664
FNUS73 KLOT 271913
FWSLOT
SPOT FORECAST FOR LEE COUNTY WILDFIRE...ILLINOIS DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
113 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1400 CST ON FEBRUARY 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (815) 834-0666 IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.
DISCUSSION
TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO WARM AND PEAK AT AROUND 66 OR 67
DEGREES WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL
CONTINUE TO FALL AND BOTTOM OUT AT ABOUT 20 PERCENT. SOUTHWEST
WINDS WILL REMAIN BREEZY WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH. CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE BY 5 OR 6 PM AND ESPECIALLY AFTER SUNSET,
AS TEMPERATURES COOL AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES RECOVER.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 67.
RH..................27 PERCENT AT FORECAST START...MIN 20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL AT FORECAST START...OTHERWISE 4400
FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 30 TO 35 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT /70400 KNOT-FT/ AT FORECAST START.
MAX...EXCELLENT /98000 KNOT-FT/.
TIME (CST) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........21 7 2 2
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............65 67 66 60
RH..............27 20 22 30
20 FT WIND DIR..230 240 250 270
20 FT WIND SPD..17 18 16 15
20 FT WIND GUST.29 29 26 26
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.5 4.4 3.1 1.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.220 240 250 270
TRANSP WIND SPD.23 25 23 20
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0
VRATE KT-FT/1K..70 98 63 31
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 29.
RH..................MAX 73 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND
5 MPH OVERNIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 10
TO 15 MPH OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (20500 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (7900 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........1 1 1 2 2 5 7 19 11 10 25 44
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............53 49 46 44 42 40 37 35 33 32 30 29
RH..............41 53 64 67 66 67 67 68 71 72 73 73
20 FT WIND DIR..290 290 300 310 320 330 330 330 330 340 340 350
20 FT WIND SPD..13 12 10 12 10 10 9 9 9 8 7 7
20 FT WIND GUST.22 21 18 20 18 17 17 16 16 14 13 12
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.1 0.9 0.8 0.7 1.0 1.3 1.5 1.3 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.290 290 300 310 320 320 330 330 330 340 340 350
TRANSP WIND SPD.18 18 17 17 18 18 15 15 12 12 12 10
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
VRATE KT-FT/1K..18 14 12 11 16 20 21 16 11 9 9 8
FORECASTER...BORCHARDT
REQUESTED BY...DAVE GRIFFITH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2604252.0/LOT
.DELDT 02/27/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
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