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FXUS63 KILX 091030
AFDILX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
530 AM CDT SAT MAY 9 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- THERE IS SOME PATCHY FOG THIS MORNING WHERE THE RAIN HAD
FALLEN OVER THE LAST DAY, SKIES ARE CLEARING OUT, AND WINDS
ARE LIGHTEST. IT COULD BECOME DENSE AT TIMES. PLEASE USE
CAUTION WHEN DRIVING THIS MORNING.
- ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND A
COLD FRONT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. QPF IS SHOWING UP TO A TENTH OF ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL INTO TOMORROW MORNING.
- WHILE THERE WILL BE A BRIEF WARMUP TODAY (HIGHS REACHING
75-80 DEGREES), A MORE SUBSTANTIAL WARMING TREND WILL HOLD OFF
UNTIL MID TO LATE NEXT WEEK.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 208 AM CDT SAT MAY 9 2026
LINGERING SHOWERS HAVE BEEN MOVING SOUTH OF OF I-70 THIS MORNING.
THESE WILL COME TO AN END IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS, WITH A BRIEF BREAK
BEFORE THE NEXT ARRIVES IN THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING. THERE IS
SOME PATCHY FOG DEVELOPING CURRENTLY WHERE THE RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER
THE LAST DAY, SKIES ARE CLEARING OUT, AND WINDS ARE LIGHTEST. IT
COULD BECOME DENSE AT TIMES. PLEASE USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING THIS
MORNING.
ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND A COLD
FRONT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS. THE COVERAGE DOESN'T LOOK TO BE WIDESPREAD AND AMOUNTS WILL
BE PRETTY LIGHT. QPF IS SHOWING UP TO A TENTH OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
INTO TOMORROW MORNING.
THE FORECAST IS MOSTLY BENIGN OVER THE NEXT WEEK AS BROAD UPPER
RIDGING DRIFTS EASTWARD. A BRIEF WARM UP TODAY INTO THE 80S, THEN
COOLING BACK INTO THE 60S FOR THE NEW WEEK BEHIND THAT COLD FRONT
THIS AFTERNOON. A GRADUAL WARM UP LOOKS TO BE ON DECK THROUGH THE
NEXT WEEK. BY NEXT SATURDAY, WE HAVE 90 DEGREES IN THE
FORECAST. THE NBM IS SHOWING A 20-30% CHANCE OF HIGHS BEING
ABOVE 90 DEGREES NEXT SATURDAY.
SEVERAL PERIODS OF PRECIPITATION CHANCES ARE IN THE FORECAST AFTER
TODAY. THE BEST OF THOSE CHANCES LOOK LIKE TUESDAY WITH 20-40%
CHANCES AREAWIDE. THEN AGAIN ON THURSDAY (20-30% CHANCE), MAINLY
NORTH OF I-70. THERE AREN'T ANY SEVERE CHANCES IN THE FORECAST AT
THIS TIME FOR THE NEXT 8 DAYS.
AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z SUNDAY/
ISSUED AT 0530 AM CDT SAT MAY 9 2026
FOG WITH LIFR/VLIFR VISIBILITIES SHOULDN'T LAST TOO MUCH LONGER
AFTER 12Z AS WEST- SOUTHWEST WINDS QUICKLY INCREASE BY MID
MORNING. WINDS BECOME BREEZY BY LATE MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON
AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. WINDS EASE AND SHIFT TO THE
NORTH- NORTHWEST THIS EVENING WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS DEVELOPING
NEAR AND BEHIND THE FRONT. PROB30S HAVE BEEN ADDED FOR EACH SITE
FOR THE SHOWER ACTIVITY BEHIND THE FRONT. THE SHOWERS WILL
LINGER UNTIL NEAR THE END OF THE PERIOD.
ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR ILZ029-031-
036>038-040>057-061>063-066.
KEY MESSAGES...COPPLE
DISCUSSION...COPPLE
AVIATION...COPPLE
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