Weather Curious

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Keeping an eye on the weather in central Illinois. Posts here include interesting weather articles, cloud and sunset pics, time lapse videos, and info from my personal weather station of over three decades. https://weather.chadcalsyn.com

Normal, IL - Currently: Sunny and 76°F, Wind W 7 mph, Today: Sunny, 85°, Tonight: Mostly Clear, 66°

Normal, IL - Currently: Partly sunny and 72°F, Wind SW 4 mph, Today: Chance Rain Showers then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 85°, Tonight: Showers And Thunderstorms then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 67°

Normal, IL - Currently: Clear and 71°F, Wind S 8 mph, Today: Sunny, 86°, Tonight: Partly Cloudy, 66°

Normal, IL - Currently: Clear and 69°F, Wind N 8 mph, Today: Patchy Fog then Mostly Sunny, 82°, Tonight: Mostly Clear, 62°

Normal, IL - Currently: Clear and 73°F, Wind SSE 10 mph, Today: Showers And Thunderstorms, 81°, Tonight: Showers And Thunderstorms, 67°

Normal, IL - Currently: Clear and 62°F, Feels Like 62°, Today: Sunny, 84°, Tonight: Partly Cloudy, 63°

Normal, IL - Currently: Clear and 65°F, Wind N 7 mph, Today: Sunny, 83°, Tonight: Mostly Clear, 60°

Normal, IL - Currently: Mostly cloudy and 77°F, Wind N 12 mph, Today: Mostly Sunny, 84°, Tonight: Mostly Clear, 61°

Mesoscale discussion map showing a blue-outlined central-Midwest area labeled "Isolated strong gusts or hail possible with developing thunderstorms this afternoon," overlaid on radar echoes, surface fronts, and risk details including watch probability 40%.

National forecast map showing rain and scattered thunderstorms across the central and eastern U.S., a hatched zone of possible severe storms over the Midwest, surface fronts and high/low centers, and Hurricane Genevieve offshore; valid 8am EDT Jul 27–28, 2026.

Normal, IL - Currently: Overcast and 78°F, Feels Like 81°, Today: Patchy Fog then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 94°, Tonight: Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy, 73°

Normal, IL - Currently: Overcast and 67°F, Wind S 8 mph, Today: Chance Rain Showers then Mostly Cloudy, 81°, Tonight: Mostly Cloudy, 70°

Normal, IL - Currently: Sunny and 65°F, Feels Like 65°, Today: Partly Sunny, 77°, Tonight: Mostly Cloudy then Chance Rain Showers, 64°

Normal, IL - Currently: Clear and 56°F, Dew Point 51°, Today: Sunny, 77°, Tonight: Mostly Cloudy, 59°

Normal, IL - Currently: Clear and 66°F, Wind NE 10 mph, Today: Mostly Sunny, 76°, Tonight: Mostly Clear, 55°

Normal, IL - Currently: Clear and 79°F, Feels Like 83°, Today: Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Mostly Sunny, 86°, Tonight: Mostly Clear then Slight Chance Rain Showers, 63°

Normal, IL - Currently: Mist and 65°F, Wind ESE 4 mph, Today: Patchy Smoke, 87°, Tonight: Partly Cloudy then Showers And Thunderstorms Likely, 73°

A time lapse of clouds in the sky rolling horizontally

Air quality graph showing an AQI level of 167 for the pollutant PM2.5, which is in the unhealthy category

Normal, IL - Currently: Smoke and 69°F, Feels Like 69°, Today: Areas Of Smoke, 84°, Tonight: Patchy Smoke, 64°

Severe weather outlook map for Saturday showing a risk of severe weather over the Midwest and the Northeast

Normal, IL - Currently: Clear and 79°F, Feels Like 83°, Today: Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 91°, Tonight: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy, 68°

Normal, IL - Currently: Clear and 81°F, Feels Like 87°, Today: Sunny, 92°, Tonight: Partly Cloudy, 72°

Normal, IL - Currently: Clear and 79°F, Wind NNW 7 mph, Today: Patchy Fog then Sunny, 91°, Tonight: Mostly Clear then Patchy Fog, 70°

Normal, IL - Currently: Partly sunny and 70°F, Wind N 8 mph, Today: Mostly Sunny, 85°, Tonight: Mostly Clear, 65°

Normal, IL - Currently: Mist and 70°F, Wind N 7 mph, Today: Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 82°, Tonight: Partly Cloudy, 63°

Normal, IL - Currently: Sunny and 79°F, Wind SSW 13 mph, Today: Sunny, 92°, Tonight: Mostly Clear, 76°

Normal, IL - Currently: Clear and 79°F, Wind SSW 15 mph, Today: Sunny, 92°, Tonight: Clear, 76°

Normal, IL - Currently: Partly sunny and 78°F, Dew Point 77°, Today: Partly Sunny, 91°, Tonight: Partly Cloudy, 76°

Normal, IL - Currently: Fog and 72°F, Wind E 6 mph, Today: Patchy Fog then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 87°, Tonight: Partly Cloudy, 74°

Normal, IL - Currently: Mist and 67°F, Wind NE 12 mph, Today: Patchy Fog then Isolated Showers And Thunderstorms, 79°, Tonight: Mostly Cloudy then Patchy Fog, 68°

Normal, IL - Currently: Overcast and 66°F, Wind NE 9 mph, Today: Showers And Thunderstorms, 71°, Tonight: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 61°

Normal, IL - Currently: Mostly cloudy and 69°F, Wind SW 6 mph, Today: Mostly Cloudy, 80°, Tonight: Mostly Cloudy then Chance Rain Showers, 62°

Normal, IL - Currently: Overcast and 66°F, Wind SSW 7 mph, Today: Partly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 80°, Tonight: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 62°

Normal, IL - Currently: Partly sunny and 65°F, Wind N 9 mph, Today: Sunny, 77°, Tonight: Partly Cloudy, 58°

Normal, IL - Currently: Overcast and 63°F, Wind N 16 mph, Today: Partly Sunny, 75°, Tonight: Mostly Clear, 53°

Normal, IL - Currently: Sunny and 64°F, Wind SE 6 mph, Today: Showers And Thunderstorms, 71°, Tonight: Showers And Thunderstorms, 57°

Normal, IL - Currently: Overcast and 66°F, Wind WSW 7 mph, Today: Sunny, 80°, Tonight: Partly Cloudy, 59°

Tornado Watch #340 map in central Illinois

Severe weather threat map for today

Normal, IL - Currently: Clear and 61°F, Wind S 13 mph, Today: Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Showers And Thunderstorms, 79°, Tonight: Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy, 60°

Severe Weather Outlook for Wednesday showing a moderate risk in central Illinois and northwest Indiana

Normal, IL - Currently: Clear and 63°F, Wind SSW 12 mph, Today: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 76°, Tonight: Partly Cloudy, 54°

Normal, IL - Currently: Clear and 62°F, Wind SSW 5 mph, Today: Sunny, 76°, Tonight: Mostly Clear, 56°

Normal, IL - Currently: Overcast and 65°F, Wind NW 16 mph, Today: Rain Showers then Mostly Sunny, 71°, Tonight: Mostly Clear, 52°

Normal, IL - Currently: Clear and 71°F, Wind S 10 mph, Today: Partly Sunny then Isolated Showers And Thunderstorms, 83°, Tonight: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Showers And Thunderstorms, 62°

Normal, IL - Currently: Clear and 68°F, Wind W 8 mph, Today: Sunny, 79°, Tonight: Clear, 60°

Severe Weather Outlook around Illinois for today showing a moderate risk in northern Illinois and eastern Iowa

Normal, IL - Currently: Clear and 72°F, Dew Point 70°, Today: Partly Sunny, 88°, Tonight: Showers And Thunderstorms Likely then Mostly Cloudy, 59°

Severe weather outlook map for today

Normal, IL - Currently: Clear and 80°F, Wind SSW 13 mph, Today: Mostly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 90°, Tonight: Showers And Thunderstorms Likely, 72°

Normal, IL - Currently: Partly sunny and 74°F, Dew Point 73°, Today: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 85°, Tonight: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 69°

Normal, IL - Currently: Clear and 76°F, Dew Point 72°, Today: Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 87°, Tonight: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 67°

Normal, IL - Currently: Mostly cloudy and 72°F, Wind S 14 mph, Today: Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 83°, Tonight: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 68°

Normal, IL - Currently: Clear and 64°F, Wind NE 10 mph, Today: Partly Sunny, 84°, Tonight: Partly Cloudy, 56°

Normal, IL - Currently: Clear and 65°F, Wind Calm, Today: Mostly Sunny, 84°, Tonight: Mostly Clear, 59°

Normal, IL - Currently: Partly sunny and 63°F, Dew Point 57°, Today: Partly Sunny, 78°, Tonight: Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 60°

A time lapse of clouds growing and shrinking over rooftop

Normal, IL - Currently: Clear and 48°F, Wind NE 15 mph, Today: Mostly Sunny, 69°, Tonight: Mostly Cloudy, 52°