Excessive Heat Watch 7:00 PM

Madison County, Illinois, United States

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30°C
Feels like 38°
Partly Cloudy
▲ 37°  /  ▼ 24°
Wind
4 mph SSW
Humidity
81%
Dew Point
26°
Pressure
29.37 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
7.4
Cloud Cover
53%
Sunrise
5:55 AM
Sunset
8:16 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Madison County is currently partly cloudy at 30°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 59% around 8 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 4251 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 5:55AM · Sunset: 8:16PM.

58 AQI · Moderate Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
30°
4%
11 AM
31°
26%
12 PM
33°
35%
1 PM
35°
23%
2 PM
36°
26%
3 PM
37°
26%
4 PM
37°
31%
5 PM
37°
37%
6 PM
37°
37%
7 PM
35°
54%
8 PM
33°
59%
9 PM
29°
57%
10 PM
28°
45%
11 PM
28°
14%
12 AM
27°
10%
1 AM
26°
3%
2 AM
26°
3%
3 AM
26°
3%
4 AM
26°
3%
5 AM
24°
3%
6 AM
24°
3%
7 AM
25°
3%
8 AM
26°
3%
9 AM
29°
3%
7-Day Forecast
Today
37° 24°
Partly Cloudy with a 54% chance of rain.
Mon
37° 24°
Mostly Clear with a 34% chance of rain.
Tue
34° 21°
Partly Cloudy.
Wed
30° 18°
Clear.
Thu
31° 18°
Clear with a 29% chance of rain.
Fri
27° 19°
Drizzle, 71% chance.
Sat
30° 18°
Drizzle, 53% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 30° Partly Cloudy 4% 4 mph SSW 81%
11 AM 31° Partly Cloudy 26% 4 mph SW 75%
12 PM 33° Partly Cloudy 35% 5 mph WSW 69%
1 PM 35° Partly Cloudy 23% 6 mph WSW 63%
2 PM 36° Partly Cloudy 26% 6 mph WSW 60%
3 PM 37° Mostly Clear 26% 6 mph W 57%
4 PM 37° Mostly Clear 31% 6 mph W 57%
5 PM 37° Mostly Clear 37% 5 mph W 61%
6 PM 37° Partly Cloudy 37% 3 mph WSW 66%
7 PM 35° Mostly Cloudy 54% 2 mph SW 71%
8 PM 33° Rain 59% 6 mph NW 74%
9 PM 29° Rain 57% 10 mph NNW 76%
10 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 45% 10 mph NNE 78%
11 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 14% 7 mph NE 80%
12 AM 27° Partly Cloudy 10% 6 mph E 81%
1 AM 26° Partly Cloudy 3% 5 mph SE 82%
2 AM 26° Partly Cloudy 3% 5 mph SSE 84%
3 AM 26° Mostly Clear 3% 5 mph S 85%
4 AM 26° Mostly Clear 3% 5 mph S 86%
5 AM 24° Mostly Clear 3% 5 mph S 88%
6 AM 24° Mostly Clear 3% 5 mph S 89%
7 AM 25° Clear 3% 5 mph S 89%
8 AM 26° Clear 3% 6 mph S 85%
9 AM 29° Clear 3% 6 mph S 81%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/26
Partly Cloudy
54%
24°
37°
Mon
7/27
Mostly Clear
34%
24°
37°
Tue
7/28
Partly Cloudy
14%
21°
34°
Wed
7/29
Clear
7%
18°
30°
Thu
7/30
Clear
29%
18°
31°
Fri
7/31
Drizzle
71%
19°
27°
Sat
8/1
Drizzle
53%
18°
30°
Sun
8/2
Drizzle
42%
19°
30°
Mon
8/3
Drizzle
44%
19°
31°
Tue
8/4
Drizzle
51%
21°
33°
Wed
8/5
Drizzle
60%
21°
33°
Thu
8/6
Drizzle
60%
21°
32°
Fri
8/7
Drizzle
60%
20°
31°
Sat
8/8
Drizzle
60%
20°
32°
Sun
8/9
Drizzle
60%
21°
33°
58
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
58 AQI 13.1 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
49 AQI 53 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Mon 58 Moderate 49 58
Tue 58 Moderate 48 58
Wed 49 Good 44 49
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 Sun Jul 26, 14:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE4689 J/kg
MLCAPE4039 J/kg
MUCAPE4689 J/kg
SBCIN0 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-8.8
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear18 kt
0–1 km Shear9 kt
Eff. Shear26 kt
0–1 km SRH-25
0–3 km SRH-77
Eff. SRH-77
Storm Motion277° @ 19 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.7
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index39.2
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.01 in
0–3 km LR5.9 °C/km
700–500 LR6.2 °C/km
Total Totals50.6
LCL944 hPa
LFC994 hPa
EL136 hPa
Freezing Lvl16,611 ft