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Spot Forecast for Sangamon River Forest Preserve...Champaign County Forest Preserve District
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
716 AM CDT Tue Apr 1 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1200 CDT on April 01.
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...

Dry weather will persist across central and southeast Illinois
today before showers and thunderstorms return tonight into
Wednesday. Winds will initially be E/SE at 10-15mph this morning,
then will increase and gust 20-25mph this afternoon. As a storm
system approaches from the west, strong southerly winds are
expected on Wednesday...with gusts reaching 45-50mph by afternoon.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (65-75 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Temperature.........45 at ignition...Max 52.
RH..................53 percent at ignition...Min 46 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds southeast at 16 mph at
                    ignition...otherwise Southeast winds 12 to 18
                    mph.
Mixing height.......2500 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 3500 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 15 to 21 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor /32100 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...Fair
                    /58900 knot-ft/.

TIME (CDT)      12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........53  64  75  79  84  85
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............45  47  50  51  52  52
RH..............53  51  46  46  46  48
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..16  16  16  17  17  17
20 FT wind gust.21  21  21  24  24  24
Mix hgt (kft)...2.5 2.9 3.1 3.5 3.3 3.0
Transp wind dir.E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE
Transp wind spd.15  16  18  20  20  21
Vrate kt-ft/1K..32  41  50  59  56  53
Ventrate Cat....PR  FR  FR  FR  FR  FR

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Chance of showers
                    and thunderstorms mainly after midnight.
Chance of pcpn......50 percent.
Chance of thunder...40 percent.
Temperature.........Min 47.
RH..................Max 87 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 14 to 17 mph. Gusts up to 33
                    mph increasing to 37 mph after 3 am. Gusty and
                    erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
                    overnight.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 20 to 26 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (57400 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to Poor (10300 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........87     90     93     91     91     93
Weather cov.....                     S CHC  CHANCE CHANCE
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........                            CHANCE CHANCE
Chc of pcpn (%).0      10     10     20     30     40
Chc of thdr (%).0      10     10     10     30     40
Temp............52     49     47     47     47     49
RH..............50     58     68     74     76     80
20 ft wind......SE 17  SE 17  SE 18  SE 21  SE 21  SE 22
20 ft wind gust.26     26     29     33     33     37
Mix hgt (ft)....2700   600    800    800    600    900
Transport wind..SE 24  SE 21  SE 23  SE 25  SE 22  SE 24
Vrate kt-ft/1K..57     10     15     18     12     20
Ventrate Cat....FAIR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR

$$
Forecaster...37
Requested by...Emily Williams
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 04/01/25
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.EMAIL ewilliams@ccfpd.org