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FXUS63 KILX 200525
AFDILX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1225 AM CDT TUE OCT 20 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- DRY AND MILD WEATHER IS EXPECTED THIS WEEK ALONG WITH A FAIR
AMOUNT OF SUNSHINE AND FAIRLY LIGHT WINDS. HIGHS WILL CLIMB
INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S THIS WEEK.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 211 PM CDT MON OCT 19 2026
HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE UNITED STATES.
WITH THE RIDGING NOT GOING ANYWHERE ANY TIME SOON, CLEAR SKIES, VERY
LIGHT WINDS, AND DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE STATE INTO THE
WEEKEND. OVERALL, PERFECT WEATHER FOR THE LATTER HALF OF HARVEST
SEASON. THE MAIN FOCUS OF THIS FORECAST IS THE TEMPERATURES AND LACK
OF RAIN.
TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO WARM THIS WEEK. LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE
IN THE MID 40S. HIGHS TOMORROW INTO THE WEEKEND WILL RANGE IN THE
LOW TO UPPER 70S. NORMALS FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR IS AROUND 65-69 MID
ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN IL. DRY WEATHER WILL LAST THROUGH
THE EXTENDED PERIOD.
LOOKS LIKE A COLD FRONT WILL TRY TO MAKES ITS WAY INTO IL AROUND
MONDAY, BUT WITH HOW DRY THE AIRMASS IS, IT WILL HAVE A HARD FIGHT
TO SQUEEZE OUT ANY IMPACTED RAINFALL AS IT PASSES. CHANCES FOR RAIN
FOR LATE WEEKEND/EARLY WEEK IS NULL.
AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z WEDNESDAY/
ISSUED AT 1225 AM CDT TUE OCT 20 2026
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL AT ALL TAF SITES NEXT 24HRS WITH
SCATTERED CIRRUS NOW THROUGH MORNING AND THEN CLEAR SKIES. WINDS
WILL REMAIN LIGHT AND VARIABLE UNDER HIGH PRESSURE.
ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
KEY MESSAGES...COPPLE
DISCUSSION...COPPLE
AVIATION...AUTEN
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