Mount Prospect, Il. Weather

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Mount Prospect,Il, USA

Updated: 01/27/2012 5:00pm

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WXSIM Risk forecast for Mount Prospect, initialized at 12:55 PM 27 Jan, 2012
	No Hazards
	Significant weather events are not anticipated in the forecast period.
* THIS FORECAST WAS MADE IN AUTOMATED MODE AND MAY BE LESS ACCURATE THAN OTHERWISE *

Today's Temperature Facts

Tonights forecast low of 25° is 7 degrees warmer than the normal low of 18°

METRIC | IMPERIAL

Updated: 01/27/2012 @ 5:00:00 pm

Temperature

Good Afternoon! Current Conditions and Tonight's Outlook

Currently Outside: 38.5°F Feels like: 34°F Cold
High Today 46.5°F 1:29pm	Low Today 30.7°F 7:36am
Rec* High 61.0°F 2002	Rec* Low -10.0°F 1955
* Records from Weather Underground

	It is Overcast
	Wind: SW 5.3 Gusting to: 2.7
	Rain Today: 0.00 in

This afternoon	Fair to partly cloudy. Relatively mild.

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Current Fire Weather Index

Today:
0.2 of 31

Dew Point

Liquid Precipitation

Wind

Sun/Moon

Dew Point:	26.6°F
In Last Hour:	+1.5°F
High Dew Point:	31.4°F at 12:00 AM
Low Dew Point:	24.7°F at 3:51 PM
Wetbulb:	34.4°F

Today:	0.00 in
Yesterday:	0.00 in
Last 7 Days:	0.99 in
January Rain:	1.64 in
January Avg:	0.99 in
Diff from Avg:	0.65 in
Rain Season:¹	1.64 in
Last YTD Rain:¹	0.12 in
Last Rain Time/Date:	1/25/2012 at 6:10 PM
9 rain days in 2012
9 days in January 2 days since last rain

Currently:	SW at 5.3 mph
Gusting To:	2.7
Max Gust:	20.2@ 5:49am
1Hr Average:	4.5 mph
Max Gust This Month:	45.1 mph on Jan 1
Wind Run:	63.99 miles

Daylight:

09:50

+00:02
Minutes

20%
Illuminated

Humidity

Barometer

Humidity:	62 %
In Last Hour:	+12%
High Today	94% at 12:00 AM
Low Today	47% at 2:56 PM

Current:	29.924 inHg
In Last Hour:	Rising slowly
High Today:	29.926 at 4:58 PM
Low Today:	29.624 at 12:15 AM

Heating Degree Days

Lightning Strikes

Wind Chill

Air

Today:	21.8
January:	984.7
2012 to Date:	984.7
Cooling Degree Days
2012 to Date:	0.0

Last Min:	0
Last 5 Mins:	0
Last 30 Mins:	0
Last 60 Mins:	0
Last 12 Hrs:	0
January:	0
2012 to Date:	0
Last Strike:

Current:	34.5°F
Today:	23.1°F at 8:11am
Yesterday:	23.4°F
Record:	-38.9°F Jan-16-2009

Quality
Index⁶:
39

Good

Density:
1.273 kg/m³

UV Summary/Forecast

Solar Summary

High Today: 1.1 @ 12:21pm

28 Jan 2012 Low 1.4

29 Jan 2012 Low 1.1

High Today: 333 @ 12:09pm

Today: 04:43 Month: 74:17 Hrs

Rise: 7:09 AM Set: 4:59 PM

Almanac

Irrigation Index⁵

Station All Time Records

Cloud Level

Currently:	Afternoon
YTD Avg Temp:	28.5°F
Sunrise:	7:09am
Sunset:	4:59pm
Moonrise:	8:58am
Moonset:	8:51pm
Full Moon:	7 February 2012
New Moon:	22:35 UTC 21 February 2012

Updated at Midnight
Current ET:	0.04 in
7-Days Rain:	0.99 in
7-Days ET:	0.10 in
7-Day:	0.886 in
January:	1.11 in

HIGHS:	LOWS:
100.9°F Jul-21-2011	-16.8°F Jan-16-2009
Daytime Records
93.4°F Jul-21-2011	-6.2°F Jan-15-2009
Nitetime Records
86.9°F Jul-21-2011	-12.6°F Jan-16-2009
ICN:13 \| ISS:Ok \| CON:41.8 \| RCP:99%

¹ Rain season: Jan 1st to Dec 31st. ⁴ Updated at Noon Central Time ⁵ Estimated amount of water needed to replace the water used by plants and evaporation from the past week. (Negative numbers mean amount of water needed, positive numbers mean excess water is present.) ⁶ Air Quality Index is provided by Minnesota Polution Control Agency and is updated hourly between the hours of 6AM and Midnight.

Our In-House Weather Forecast - Outlook Saturday & Saturday Night

50% Tonight	Cloudy in the evening, becoming dense overcast after midnight. A slight chance of a mix of snow and rain in the evening, then a chance of snow after midnight. Breezy. Wind chill ranging from 21 to 32. Precipitation (liquid equivalent) mostly around a tenth of an inch. Snow accumulation about half an inch.		Saturday	Partly to mostly sunny in the morning, becoming sunny in the afternoon. Windy. Wind chill ranging from 18 to 23.