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Ford County, Illinois, United States

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22°C
Feels like 25°
Mostly Cloudy
▲ 28°  /  ▼ 15°
Wind
5 mph SSW
Humidity
90%
Dew Point
20°
Pressure
29.16 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
72%
Sunrise
6:09 AM
Sunset
7:41 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Ford County is currently mostly cloudy at 22°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 63% around 10 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1530 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:09AM · Sunset: 7:41PM.

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37 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
22°
40%
10 PM
22°
63%
11 PM
21°
62%
12 AM
20°
62%
1 AM
19°
41%
2 AM
19°
25%
3 AM
19°
28%
4 AM
19°
29%
5 AM
18°
17%
6 AM
18°
13%
7 AM
18°
9%
8 AM
19°
14%
9 AM
21°
13%
10 AM
22°
31%
11 AM
23°
32%
12 PM
24°
32%
1 PM
25°
26%
2 PM
26°
26%
3 PM
26°
27%
4 PM
27°
17%
5 PM
26°
12%
6 PM
25°
13%
7 PM
24°
3%
8 PM
23°
3%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
28° 15°
Mostly Cloudy with a 40% chance of rain.
Sat
27° 15°
Mostly Clear with a 62% chance of rain.
Sun
24° 13°
Mostly Clear.
Mon
24° 13°
Overcast with a 37% chance of rain.
Tue
24° 13°
Clear with a 21% chance of rain.
Wed
27° 15°
Rain, 64% chance.
Thu
28° 17°
Rain, 64% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 22° Mostly Cloudy 40% 5 mph SSW 90%
10 PM 22° Rain 63% 5 mph SSW 88%
11 PM 21° Rain 62% 6 mph SW 89%
12 AM 20° Rain 62% 8 mph WSW 90%
1 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 41% 8 mph SW 92%
2 AM 19° Partly Cloudy 25% 8 mph WSW 94%
3 AM 19° Mostly Clear 28% 8 mph WSW 96%
4 AM 19° Mostly Clear 29% 7 mph WSW 96%
5 AM 18° Mostly Clear 17% 7 mph W 96%
6 AM 18° Mostly Clear 13% 7 mph WNW 96%
7 AM 18° Partly Cloudy 9% 8 mph WNW 95%
8 AM 19° Partly Cloudy 14% 10 mph NW 92%
9 AM 21° Fog 13% 11 mph NW 88%
10 AM 22° Fog 31% 12 mph NW 83%
11 AM 23° Mostly Clear 32% 12 mph NW 78%
12 PM 24° Mostly Clear 32% 11 mph NW 74%
1 PM 25° Mostly Clear 26% 11 mph NW 71%
2 PM 26° Mostly Clear 26% 11 mph NW 71%
3 PM 26° Mostly Clear 27% 11 mph NW 71%
4 PM 27° Mostly Clear 17% 11 mph NW 71%
5 PM 26° Mostly Clear 12% 11 mph NW 73%
6 PM 25° Mostly Clear 13% 10 mph NW 74%
7 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 3% 10 mph NW 73%
8 PM 23° Mostly Clear 3% 9 mph NW 75%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/21
Mostly Cloudy
40%
15°
28°
Sat
8/22
Mostly Clear
62%
15°
27°
Sun
8/23
Mostly Clear
7%
13°
24°
Mon
8/24
Overcast
37%
13°
24°
Tue
8/25
Clear
21%
13°
24°
Wed
8/26
Rain
64%
15°
27°
Thu
8/27
Rain
64%
17°
28°
Fri
8/28
Clear
17%
17°
27°
Sat
8/29
Thunderstorm
68%
17°
28°
Sun
8/30
Rain
68%
19°
28°
Mon
8/31
Drizzle
64%
20°
31°
Tue
9/1
Drizzle
60%
19°
30°
Wed
9/2
Drizzle
60%
18°
28°
Thu
9/3
Drizzle
60%
18°
27°
Fri
9/4
Drizzle
60%
17°
28°
37
Good
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: O3
50 100 150 200

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

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
34 AQI 6.2 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
37 AQI 41 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 37 Good 37 34
Sun 30 Good 30 21
Mon 28 Good 28 11
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
SBCAPE1374 J/kg
MLCAPE890 J/kg
MUCAPE1374 J/kg
SBCIN-131 J/kg
MLCIN-98 J/kg
Lifted Index-4.5
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear31 kt
0–1 km Shear11 kt
Eff. Shear29 kt
0–1 km SRH69
0–3 km SRH119
Eff. SRH119
Storm Motion335° @ 21 kt
0–1 km EHI0.6
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.3
STP (eff)0.2
Supercell2.4
K-Index33.5
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.44 in
0–3 km LR5.7 °C/km
700–500 LR6.3 °C/km
Total Totals48.8
LCL952 hPa
LFC765 hPa
EL227 hPa
Freezing Lvl12,493 ft