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FXUS63 KILX 300851
AFDILX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
351 AM CDT SUN AUG 30 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- A LATE SEASON HEAT WAVE IS FORECAST TO IMPACT CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST IL MUCH OF THIS WEEK. AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES ARE
PROJECTED TO REACH UPPER 90S TO AROUND 100 MONDAY, 100-105F
TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, AND PEAKING DURING MID WEEK AROUND
WED.
- PRECIPITATION CHANCES ARE LOW FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS, AS AN
ACTIVE STORM TRACK IS FORECAST JUST TO OUR NORTH THROUGH MID
WEEK. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER
THE IL RIVER VALLEY TODAY, ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING. THERE IS A
20-30% CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY INTO
SATURDAY.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 345 AM CDT SUN AUG 30 2026
THE 08Z/3 AM SURFACE MAP SHOWS 1022-1024 MB HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS
THE MID ATLANTIC STATES AND RIDGING INTO THE MID MS RIVER
VALLEY. 1002 MB LOW PRESSURE WAS OVER CENTRAL SD WITH A FRONTAL
BOUNDARY EXTENDING EASTWARD OVER FAR SOUTHERN MN INTO SOUTHERN
WI. SOUTH TO SSE WINDS WAS STARTING TO BRING IN WARMER AIR
INTO CENTRAL/SE IL. TEMPS WERE IN THE MID 60S TO LOWER 70S WITH
MILDEST READINGS FROM I-55 WEST. DEWPOINTS WERE IN THE LOW TO
MID 60S. PATCHES OF MID LEVEL CLOUDS WERE OVER CENTRAL IL AND
MORE WIDESPREAD OVER IL RIVER VALLEY AND NE CWA. A 40-50KT SW
LOW LEVEL JET FROM OK PANHANDLE NE ACROSS CENTRAL PARTS OF KS
AND IOWA INTO SOUTHERN WI WAS AIDING IN DEVELOPMENT OF
CONVECTION OVER NORTHERN IL INTO SOUTHEAST WI, FAR EASTERN IOWA
AND CENTRAL/SOUTHERN LOWER MI. ISOLATED LIGHT SHOWERS/SPRINKLES
WERE OVER THE IL RIVER VALLEY WITH A HEAVIER SHOWER OVER FAR NE
TIP OF VERMILION COUNTY EAST OF HOOPESTON.
STRONG MID/UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND
MID/LOWER MS RIVER VALLEY TO NOSE INTO CENTRAL IL DURING TODAY
AS 500 MB HEIGHTS RISE TO 592-594 DECAMETERS BY SUNSET. LATEST
CAMS SHOW ISOLATED CONVECTION OVER THE IL RIVER VALLEY AND NORTH
OF I-74 TODAY, MAINLY THIS MORNING. MORE WIDESPREAD CONVECTION
TO BE OVER NORTHERN/NE IL TODAY. MOST AREAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO
BE DRY TODAY. INCREASING SSW WINDS TO 10-15 MPH AND GUSTS 18-24
MPH TO BRING WARMER TEMPERATURES INTO THE AREA, WITH HIGHS IN
THE LOWER 90S, EXCEPT UPPER 80S IN CLOUDIER AREAS FROM I-74 NE.
MILD LOWS OVERNIGHT AROUND 70F IN EASTERN IL AND LOWER 70S FROM
I-55 WEST.
STRONG 500 MB RIDGE BUILDS FURTHER NORTH INTO IL ON MON AS 500
MB HEIGHTS RISE TO 594-595 DECAMETERS AND CONTINUES HOLDING
FIRMLY IN PLACE TUE/WED, KEEPING RING OF FIRE OF STORMS
GENERALLY NORTH OF CENTRAL IL. THIS WILL ALSO BRING HOTTER
TEMPERATURES INTO THE AREA WITH HIGHS MON IN THE LOW TO MID 90S
AND AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES IN THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 100F.
HIGHS TUE-THU IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S WITH AREAS FROM
SPRINGFIELD TO ROBINSON SW APPROACHING 100F. HEAT INDICES TUE
AFTERNOON OF 100-105, APPROACHING 105 WED AFTERNOON AND 100-105
THU AND FRI AFTERNOON. THE LONG DURATION OF ANOMALOUSLY WARM
TEMPERATURES FOR EARLY SEP AND LACK OF OVERNIGHT RELIEF WITH
LOWS IN THE 70S STARTS PUSHING THE AREA INTO MAJOR (LEVEL 3 OF
4) TO EXTREME (LEVEL 4 OF 4) HEAT RISK TUE-FRI, AND REMAINS
ELEVATED AS THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND BEGINS. HEAT ADVISORIES WILL
LIKELY BE NEEDED TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FOR MUCH OF THE AREA
ESPECIALLY IF THE STRONGER UPPER LEVEL RIDGE HOLDS OVER THE AREA.
MEDIUM RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO RETROGRADE THE STRONG MID/UPPER
LEVEL RIDGE WEST/SW WITH IL GETTING INTO A NW UPPER LEVEL FLOW
LATE THIS WEEK. FRONTAL BOUNDARY STAYING NORTH OF IL MUCH OF
THIS WEEK, COULD START DROPPING SOUTHWARD INTO NE IL LATE THIS
WEEK, AND BRING LOW CONVECTION CHANCES INTO CENTRAL IL FRI-
SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES TRENDING A BIT LOWER LATE THIS WEEK WITH
HIGHS FRIDAY LOW TO MID 90S, UPPER 80S/LOWER 90S SATURDAY AND
AND SUNDAY. THESE TEMPERATURES ARE STILL ABOVE NORMAL HIGHS IN
THE LOW TO MID 80S FOR EARLY SEP.
THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER (CPC) 8-14 DAY OUTLOOK FOR SEP
6-12TH HAS 55-65% CHANCE OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WITH
33-40% CHANCE OF BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION OVER CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST IL AND NEAR NORMAL OVER NW/NORTHERN IL. SO THE VERY
WARM AND DRIER WX PATTERN LOOKS TO CONTINUE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z MONDAY/
ISSUED AT 1228 AM CDT SUN AUG 30 2026
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL AT ALL TAF SITES NEXT 24HRS. CLOUDS
WILL BE SCATTERED, THOUGH BECOMING BROKEN OVERNIGHT AND
CONTINUING THROUGH TOMORROW. CIG HEIGHTS WILL BE MID LEVELS
AROUND 12-15K FT THROUGH THE PERIOD AS WELL. WINDS WILL BE
GENERALLY OUT OF THE SOUTH THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH GUSTS OF
18-20 KTS DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS.
ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
KEY MESSAGES...07
DISCUSSION...07
AVIATION...AUTEN
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