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- Visibility
  8 mi
- Cloud
  Cover
  2%
- Ceiling
  20100 ft
Early AM

May 19

Lo 61°
Partly cloudy
Stargazing Weather
- Cloud
  Cover
  21%
- Precip
  20%
- Hours of Precip
  0
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Today

May 19

Hi 84°
Very warm with clouds and sun
Poor for stargazing
- Cloud
  Cover
  76%
- Precip
  55%
- Hours of Precip
  0.5
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Tomorrow

May 20

Hi 84°
Strong t-storms, mainly later
Poor for stargazing
- Cloud
  Cover
  69%
- Precip
  56%
- Hours of Precip
  4
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Thunderstorms, some strong, tomorrow afternoon through tomorrow evening

5/19 5/20 Now: 1:58am

AM 1-5

1am Mostly Clear 65° 1%
2am Mostly Clear 63° 3%
3am Mostly Clear 62° 3%
4am Mostly Clear 62° 3%
5am Mostly Clear 61° 3%

AM 6-11

6am Mostly Sunny 62° 3%
7am Mostly Sunny 63° 2%
8am Cloudy 67° 0%
9am Cloudy 70° 0%
10am Cloudy 74° 0%
11am Mostly Cloudy 78° 0%

PM 12-5

12pm Intermittent Clouds 79° 0%
1pm Partly Sunny 81° 0%
2pm Partly Sunny 83° 0%
3pm Intermittent Clouds 83° 0%
4pm Intermittent Clouds 83° 0%
5pm Intermittent Clouds 84° 0%

PM 6-11

6pm Intermittent Clouds 82° 0%
7pm Intermittent Clouds 81° 1%
8pm Mostly Cloudy 78° 5%
9pm Mostly Cloudy 76° 5%
10pm Mostly Cloudy 74° 6%
11pm Mostly Cloudy 72° 7%

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Solunar Information for Lena, IL

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Rises at 5:35 AM with 14:44 of sunlight, then sets at 8:19 PM

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Rises at 2:16 PM with 12:18 of moolight, then sets at 2:34 AM

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Fallout from Huge Solar Flare Sideswipes Earth Today

Space.com - May 18, 2013; 10:05 AM ET

The sun storm erupted late Tuesday (May 14) during a powerful solar flare — the fourth unleashed by a single sunspot in just 48 hours — and hurled a massive cloud of charged particles out into space at millions of miles an hour.
Mystery of Moon's Magnetic Field Deepens

Space.com - May 18, 2013; 9:57 AM ET

The moon generated a surprisingly intense magnetic field until at least 3.56 billion years ago, 160 million years longer than previously thought, a new study reports.
Yum! Curiosity Rover Swallows 1st Mars Sample, Finds Odd Bright Stuff

Space.com - May 16, 2013; 10:40 AM ET

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has swallowed its first tiny bite of Martian soil, after standing down for a spell while scientists checked out some strange bright bits in the dirt.
Oops! The 5 Greatest Scientific Blunders

LiveScience.com - May 16, 2013; 10:23 AM ET

These stories serve to show how even the smartest among us can err, and that in fact to achieve a big breakthrough, big risks are necessary, which sometimes also involve big failures.
Forget the Moon. Let's Go to Mars.

NationalGeographic.com - May 15, 2013; 8:04 AM ET

Buzz Aldrin says the Red Planet should be humankind's next destination.
Giant Gas Clouds Found In Void Between Nearby Galaxies

Space.com - May 12, 2013; 6:53 AM ET

A never-before-seen interstellar network of gas between two nearby galaxies may provide the raw material needed to fuel star formation for billions of years, scientists say.
Photos: 'Ring of Fire' Solar Eclipse Captured

Weather.AOL.com - May 11, 2013; 9:19 AM ET

A stunning solcar eclipse was visible for cities such as Sydney and Brisbane, Australia, on Friday, May 10, 2013.
Mars Rover Curiosity to Drill Into Bumpy 'Cumberland' Rock

Space.com - May 10, 2013; 11:55 AM ET

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity will perform its second-ever drilling operation soon, boring into a knobby section of bedrock dubbed "Cumberland," space agency officials announced Thursday.