Ford County, Illinois, United States

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24°C

Feels like 27°

Overcast

▲ 31° / ▼ 19°

Wind

5 mph SSW

Humidity

92%

Dew Point

22°

Pressure

29.13 inHg

Visibility

10 mi

UV Index

2.6

Cloud Cover

87%

Sunrise

5:28 AM

Sunset

8:26 PM

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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Ford County is currently overcast at 24°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 84% around 6 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1080 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 5:28AM · Sunset: 8:26PM.

55 AQI · Moderate Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality

Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours

Now

24°

84%

7 PM

25°

48%

8 PM

24°

48%

9 PM

23°

47%

10 PM

23°

39%

11 PM

22°

35%

12 AM

22°

34%

1 AM

21°

22%

2 AM

21°

14%

3 AM

21°

25%

4 AM

21°

25%

5 AM

19°

25%

6 AM

19°

11%

7 AM

19°

20%

8 AM

20°

33%

9 AM

22°

33%

10 AM

23°

43%

11 AM

23°

43%

12 PM

24°

43%

1 PM

24°

47%

2 PM

25°

53%

3 PM

25°

57%

4 PM

25°

58%

5 PM

27°

65%

7-Day Forecast

Tonight

31° 19°

Overcast with a 84% chance of rain.

Sun

27° 18°

Mostly Cloudy with a 55% chance of rain.

Mon

27° 17°

Partly Cloudy.

Tue

28° 16°

Partly Cloudy.

Wed

28° 18°

Partly Cloudy.

Thu

26° 19°

Rain, 82% chance.

Fri

26° 17°

Rain, 82% chance.

+ Feels like

TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity

Now 24° Overcast 84% 5 mph SSW 92%

7 PM 25° Overcast 48% 5 mph ENE 95%

8 PM 24° Overcast 48% 4 mph E 95%

9 PM 23° Overcast 47% 4 mph E 96%

10 PM 23° Overcast 39% 3 mph NNW 97%

11 PM 22° Overcast 35% 4 mph NNW 97%

12 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 34% 4 mph NNW 98%

1 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 22% 5 mph NNW 98%

2 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 14% 5 mph NNW 97%

3 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 25% 5 mph N 98%

4 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 25% 5 mph N 98%

5 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 25% 5 mph N 97%

6 AM 19° Fog 11% 5 mph NNW 97%

7 AM 19° Haze 20% 5 mph NNW 96%

8 AM 20° Mostly Cloudy 33% 6 mph N 94%

9 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 33% 6 mph N 91%

10 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 43% 6 mph NNW 87%

11 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 43% 7 mph NNW 84%

12 PM 24° Mostly Cloudy 43% 7 mph NNW 82%

1 PM 24° Mostly Cloudy 47% 7 mph N 80%

2 PM 25° Mostly Cloudy 53% 8 mph N 79%

3 PM 25° Mostly Cloudy 57% 8 mph N 78%

4 PM 25° Mostly Cloudy 58% 8 mph N 78%

5 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 65% 8 mph N 82%

15-Day Forecast

Today

7/4

Overcast

84%

19°

31°

Sun

7/5

Mostly Cloudy

55%

18°

27°

Mon

7/6

Partly Cloudy

12%

17°

27°

Tue

7/7

Partly Cloudy

14%

16°

28°

Wed

7/8

Partly Cloudy

16%

18°

28°

Thu

7/9

Rain

82%

19°

26°

Fri

7/10

Rain

82%

17°

26°

Sat

7/11

Clear

53%

16°

24°

Sun

7/12

Drizzle

43%

14°

24°

Mon

7/13

Mostly Clear

44%

16°

26°

Tue

7/14

Overcast

27%

17°

27°

Wed

7/15

Drizzle

60%

17°

27°

Thu

7/16

Drizzle

60%

17°

23°

Fri

7/17

Drizzle

60%

16°

24°

Sat

7/18

Drizzle

60%

17°

24°

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

PM_2.5

Fine particulate matter

Dominant

55 AQI 11.2 µg/m³

O₃

Ground-level ozone

34 AQI 37 ppb

3-Day Outlook

DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5

Sun 55 Moderate 34 55

Mon 43 Good 41 43

Tue 59 Moderate 38 59

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. PM_2.5 (fine particles) is reported in µg/m³ and ozone (O₃) in ppb. Forecast source: NWS NAQFC.

Temp Dewpoint Parcel (SB) CAPE CIN Dry adiabat Moist adiabat Mixing ratio

RAP

Valid Sat Jul 4, 22:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)

Hodograph · kt

0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km

Instability

SBCAPE805 J/kg

MLCAPE1423 J/kg

MUCAPE1962 J/kg

SBCIN-64 J/kg

MLCIN0 J/kg

Lifted Index-2.4

Kinematics

0–6 km Shear16 kt

0–1 km Shear8 kt

Eff. Shear17 kt

0–1 km SRH-24

0–3 km SRH-46

Eff. SRH-46

Storm Motion204° @ 20 kt

0–1 km EHI-0.1

Composite Parameters

Sig. Tornado0.0

STP (eff)0.0

Supercell0.0

K-Index37.7

Thermo & Levels

PWAT2.22 in

0–3 km LR5.8 °C/km

700–500 LR4.8 °C/km

Total Totals47.0

LCL958 hPa

LFC788 hPa

EL189 hPa

Freezing Lvl13,330 ft

Ford County, Illinois, United States

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