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Spot Forecast for KSRA 2130N Unit...IDNR
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
1137 AM CDT Mon Apr 7 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on April 08.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact our office at (217) 732-3089 if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...
Winds will turn northerly behind a cold front this afternoon,
gusting as high as 30 mph, then winds will become light and variable
by Tuesday morning. Light NW winds will resume Tuesday afternoon,
shifting to SE Tuesday night. A few showers are possible this
afternoon and evening, but little measurable rain is expected.
Drier air moving into the area behind today`s front should bring
relative humidity values down to around 35 percent.

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Temperature.........35 at ignition...Max 47.
RH..................52 percent at ignition...Min 34 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds northwest at 7 mph at
                    ignition...otherwise Northwest winds 5 to 6
                    mph.
Mixing height.......4300 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 5600 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 9 to 12 mph shifting to the west
                    around 8 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor /38700 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...Fair
                    /51900 knot-ft/.

TIME (CDT)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........13     17     16     10
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0
Temp............35     41     45     47
RH..............52     41     36     34
20 ft wind......NW 7   NW 7   NW 7   W 7
20 ft wind gust.12     12     12     12
Mix hgt (ft)....4300   5200   5600   5600
Transport wind..N 10   NW 12  NW 10  NW 9
Vrate kt-ft/1K..39     52     50     45
Ventrate Cat....POOR   FAIR   FAIR   FAIR

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (65-75 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Temperature.........Min 32.
RH..................Max 70 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast 5 to 7 mph
                    overnight.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 5 to 6 mph shifting to the south 6 to
                    15 mph in the late evening and overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2000 knot-ft).

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........8      9      13     38     59     76
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      10     10
Temp............46     39     35     33     33     33
RH..............37     50     59     66     66     69
20 ft wind......SW 3   SW 3   SE 5   SE 7   SE 7   S 9
20 ft wind gust.6      6      9      13     13     16
Mix hgt (ft)....2200   500    400    400    400    400
Transport wind..W 6    SW 5   SE 7   S 10   S 13   S 15
Vrate kt-ft/1K..11     2      2      3      4      5
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR

$$
Forecaster...37
Requested by...Kaleb Wood
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2509076.0/ILX
.DELDT 04/07/25
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.EMAIL kaleb.wood@illinois.gov