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 "number": 1096,
 "headline": "Chicago's forecast for Saturday has moved 7\u00b0F warmer",
 "standfirst": "71\u00b0F in the 20260913T12:00Z run, 78\u00b0F in the 20260915T06:00Z \u2014 the 3rd-largest revision of the 5 cities on the roster that moved at all. The current run's 10th-to-90th percentile spread at that hour is 20\u00b0F.",
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  "place": "Chicago",
  "state": "Illinois",
  "lat": 41.878,
  "lon": -87.63,
  "site_key": "illinois",
  "site_name": "Forecast Illinois",
  "site_url": "https://forecastillinois.com",
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 "edition": "2026-09-15",
 "published": "2026-09-15T17:25:47Z",
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 "body_html": "<p>Successive cycles do not merely refresh a forecast; they leave a trail. For Saturday, September 19 at 21Z in Chicago, that trail runs from <span class=\"mono\">70.7\u00b0F</span> in the <span class=\"mono\">20260913T12:00Z</span> cycle to <span class=\"mono\">77.9\u00b0F</span> in the <span class=\"mono\">20260915T06:00Z</span> \u2014 a move of <span class=\"mono\">+7.3\u00b0F</span> across 8 runs.</p><p>The change sits well inside the run's own spread, which is the guidance converging rather than reversing.</p><p class=\"note\">Model NBM-QMD, via api.weather.city /v1/history. Percentiles are the same run's own.</p>",
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   "text": "forecast revision for Saturday at 21Z",
   "value": 7.3,
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   "rank": 3,
   "of": 5,
   "period": "8 synoptic cycles",
   "source": "api.weather.city /v1/history (nbm-qmd)"
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  {
   "text": "10th-to-90th percentile spread at that hour",
   "value": 19.6,
   "unit": "\u00b0F",
   "normal": 7.3,
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   "of": null,
   "period": "current run",
   "source": "api.weather.city (nbm-qmd)"
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  "model": "nbm-qmd",
  "cycle": "20260915T06:00Z",
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  "pairing_rule": "the same valid time read from successive synoptic cycles; the move is last run minus first run",
  "detector": "revision",
  "detector_version": "1",
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   "city": "Chicago",
   "lat": 41.878,
   "lon": -87.63,
   "runs": 8,
   "valid": "2026-09-19T21:00:00",
   "first_run": "20260913T12:00Z",
   "last_run": "20260915T06:00Z"
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