Severe Thunderstorm Watch 12:00 AM

Ford County, Illinois, United States

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22°C
Feels like 23°
Mostly Cloudy
▲ 28°  /  ▼ 15°
Wind
6 mph SW
Humidity
89%
Dew Point
19°
Pressure
29.16 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
70%
Sunrise
6:09 AM
Sunset
7:41 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Ford County is currently mostly cloudy at 21°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 58% around 12 AM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1581 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:09AM · Sunset: 7:41PM.

Alerts

Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 12:00 AM
37 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
22°
22%
11 PM
22°
33%
12 AM
22°
57%
1 AM
21°
49%
2 AM
21°
54%
3 AM
20°
39%
4 AM
19°
20%
5 AM
18°
21%
6 AM
18°
22%
7 AM
18°
17%
8 AM
19°
22%
9 AM
21°
17%
10 AM
22°
35%
11 AM
23°
35%
12 PM
24°
36%
1 PM
26°
30%
2 PM
26°
30%
3 PM
26°
31%
4 PM
26°
21%
5 PM
27°
17%
6 PM
26°
12%
7 PM
25°
3%
8 PM
24°
3%
9 PM
21°
3%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
28° 15°
Mostly Cloudy with a 22% chance of rain.
Sat
27° 15°
Haze with a 49% chance of rain.
Sun
24° 13°
Mostly Clear.
Mon
23° 13°
Mostly Cloudy with a 37% chance of rain.
Tue
24° 13°
Fog with a 42% chance of rain.
Wed
27° 15°
Rain, 64% chance.
Thu
28° 17°
Rain, 64% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 22° Mostly Cloudy 22% 6 mph SW 89%
11 PM 22° Mostly Cloudy 33% 6 mph SSW 89%
12 AM 22° Rain 57% 5 mph SSW 89%
1 AM 21° Rain 49% 5 mph SW 90%
2 AM 21° Partly Cloudy 54% 6 mph WSW 93%
3 AM 20° Partly Cloudy 39% 7 mph WSW 95%
4 AM 19° Mostly Clear 20% 7 mph W 96%
5 AM 18° Partly Cloudy 21% 7 mph W 96%
6 AM 18° Partly Cloudy 22% 7 mph WNW 95%
7 AM 18° Partly Cloudy 17% 8 mph WNW 95%
8 AM 19° Partly Cloudy 22% 10 mph NW 92%
9 AM 21° Partly Cloudy 17% 11 mph NW 88%
10 AM 22° Haze 35% 11 mph NNW 84%
11 AM 23° Mostly Clear 35% 11 mph NW 77%
12 PM 24° Clear 36% 11 mph NW 71%
1 PM 26° Clear 30% 12 mph NW 68%
2 PM 26° Clear 30% 12 mph NW 68%
3 PM 26° Clear 31% 12 mph NW 68%
4 PM 26° Clear 21% 12 mph NW 69%
5 PM 27° Mostly Clear 17% 11 mph NW 73%
6 PM 26° Mostly Clear 12% 10 mph NW 77%
7 PM 25° Mostly Clear 3% 10 mph NW 78%
8 PM 24° Mostly Clear 3% 10 mph NW 79%
9 PM 21° Clear 3% 10 mph NW 81%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/21
Mostly Cloudy
22%
15°
28°
Sat
8/22
Haze
49%
15°
27°
Sun
8/23
Mostly Clear
7%
13°
24°
Mon
8/24
Mostly Cloudy
37%
13°
23°
Tue
8/25
Fog
42%
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
60%
20°
31°
Tue
9/1
Drizzle
60%
19°
31°
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 Sat Aug 22, 02:00'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
SBCAPE693 J/kg
MLCAPE617 J/kg
MUCAPE747 J/kg
SBCIN-220 J/kg
MLCIN-152 J/kg
Lifted Index-2.5
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear28 kt
0–1 km Shear16 kt
Eff. Shear26 kt
0–1 km SRH109
0–3 km SRH134
Eff. SRH134
Storm Motion335° @ 19 kt
0–1 km EHI0.5
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.2
STP (eff)0.1
Supercell1.3
K-Index27.0
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.31 in
0–3 km LR5.1 °C/km
700–500 LR6.3 °C/km
Total Totals48.1
LCL956 hPa
LFC710 hPa
EL241 hPa
Freezing Lvl12,654 ft