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Spot Forecast for Margaret Guzy LWR RX Burn...IDNR
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
921 AM CDT Fri Oct 30 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on October 30.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact our office at (217) 732-3089 if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...

Scattered light showers may occur both today and Saturday in the
vicinity of a slow-moving front, but dry conditions will
otherwise persist for much of the region as we remain on the
periphery of surface high pressure.

A gentle east wind will remain in place through Sunday, helping to
limit vent rates throughout the upcoming weekend.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (70-80 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Chance of thunder...3 percent.
Temperature.........63 at ignition...Max 72.
RH..................67 percent at ignition...Min 38 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds east at 12 mph at ignition...otherwise
                    East winds 7 to 9 mph.
Mixing height.......1200 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 2500 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....East 13 to 15 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor /15800 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...Poor
                    /29500 knot-ft/.

TIME (CDT)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........36     48     52     73
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10     10     10     10
Chc of thdr (%).0      0      0      0
Temp............63     70     72     72
RH..............67     47     39     38
20 ft wind......E 12   E 10   E 10   E 9
20 ft wind gust.18     16     16     14
Mix hgt (ft)....1200   1800   2300   2200
Transport wind..E 15   E 15   E 14   E 13
Vrate kt-ft/1K..16     24     28     25
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Chance of thunder...5 percent.
Temperature.........Min 52.
RH..................Max 69 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 6 to 7 mph.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 10 to 15 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4300 knot-ft).

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........75     71     65     74     78     76
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10     10     10     0      0      0
Chc of thdr (%).0      10     10     0      0      0
Temp............69     60     58     55     54     53
RH..............44     62     64     69     66     66
20 ft wind......E 9    E 9    E 8    E 8    E 8    E 8
20 ft wind gust.15     15     14     14     14     15
Mix hgt (ft)....500    400    400    500    500    400
Transport wind..E 10   E 13   E 15   E 14   E 13   E 14
Vrate kt-ft/1K..5      5      6      6      5      5
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Chance of thunder...3 percent.
Temperature.........Max 70.
RH..................Min 42 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 6 to 7 mph.
Mixing height.......1700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 8 to 13 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4400 knot-ft).

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........82     84     83     86     83     86
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10     10     10     10     10     10
Chc of thdr (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............53     53     62     66     69     69
RH..............64     66     56     48     42     44
20 ft wind......E 7    E 7    SE 8   E 8    E 8    E 8
20 ft wind gust.13     13     14     12     12     12
Mix hgt (ft)....500    500    1100   1300   1700   1400
Transport wind..E 13   SE 12  SE 12  SE 9   SE 9   E 9
Vrate kt-ft/1K..5      5      11     10     13     11
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR

$$
Forecaster...Auten
Requested by...Morgan Wood
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2624928.0/ILX
.DELDT 10/30/26
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.EMAIL morgan.wood@illinois.gov