /  ▼ 14°
Wind
7 mph SSW
Humidity
95%
Dew Point
19°
Pressure
29.07 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
52%
Sunrise
6:09 AM
Sunset
7:46 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Boone County is currently partly cloudy at 20°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 56% around 9 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 977 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:09AM · Sunset: 7:46PM.

60 AQI · Moderate Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
20°
56%
10 PM
18°
26%
11 PM
18°
27%
12 AM
18°
26%
1 AM
17°
3%
2 AM
17°
3%
3 AM
17°
3%
4 AM
17°
4%
5 AM
15°
4%
6 AM
14°
5%
7 AM
15°
5%
8 AM
17°
5%
9 AM
19°
8%
10 AM
20°
8%
11 AM
22°
8%
12 PM
23°
11%
1 PM
24°
20%
2 PM
25°
9%
3 PM
25°
10%
4 PM
26°
10%
5 PM
26°
5%
6 PM
25°
5%
7 PM
24°
3%
8 PM
22°
3%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
23° 14°
Partly Cloudy with a 56% chance of rain.
Sat
26° 14°
Mostly Clear with a 26% chance of rain.
Sun
23° 11°
Partly Cloudy.
Mon
22°
Mostly Cloudy with a 44% chance of rain.
Tue
23° 11°
Clear with a 64% chance of rain.
Wed
27° 14°
Rain, 64% chance.
Thu
26° 15°
Clear.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 20° Partly Cloudy 56% 7 mph SSW 95%
10 PM 18° Clear 26% 5 mph S 95%
11 PM 18° Mostly Clear 27% 5 mph SW 95%
12 AM 18° Mostly Clear 26% 5 mph W 96%
1 AM 17° Mostly Clear 3% 6 mph WNW 96%
2 AM 17° Mostly Clear 3% 7 mph WNW 96%
3 AM 17° Partly Cloudy 3% 8 mph NW 96%
4 AM 17° Partly Cloudy 4% 8 mph NW 96%
5 AM 15° Partly Cloudy 4% 8 mph NW 95%
6 AM 14° Partly Cloudy 5% 8 mph NW 95%
7 AM 15° Partly Cloudy 5% 8 mph NW 94%
8 AM 17° Partly Cloudy 5% 9 mph NW 90%
9 AM 19° Partly Cloudy 8% 9 mph NW 85%
10 AM 20° Partly Cloudy 8% 10 mph NW 80%
11 AM 22° Mostly Clear 8% 10 mph NW 73%
12 PM 23° Mostly Clear 11% 12 mph NW 68%
1 PM 24° Mostly Clear 20% 13 mph NW 63%
2 PM 25° Mostly Clear 9% 13 mph NW 60%
3 PM 25° Clear 10% 13 mph NW 58%
4 PM 26° Clear 10% 12 mph NW 57%
5 PM 26° Mostly Clear 5% 11 mph NW 61%
6 PM 25° Mostly Clear 5% 10 mph NW 65%
7 PM 24° Mostly Clear 3% 10 mph NW 67%
8 PM 22° Partly Cloudy 3% 9 mph NW 68%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/21
Partly Cloudy
56%
14°
23°
Sat
8/22
Mostly Clear
26%
14°
26°
Sun
8/23
Partly Cloudy
3%
11°
23°
Mon
8/24
Mostly Cloudy
44%
22°
Tue
8/25
Clear
64%
11°
23°
Wed
8/26
Rain
64%
14°
27°
Thu
8/27
Clear
17%
15°
26°
Fri
8/28
Clear
17%
16°
26°
Sat
8/29
Drizzle
68%
15°
27°
Sun
8/30
Rain
68%
18°
27°
Mon
8/31
Drizzle
60%
18°
30°
Tue
9/1
Drizzle
60%
18°
29°
Wed
9/2
Drizzle
60%
17°
26°
Thu
9/3
Drizzle
60%
16°
26°
Fri
9/4
Drizzle
60%
16°
26°
60
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
60 AQI 13.7 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
35 AQI 39 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 60 Moderate 35 60
Sun 28 Good 28 28
Mon 23 Good 23 18
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 Fri Aug 21, 23:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 50 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE635 J/kg
MLCAPE1736 J/kg
MUCAPE2112 J/kg
SBCIN-148 J/kg
MLCIN-36 J/kg
Lifted Index-2.2
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear34 kt
0–1 km Shear17 kt
Eff. Shear32 kt
0–1 km SRH86
0–3 km SRH99
Eff. SRH99
Storm Motion338° @ 20 kt
0–1 km EHI0.3
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.2
STP (eff)0.6
Supercell3.4
K-Index38.9
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.61 in
0–3 km LR5.1 °C/km
700–500 LR6.0 °C/km
Total Totals52.0
LCL974 hPa
LFC762 hPa
EL245 hPa
Freezing Lvl12,474 ft