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Palo Alto County, Iowa, United States

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20°C
Feels like 21°
Rain
▲ 32°  /  ▼ 19°
Wind
8 mph E
Humidity
95%
Dew Point
18°
Pressure
28.64 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
79%
Sunrise
6:44 AM
Sunset
7:51 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Palo Alto County is currently rain at 20°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 76% around 3 AM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1912 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:44AM · Sunset: 7:51PM.

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47 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
20°
75%
4 AM
19°
54%
5 AM
17°
50%
6 AM
17°
32%
7 AM
18°
29%
8 AM
19°
27%
9 AM
21°
10%
10 AM
23°
8%
11 AM
25°
8%
12 PM
28°
6%
1 PM
29°
9%
2 PM
31°
12%
3 PM
31°
12%
4 PM
31°
21%
5 PM
32°
17%
6 PM
31°
18%
7 PM
29°
24%
8 PM
27°
33%
9 PM
24°
34%
10 PM
23°
43%
11 PM
22°
44%
12 AM
22°
44%
1 AM
23°
56%
2 AM
22°
56%
7-Day Forecast
Today
32° 19°
Mostly Clear with a 75% chance of rain.
Thu
36° 19°
Rain, 66% chance.
Fri
38° 19°
Clear with a 57% chance of rain.
Sat
36° 19°
Clear with a 73% chance of rain.
Sun
38° 18°
Drizzle, 51% chance.
Mon
32° 18°
Rain, 82% chance.
Tue
38° 18°
Drizzle, 53% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 20° Rain 75% 8 mph E 95%
4 AM 19° Rain 54% 8 mph SE 95%
5 AM 17° Rain 50% 6 mph ESE 96%
6 AM 17° Mostly Cloudy 32% 6 mph SE 96%
7 AM 18° Partly Cloudy 29% 6 mph SE 92%
8 AM 19° Partly Cloudy 27% 5 mph SE 87%
9 AM 21° Mostly Clear 10% 5 mph SSE 82%
10 AM 23° Mostly Clear 8% 6 mph SSE 74%
11 AM 25° Clear 8% 7 mph SSE 64%
12 PM 28° Clear 6% 7 mph SSE 55%
1 PM 29° Clear 9% 8 mph S 51%
2 PM 31° Clear 12% 9 mph S 48%
3 PM 31° Clear 12% 10 mph S 46%
4 PM 31° Clear 21% 9 mph S 46%
5 PM 32° Clear 17% 8 mph S 49%
6 PM 31° Clear 18% 6 mph SSE 52%
7 PM 29° Clear 24% 6 mph SSE 59%
8 PM 27° Clear 33% 6 mph SSE 66%
9 PM 24° Clear 34% 6 mph SE 73%
10 PM 23° Mostly Clear 43% 6 mph SSE 75%
11 PM 22° Partly Cloudy 44% 6 mph SSE 75%
12 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 44% 8 mph S 76%
1 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 56% 6 mph S 78%
2 AM 22° Rain 56% 7 mph SSW 80%
15-Day Forecast
Today
9/2
Mostly Clear
75%
19°
32°
Thu
9/3
Rain
66%
19°
36°
Fri
9/4
Clear
57%
19°
38°
Sat
9/5
Clear
73%
19°
36°
Sun
9/6
Drizzle
51%
18°
38°
Mon
9/7
Rain
82%
18°
32°
Tue
9/8
Drizzle
53%
18°
38°
Wed
9/9
Drizzle
53%
13°
30°
Thu
9/10
Drizzle
44%
12°
29°
Fri
9/11
Drizzle
68%
13°
32°
Sat
9/12
Drizzle
60%
16°
29°
Sun
9/13
Drizzle
60%
15°
29°
Mon
9/14
Clear
60%
15°
29°
Tue
9/15
Clear
60%
14°
29°
Wed
9/16
Clear
60%
14°
29°
47
Good
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: PM2.5
50 100 150 200

Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no health risk.

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
Dominant
47 AQI 8.6 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
37 AQI 41 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 47 Good 37 47
Thu 42 Good 42 42
Fri 36 Good 35 36
About the Air Quality Index
0–50 Good
51–100 Moderate
101–150 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
151–200 Unhealthy
201–300 Very Unhealthy
301–500 Hazardous

The U.S. AQI runs 0–500. The overall value equals the highest individual pollutant sub-index, and the dominant pollutant is the one driving it. PM2.5 (fine particles) is reported in µg/m³ and ozone (O3) in ppb. Forecast source: NWS NAQFC.

1000850700500400300250200150100 -40-30-20-10010203040 0.41247101624 LCL0°C Temperature (°C) Pressure (hPa)
Temp Dewpoint Parcel (SB) CAPE CIN Dry adiabat Moist adiabat Mixing ratio
RAP
Valid Wed Sep 2, 07:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 50 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE0 J/kg
MLCAPE670 J/kg
MUCAPE1599 J/kg
SBCIN—
MLCIN-130 J/kg
Lifted Index0.4
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear46 kt
0–1 km Shear19 kt
Eff. Shear31 kt
0–1 km SRH16
0–3 km SRH90
Eff. SRH88
Storm Motion269° @ 34 kt
0–1 km EHI0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.1
Supercell2.3
K-Index42.1
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.18 in
0–3 km LR3.9 °C/km
700–500 LR6.5 °C/km
Total Totals51.4
LCL951 hPa
LFC—
EL—
Freezing Lvl13,547 ft