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Spot Forecast for Forever Fields Rx...PFQF
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
508 AM CDT Wed Aug 26 2026
Forecast is based on ignition time of 1200 CDT on August 26.
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...
A cold front will move through the area today. Southerly winds in
place early in the morning will gradually veer to westerly by mid
to late this morning then northwest early this afternoon,
increasing to around 10 kt. Precip is expected to form well south
of the forecast location late this afternoon. Deep mixing is
expected to develop this afternoon with good ventilation rates.
Relative humidity is expected to dip down to around 55-60 percent
this afternoon.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...4 percent.
Temperature.........81 at ignition...Max 83.
RH..................67 percent at ignition...Min 57 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds northwest at 12 mph at
ignition...otherwise Northwest winds 8 to 9
mph.
Mixing height.......3300 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 5000 ft
AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 15 to 17 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair /43300 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...Good
/74500 knot-ft/.
TIME (CDT) NOON 2 PM 4 PM
Sky (%).........21 21 28
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0
Temp............81 83 83
RH..............67 59 57
20 ft wind......NW 12 NW 12 NW 12
20 ft wind gust.20 20 20
Mix hgt (ft)....3300 4600 5000
Transport wind..W 15 W 16 NW 17
Vrate kt-ft/1K..43 65 75
Ventrate Cat....FAIR GOOD GOOD
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...1 percent.
Temperature.........Min 62.
RH..................Max 90 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 7 mph in the evening
becoming light.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 8 to 14 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2800 knot-ft).
TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
Sky (%).........16 8 5 5 4 1
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............80 75 70 67 65 64
RH..............60 69 78 84 87 87
20 ft wind......NW 9 NW 9 NW 6 NW 5 NW 5 NW 5
20 ft wind gust.16 16 13 12 12 10
Mix hgt (ft)....1700 400 400 400 400 400
Transport wind..NW 14 NW 9 NW 10 N 9 NW 8 NW 9
Vrate kt-ft/1K..21 4 4 4 3 3
Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR
.THURSDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...2 percent.
Temperature.........Max 82.
RH..................Min 54 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming north 5 to 7 mph in the
late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......5100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 8 to 13 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2700 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to Fair (55600 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
Sky (%).........3 8 1 20 37 24
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............62 65 73 77 80 81
RH..............90 87 73 67 58 54
20 ft wind......NW 5 NW 5 NW 6 N 8 N 8 N 7
20 ft wind gust.10 10 10 13 13 13
Mix hgt (ft)....400 600 1600 4000 4900 5100
Transport wind..NW 8 NW 8 N 10 N 12 N 12 N 13
Vrate kt-ft/1K..3 4 15 40 49 56
Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR POOR POOR FAIR FAIR
$$
Forecaster...Deubelbeiss
Requested by...Shel Wilks
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2620558.0/ILX
.DELDT 08/26/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL sheldin.wilks@usda.gov