Rain likely, mainly after 5pm. Patchy fog before noon. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 63. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 14 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tonight
Rain and possibly a thunderstorm before 1am, then a chance of rain and thunderstorms between 1am and 3am, then a slight chance of rain after 3am. Low around 50. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 20 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 39 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Friday
Partly sunny, with a temperature falling to around 47 by 5pm. West southwest wind 13 to 18 mph becoming north 6 to 11 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.
On October 20, the high school Earth & Space Science class took a field trip to the Little Wabash River access on the Effingham TREC trail to collect water samples and kick off the watershed unit in class.