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FXUS63 KILX 171845
AFDILX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
145 PM CDT MON AUG 17 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- COOLER AND LESS ACTIVE WEATHER IS ON DECK FOR THIS WEEK, BUT
IT WON'T BE COMPLETELY DRY. THERE IS A 50-70% CHANCE FOR
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TOMORROW NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
NIGHT AS A FRONT PUSHES SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA AND STALLS NEAR
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS.
- TEMPERATURES FOR THE NEXT 7 DAYS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 70S TO
LOWER 80S FOR HIGHS AND 60S FOR LOWS. THE CPC 6-10 AND 8-14
DAY OUTLOOKS SHOW A 40-60% CHANCE OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES
RETURNING THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 144 PM CDT MON AUG 17 2026
DRY AND MUCH COOLER WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ONE MORE DAY THROUGH
TOMORROW AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. OVERNIGHT LOWS
SHOULD BE AROUND 60 WITH HIGHS TOMORROW RANGING FROM 80 TO 85.
TOMORROW AFTERNOON, AND FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BEGIN TO PUSH
TOWARD NORTHWEST IL WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS IN THE
FAR NORTHWEST TO NORTHERN PARTS OF THE CWA. THIS WILL LAST INTO
TOMORROW EVENING, BUT THEN AFTER MIDNIGHT, THESE SHOWERS AND
STORM WILL FINALLY BEGIN MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST INTO THE REST
OF CENTRAL IL. POPS INCREASE LATE TOMORROW NIGHT INTO WED
MORNING AS A WAVE ALONG THE FRONT MOVES ACROSS AREAS SOUTH OF
I-72/DANVILLE. THESE HIGH POPS WILL CONTINUA INTO WED AFTERNOON
ACROSS THE CENTRAL PART OF THE CWA AND THEN INTO OUT SOUTHEAST
FOR WED NIGHT. ANOTHER BREAK IN THE WEATHER IS THEN EXPECTED
THUR AND THUR NIGHT AS ANOTHER HIGH PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS THE
AREA. AFTER THIS HIGH PRESSURE PASSES, SPORADIC SMALL CHANCES
OF PRECIP RETURN FOR THE END OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE
WEEKEND. THOUGH PRECIP WILL BE POSSIBLE, LOTS OF AREAS WILL SEE
DRY WEATHER AS WELL.
THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER
80S, WHILE LOWS SHOULD REMAIN IN THE 60S. LOOKING AT THE NEXT
6-10 AND 8-14 DAYS, THE FORECAST SHOWS ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH.
AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z TUESDAY/
ISSUED AT 1207 AM CDT MON AUG 17 2026
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL AT ALL TAF SITES NEXT 24HRS. BASED
ON SATELLITE TRENDS, WOULD EXPECT SCATTERED CLOUDS AT MOST SITES
WITH POSSIBLE BROKEN CLOUDS AT CMI FOR A FEW HOURS. THEN
EXPECTING CLEAR SKIES THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW
MORNING, OR SOME HIGH CIRRUS. WINDS WILL BE NORTHWEST AROUND
10KTS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING, THEN BECOME LIGHT AND
VARIABLE OVERNIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS THE AREA.
TOMORROW MORNING WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST AT LESS THAN 10KTS.
ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
KEY MESSAGES...AUTEN
DISCUSSION...AUTEN
AVIATION...AUTEN
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