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Spot Forecast for Bethany field fire 100425...Coles-Moultrie 9-1-1
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
242 PM CDT Sat Oct 4 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1500 CDT on October 04.
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 continue across central and southeast Illinois on
Sunday before scattered showers and a few thunderstorms arrive by
Monday. While ventilation will be very good both this afternoon
and Sunday afternoon, burning is discouraged as afternoon RH
values drop into the 25-35% range and southerly winds gust over
20mph.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Temperature.........85 at forecast start...Max 86.
RH..................39 percent at forecast start...Min 30 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds south at 10 mph at forecast
                    start...otherwise South winds 7 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......6900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 12 to 15 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good /68800 knot-ft/ at forecast start.
                    Max...Good /74500 knot-ft/.

TIME (CDT)      3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........23  26  21
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0
Temp............85  86  85
RH..............39  37  39
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..10  10  10
20 FT wind gust.14  14  14
Mix hgt (kft)...6.9 6.8 6.4
Transp wind dir.S   S   S
Transp wind spd.12  13  13
Vrate kt-ft/1K..69  75  70
Ventrate Cat....GD  GD  GD

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (0-10 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Temperature.........Min 59.
RH..................Max 87 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 7 mph.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 10 to 12 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4500 knot-ft).

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........13  4   6   5   3   3   3   1   1   1   4   1
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............83  78  73  71  69  67  66  65  64  63  62  61
RH..............40  47  57  61  68  73  75  78  78  81  84  84
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..8   8   8   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.13  13  13  10  10  10  9   9   9   9   9   9
Mix hgt (kft)...1.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.10  12  12  12  12  12  12  12  12  12  12  10
Vrate kt-ft/1K..9   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Temperature.........Max 87.
RH..................Min 31 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 13 to 17 mph.
Mixing height.......6000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 10 to 15 mph increasing to 18 to 23 mph
                    late in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4000 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to Good (95300 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........3   1   0   0   0   1   4   4   7   9   3   4
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............60  59  63  69  74  78  81  84  85  86  87  85
RH..............84  87  81  66  55  47  39  34  33  32  31  33
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..7   7   7   12  12  12  14  14  14  13  13  13
20 FT wind gust.12  12  12  20  20  20  23  23  23  23  23  23
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.4 0.5 0.9 2.0 3.9 4.6 5.1 5.4 5.8 6.0 5.3
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.12  10  12  14  18  20  18  18  18  18  18  18
Vrate kt-ft/1K..5   4   5   11  32  66  74  82  87  92  95  85
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  GD  GD  GD  GD  GD  GD  GD

$$
Forecaster...Bumgardner
Requested by...C Hanken
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2522974.0/ILX
.DELDT 10/04/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL CHanken@co.coles.il.us