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FXUS63 KILX 101702
AFDILX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1202 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- A GRADUAL WARMING TREND WILL HOLD OFF UNTIL MID TO LATE NEXT
WEEK WITH A 30-60% CHANCE OF HIGHS BEING ABOVE 90 DEGREES NEXT
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
- THE NEXT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARRIVES TUESDAY
WITH 30-50% CHANCES AREAWIDE AS A FRONT PASSES OVERHEAD.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS APPEAR TO BE LIGHT AGAIN.
- CONCERNS REGARDING BLOWING DUST ARE GROWING FOR THE MIDDLE OF
NEXT WEEK, ESPECIALLY THROUGHOUT TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THERE
IS A HIGH (50-80%) PROBABILITY OF WIND GUSTS EXCEEDING 30 MPH
DURING THIS PERIOD.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 213 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2026
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LINGERING SHOWERS HAVE BEEN MOVING SOUTH OF OF I-72 THIS MORNING.
THESE WILL COME TO AN END IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. AMOUNTS SHOULD
REMAIN LIGHT AND MINIMAL. THEN THE FORECAST IS DRY THROUGH MONDAY
NIGHT AS BROAD UPPER RIDGING DRIFTS EASTWARD THIS WEEK.
HIGHS IN THE 60S TODAY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT THAT MOVED THROUGH
OVERNIGHT. THEN, A GRADUAL WARM UP WILL TAKE PLACE THROUGH THE NEXT
WEEK. BY NEXT WEEKEND, WE HAVE 90 DEGREES IN THE FORECAST. THE
NBM IS SHOWING A 30-60% CHANCE OF HIGHS BEING ABOVE 90 DEGREES
NEXT SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
THE NEXT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARRIVES TUESDAY WITH
30-50% POPS AREAWIDE AS A FRONT PASSES OVERHEAD. RAINFALL AMOUNTS
APPEAR TO BE PRETTY LIGHT AGAIN WITH THAT WAVE OF PRECIP. THEN AFTER
THURSDAY, DAILY CHANCES FOR RAIN RETURN TO THE FORECAST. HOWEVER,
THERE AREN'T ANY SEVERE CHANCES IN THE FORECAST AT THIS TIME FOR THE
NEXT 8 DAYS.
AHEAD OF THE FRONTAL PASSAGE ON TUESDAY AND BEHIND THE FRONT ON
WEDNESDAY, WINDS COULD BE GUSTY (UP TO 20-30 MPH). THIS MAY CAUSE
SOME CONCERN FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF BLOWING DUST THIS WEEK WHERE THE
TOPSOIL HAS RECENTLY BEEN DISTURBED BY FARMING ACTIVITIES. THE LREF
HAS A 40-70% CHANCE OF GUSTS GREATER THAN 30 MPH ON TUESDAY, MAINLY
NORTH OF I-72. THEN A 50-80% CHANCE OF GREATER THAN 30 MPH WIND
GUSTS ON WEDNESDAY, NORTH OF I-70.
AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY/
ISSUED AT 1201 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2026
HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS EVENING
AND OVERNIGHT ALLOWING THE MODEST NNW BREEZE CURRENTLY IN PLACE
TO DIMINISH AND BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE OVERNIGHT. A WEAK
FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY. WSW WINDS AHEAD OF THE
FRONT EARLY IN THE DAY WILL VEER TO NW/N AGAIN BEHIND THE FRONT.
NO PRECIP IS EXPECTED. VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE
PERIOD.
ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
KEY MESSAGES...COPPLE
DISCUSSION...COPPLE
AVIATION...DEUBELBEISS
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