🚨 Fairview Park Alerts
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📅 Fairview Park Forecast
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🌅 Sun Clock
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🧪 Weather Instrument Lab
Click a measurement to learnDew Point
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Dew point tells how much moisture is in the air. When it is high, the air can feel muggy.
Pressure
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Air pressure is the weight of the air above us. Falling pressure can sometimes signal changing or stormier weather.
Visibility
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Visibility is how far you can clearly see. Fog, heavy rain and snow can make visibility smaller.
Wind Gust
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A gust is a short burst of faster wind. Gusts can be much stronger than the average wind speed.
Wind Direction
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The arrow points toward the direction the wind is coming from.
⛈️ Severe Storm Lab
Storm Prediction CenterToday's severe-weather outlook
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Checking the outlook at Fairview Park.
Click to learn the SPC risk scale ↓
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Weather scientist tip: An outlook is not the same thing as a warning. An outlook tells where storms may develop; a warning means dangerous weather is happening or about to happen.
🌧️ Rain & Outdoor Weather Lab
Two separate 5-day outlooksWPC Heavy Rain Risk
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Shows the chance of rainfall heavy enough to cause flooding problems.
Click to learn the WPC risk scale ↓
SPC Fire Weather
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Dry air, wind and dry plants can combine to make fires spread faster.
Click to learn the fire-weather scale ↓
🌧️ WPC Heavy Rain — 5-Day Outlook
🔥 SPC Fire Weather — 5-Day Outlook
☔ William's Weather Scout
Umbrella ready! Weather scientists compare what they see outside with radar, satellite and forecasts.
Click or tap William for another quick weather fact.
🎯 Outlook Risk School
Click a product, then click a risk levelThree outlooks, three different questions: SPC severe weather asks where organized severe thunderstorms may occur. WPC excessive rainfall asks where heavy rain could cause flash flooding. SPC fire weather asks where weather and dry fuels could help fires start or spread rapidly. Higher levels mean forecasters are more concerned, but an outlook never guarantees that dangerous weather will happen at one exact house.
📡 William's Radar Station
NWS Indianapolis KIND • warning polygons included
Open official NWS radar ↗
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How radar works: Weather radar sends out radio waves. Some energy bounces off raindrops, snowflakes or hail and returns to the radar. This animated NWS Indianapolis (KIND) image also includes official warning polygons; use the color key across the top of the radar. The ★ Fairview Park marker is added by William's Weather Lab to help him find home on the fixed NWS image. The page reloads the latest radar loop every 2 minutes.
🔎 Radar Detective
Watch the animated NWS radar loop and the warning polygons. Find the ★ Fairview Park marker, then record what you observe nearby.
There is no automatic “right” answer here — the goal is to practice reading motion, warning polygons and Fairview Park’s position on real NWS radar.
🧠 Weather Word
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Dew Point
Fairview Park fact: Fairview Park is in Vermillion County, just north of Clinton. This page checks the weather at the town itself instead of using statewide alerts.
🛰️ William's Satellite Lab
NOAA GOES-19 • view Earth from about 22,000 miles above it
GeoColor • true-color-like clouds and land by day, infrared cloud information at night
The image comes directly from NOAA/NESDIS. The CONUS satellite imagery is normally updated about every 5 minutes.
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🛰️ What does a weather satellite do?Satellites watch huge parts of Earth at once. Meteorologists use them to follow clouds, moisture, storm growth, cloud-top temperatures and large weather systems that cannot be seen from one ground station.
🌎 Why does GOES seem to stay in one place?GOES is geostationary. It orbits above the equator at the same rate Earth rotates, so it keeps watching the same broad part of the planet.
👀 GeoColorDuring daylight it looks similar to a view from space. At night it blends infrared information with a reference layer of city lights so clouds remain visible.
🌡️ InfraredInfrared senses emitted energy and lets meteorologists estimate cloud-top temperatures even at night. Very cold cloud tops can be a clue that thunderstorms have grown very tall.
💧 Water VaporWater-vapor imagery highlights moisture patterns in the atmosphere. Meteorologists use those patterns to follow upper-level winds, dry air and ingredients that can help storms develop.
🔭 Satellite Detective
Switch between GeoColor, Infrared and Water Vapor. Look near Indiana and then across the rest of the country. What changes between the three views?
Hint: the same storm can look very different depending on what part of the atmosphere the satellite instrument is showing.
🌪️ Extreme Weather Explorer
Click a hazard to learn the science and the safety ruleWeather can be fascinating and dangerous at the same time. These facts explain what the hazards are, how meteorologists describe them, and the safest response when they threaten.
☁️ Cloud Identification Lab
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🌡️ Feels-Like Experiment
Try hot weather to see humidity change the heat index, or cold weather to see wind change wind chill. The official-style formulas use different ingredients, so not every slider affects every kind of weather.
Heat Index mode
Humidity affects this resultWind is not used here
105.9°FHeat index experiment result
When current conditions load, use the Fairview Park button to compare.
🎈 Air Pressure Lab
Current pressure
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This browser will compare pressure readings taken at different times. Rising and falling pressure are clues — not guarantees — about changing weather.
Pressure checks are stored only in this browser for up to 48 hours.
🧭 Wind Explorer
Where is it coming from?Choose the direction the wind is coming from according to the live observation.
💧 Water Cycle Mini-Lab
Click a step to follow one drop of water around the cycle.
Explore all four steps to unlock the Water Cycle Whiz badge.
⛈️ Severe Weather School
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These are practice situations. During real dangerous weather, follow NWS warnings and instructions from trusted adults.
🌳 Try This Outside — When Safe
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📊 William's Weather Records
Built from observations seen on this PCThese are records from the nearest NWS station on the days this page was opened — not official all-time Fairview Park climate records.
🏅 Achievement Badges
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🏆 William's Live Weather Challenge
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🪣 William's Rain Gauge Journal
Saved only in this browserTry this: Put a rain gauge in an open spot away from roofs and trees. Record the amount after rain, then compare your measurement with what the forecast predicted.