915  
FNUS73 KILX 131331  
FWSILX  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR NETTIE HART WOODS SOUTH...UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL  
831 AM CDT THU MAR 13 2025  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MARCH 13.  
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.  
 
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 1 AM CDT  
SATURDAY...  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
TODAY WILL BE THE MOST FAVORABLE OF THE NEXT FEW DAYS FOR ANY  
BURN ACTIVITIES, WITH EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS BELOW 10 MPH.  
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WILL SEE AN SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN WIND  
SPEEDS, WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH BEGINNING BY  
MIDDAY FRIDAY. A FEW AFTERNOON AND EVENING STORMS CAN'T BE  
RULED OUT TODAY NEAR AND SOUTH OF I-70, AND FRIDAY DURING THE  
DAY WILL ALSO REMAIN DRY. HOWEVER, A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS  
WILL QUICKLY MOVE ACROSS THE REGION FRIDAY EVENING, PRODUCING  
A HALF TO 3/4 INCH OF RAIN.  
 
   
REST OF TODAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...2 PERCENT.  
TEMPERATURE.........59 AT IGNITION...MAX 75.  
RH..................51 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 34 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS EAST AT 9 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE  
EAST WINDS AROUND 7 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......1300 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 5400 FT  
AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH  
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /17400 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...FAIR  
/48200 KNOT-FT/.  
 
TIME (CDT) 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM  
SKY (%).........2 2 1 5  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0  
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0  
TEMP............59 68 74 75  
RH..............51 42 34 36  
20 FT WIND......E 9 SE 9 SE 9 SE 9  
20 FT WIND GUST.14 13 12 12  
MIX HGT (FT)....1300 2500 4800 5300  
TRANSPORT WIND..E 15 SE 10 SE 10 S 10  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..17 22 43 48  
VENTRATE CAT....POOR POOR FAIR FAIR  
 
 
FORECASTER...MJA  
REQUESTED BY...JAMES L ELLIS  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2506362.0/ILX  
.DELDT 03/13/25  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL JELLIS@ILLINOIS.EDU  
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