today
85°Fhigh
mostly sunny
5% precip · WSW 10 mph
detail
Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. West southwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
elsewhere:
the other tracked locations
location:
home QTH. Fox River valley, 41.85N 88.31W, 676 ft.
now:
12:20 pm CDT direct from the local batavia weather array
No precipitation in the next 17 minutes
82°F
--
feels like 85°F (heat index)
15.2°F above the normal for this date
high today
85 °F
11:50 am
low today
61 °F
6:50 am
dewpoint
67 °F
humid
wind
WNW 2 mph
gusts 4 mph
hourly:
issued 8:11 am CDT
temperaturechance of precipitation
highest precipitation chance is 40% around 1:00 pm (chance rain showers)
forecast:
issued 8:11 am CDT
today
85°Fhigh
mostly sunny
5% precip · WSW 10 mph
Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. West southwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
tonight
59°Flow
partly cloudy
4% precip · NNW 10 mph
Partly cloudy, with a low around 59. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
sunday
74°Fhigh
partly sunny then chance rain showers
40% precip · N 10 mph
A chance of rain showers after 1pm. Partly sunny. High near 74, with temperatures falling to around 68 in the afternoon. North wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
sunday night
52°Flow
chance rain showers then partly cloudy
36% precip · NNE 5 mph
A chance of rain showers before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 52. North northeast wind around 5 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
monday
74°Fhigh
mostly sunny
12% precip · E 15 mph
Mostly sunny, with a high near 74. East wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
monday night
65°Flow
mostly cloudy then chance showers and thunderstorms
35% precip · SSE 15 mph
A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
tuesday
84°Fhigh
chance showers and thunderstorms then showers and thunderstorms likely
55% precip · WSW 15 mph
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7am, then showers and thunderstorms likely between 7am and 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 84.
tuesday night
63°Flow
chance showers and thunderstorms then showers and thunderstorms
83% precip · N 5 mph
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm, then showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63.
wednesday
78°Fhigh
showers and thunderstorms
83% precip · ENE 5 mph
Showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 78.
wednesday night
63°Flow
showers and thunderstorms likely
71% precip · NE 10 mph
Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63.
thursday
77°Fhigh
showers and thunderstorms likely
68% precip · NNE 10 mph
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 1pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 77.
thursday night
58°Flow
slight chance showers and thunderstorms
22% precip · NE 10 mph
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58.
friday
76°Fhigh
slight chance showers and thunderstorms
22% precip · ENE 5 mph
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 76.
friday night
57°Flow
chance rain showers
31% precip · E 5 mph
A chance of rain showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 57.
extended:
model blend, beyond where the official forecast stops
bars span the daily low to the daily high, tinted by expected conditions; the strip under each day is the chance of precipitation. 8 of 16 days show measurable precipitation; wettest is thu 9/17 at 0.50 in (rain showers).
the first week overlaps the official forecast above and is the better number to trust; past about ten days treat this as a trend, not a forecast.
radar:
served from markvd.net, not hotlinked
nearest NEXRAD site is KLOT. images are refreshed by the poller and cached here, so nothing on this page makes a request to a third party.
windmap:
surface flow, 5 to 16 mph across the frame
each line follows the wind from where it starts, so the lines show the shape of the flow rather than any one reading: where they crowd together the wind is confluent, where they turn sharply there is usually a trough or a front. color is speed, the dot on each line is its downwind end, and the marker is batavia. grid average 10 mph. computed from a 7 by 5 sample grid, drawn once on the server. there is no animation because there is no javascript on this page.
sensors:
direct from the local batavia weather array, not an airport
lightning:
strikes today
0
quiet
last strike
11 d ago
7:10 pm
distance
12 mi
in the area
detail:
full surface report
trace:
temperature and dewpoint
temperaturedewpoint
wind:
direction, speed and gusts
sustainedgusts · faint spokes on the dial are the last 18 direction reports, newest brightest
pressure:
+0.00 inHg in the last 3 hours, steady
falling pressure generally precedes unsettled weather; a rapid rise behind a front brings the clearing and the wind shift.
humidity:
percent
station:
where these numbers come from
the local weather array is the primary reading while its file is fresh. when it goes quiet the page falls back to the airport automatically and says so here and under the current conditions.
discussion:
LOT · issued 6:32 am CDT
the reasoning behind the numbers, written by the forecaster on duty. worth reading when the models disagree.
- Dry and mild today, turning cooler Sunday with a chance for a few afternoon showers.
- Waves of heavy rain producing thunderstorms possible in the general region early to mid next week.
&&
Issued at 313 AM CDT Sat Sep 12 2026
A low-level thermal ridge will briefly push northeastward across the area today ahead of a cold front advancing from the Upper Midwest. This will bring warmer and slightly more humid conditions, with high temperatures reaching the mid to upper 80s and heat indices pushing into the upper 80s to near 90. The surface cold front is projected to move southeastward through the afternoon. However, dry antecedent air and a strong cap, combined with weak large-scale support, should prevent convective development. As a result, dry conditions will prevail through tonight.
Winds will shift to the north tonight into Sunday behind the front. The influx of a cooler airmass, increased cloud cover, and scattered afternoon showers driven by an approaching mid- level impulse will hold high temperatures 5 to 15 degrees cooler, generally in the 70s. Given the persistent dry air in the lower levels, rainfall amounts will remain light, providing little beneficial rain.
Primarily dry conditions are expected Sunday night into Monday as the surface cold front settles across downstate IL and IN. The best chance for rain should largely remain northwest of the area across the Upper Midwest as warm air advection increases ahead of a potent shortwave trough and deepening surface low tracking from the northern High Plains into south-central Canada. The main impact from this system for us on Monday will be increasingly breezy southeasterly winds through the day. Otherwise, Monday will be another seasonable day with temperatures in the 70s under partly to mostly cloudy skies.
The cold front to our south is expected to lift back north across the region Monday night as the strong low moves across far south-central Canada. This will bring a brief return of warm (80s) and humid conditions ahead of another approaching cold front on Tuesday. The airmass along this boundary will feature precipitable water (PWAT) values of 1.7 to around 2.0 inches, supporting showers and storms capable of heavy rainfall. We are closely monitoring forecast trends, as the front's southward progress may stall late Tuesday into Wednesday due to an expanding upper-level ridge over the southeastern CONUS. If it becomes quasi-stationary, it could focus multiple rounds of heavy rain producing strong storms across the lower Great Lakes region through midweeka pattern resembling a classic Maddox frontal heavy rain setup.
Confidence in the position of the front remains low beyond Wednesday due to large ensemble spread and potential disruption from earlier convection. However, additional waves of showers and thunderstorms will remain possible wherever the boundary settles.
KJB
&&
Issued at 632 AM CDT Sat Sep 12 2026
VFR with no significant concerns through midday Sunday.
The only item of note is changing wind directions. Light south- southwest winds to start this morning will become west-southwest (occasional 15-20 kt gusts) by the mid to late morning ahead of an approaching cold front. Winds will shift to northwest behind the frontal passage in the late afternoon/early evening, and then vary to northerly at times overnight/early Sunday. It appears the best chance for a prevailing shift to a north- northeasterly direction will be after 18z Sunday, beyond the current ORD/MDW TAF period.
Can't rule out a few sprinkles prior to 18z Sunday, though made no mention in the ORD and MDW TAFs. The next issuance will likely need some precip mention for scattered -SHRA Sunday afternoon.
Castro
&&
IL...None. IN...None. LM...None.
&&
normals:
1996-2025 normals, 30 years of this date
high today
85 °F
+8.3°F from normal
normal 76 °F
low today
61 °F
+1.8°F from normal
normal 59 °F
today's high ranks 5th warmest out of 30 years of 12 sep on record here
running totals:
degree days use the daily mean against a 65°F base for heating and cooling and a 50°F base capped at 86°F for growing, which is the convention utilities and growers quote.
year:
366 days against the normal range
the pale band is the normal high to low range for each date; each bar is that day's actual range, tinted by how far its mean ran from normal.
air:
us aqi 49, good
49
good
air quality is satisfactory
airnow, official reporting area:
source: Open-Meteo (CAMS). a modelled value for this point, not a monitor reading.
water:
fox river at south elgin, il
gauge height
12.40 ft
steady, -0.02 ft in 6 h
discharge
718 cfs
falling
below action stage
now 12.40 ft, 1.60 ft below the lowest published threshold · NWPS point SELI2
gauge height over the last week. observations from USGS; flood thresholds, where shown, from the NWS National Water Prediction Service.
rainreports:
12 cocorahs observers reporting nearby
4 of 12 reported measurable precipitation, the wettest 0.07 in. these are hand-read gauges from volunteers.
hazards:
32 earthquakes tracked
local: within 120 miles, any magnitude
nothing on record for this window, which is the usual state of affairs.
us: united states, magnitude 4.0 and above
world: worldwide, magnitude 6.0 and above
space:
solar flux 110, k index 2
solar flux
110 sfu
moderate, 15m opens regularly
planetary k
2
quiet
solar wind
406 km/s
bz +2.0 nT
x-ray flare
C5.8
8 min ago
stable paths, no storm effects.
planetary k index, three days. 5 and above is a geomagnetic storm.
hf bands, daylight here:
this is a heuristic from flux, k index and whether the sun is up here, not an ionospheric model. it will not know about a sporadic e opening on 6m or a gray line path that is wide open. for real planning use VOACAP.
sun:
12 h 37 m of daylight, losing 2.8 min a day
sunmoon · bands below the horizon are civil, nautical and astronomical twilight
the moon is down by full darkness tonight.
moon:
waxing crescent, 3% lit
waxing crescent
upcoming phases:
first quarter
fri 18 sep, 3:45 pm
full moon
sat 26 sep, 11:50 am
last quarter
sat 3 oct, 8:26 am
new moon
sat 10 oct, 10:51 am
first quarter
sun 18 oct, 11:13 am
full moon
sun 25 oct, 11:13 pm
last quarter
sun 1 nov, 2:29 pm
new moon
mon 9 nov, 1:03 am
sky:
rise, set and where to look
magnitudes are approximate; lower is brighter, and anything under about +6 is naked eye from a dark site. saturn ignores ring tilt, which can move it a few tenths either way.
satellites:
2 visible passes coming up
next pass
ISS (ZARYA)
8:19 pm
magnitude
-1.5
bright
peak
32°
in the NNW
visible for
8:29
W to NE
magnitude is approximate and lower is brighter; the ISS varies by about a magnitude with the angle of its panels. brightness fades as a satellite enters the earth's shadow, which is usually why a pass ends while it is still high in the sky. directions are where to look on the horizon.
planetarium:
13 of 21 above the horizon right now
satellite passes are the next visible pass for each tracked object, not a position right now: the glyph sits at the peak, and the faint part of the arc is where the satellite is above the horizon but in the earth's shadow, so too dark to see. point at any object or track to bring it forward and fade the rest. use the toggles above to hide whole groups. each body is drawn at its current position, with its track for the next 24 hours in the same color. dots on a track are whole hours, labeled every six. the faded part of a track is below the horizon. sizes follow real apparent diameter but on a compressed scale.
events:
conjunctions, comets and close approaches
upcoming:
comets brighter than magnitude 12:
positions computed here from Minor Planet Center orbital elements, not fetched per object. comet brightness predictions are notoriously optimistic: treat the magnitude as a rough guide, and anything fainter than about 8 needs a telescope.
minor planets:
asteroid close approaches:
source: JPL Center for Near Earth Object Studies. one lunar distance is 384,400 km. none of these are on a collision course; close approach lists exist because they are the routine traffic, not because anything is coming.
seasons:
seasons, eclipses and showers
seasons:
eclipses:
dates and type are computed from the geometry at new and full moon. local circumstances are not computed, so check whether one is visible from here before setting an alarm.
meteor showers: