Areal Flood Watch 1:00 PM Areal Flood Warning — Benton County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Linn County, IA 1:45 PM

Benton County, Iowa, United States

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17°C
Feels like 15°
Overcast
▲ 19°  /  ▼ 13°
Wind
14 mph NE
Humidity
94%
Dew Point
16°
Pressure
29.00 inHg
Visibility
7 mi
UV Index
3.1
Cloud Cover
88%
Sunrise
6:53 AM
Sunset
7:08 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Benton County is currently overcast at 17°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 64% around 12 PM. Sunrise: 6:53AM · Sunset: 7:08PM.

20 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
17°
62%
11 AM
16°
58%
12 PM
16°
63%
1 PM
16°
48%
2 PM
17°
35%
3 PM
17°
24%
4 PM
17°
36%
5 PM
17°
40%
6 PM
18°
39%
7 PM
18°
51%
8 PM
17°
51%
9 PM
17°
44%
10 PM
17°
45%
11 PM
17°
45%
12 AM
16°
42%
1 AM
16°
42%
2 AM
15°
43%
3 AM
14°
43%
4 AM
14°
37%
5 AM
14°
41%
6 AM
14°
41%
7 AM
13°
50%
8 AM
14°
50%
9 AM
13°
49%
7-Day Forecast
Today
19° 13°
Overcast with a 62% chance of rain.
Mon
17° 12°
Mostly Cloudy with a 61% chance of rain.
Tue
16°
Mostly Cloudy with a 55% chance of rain.
Wed
19°
Mostly Cloudy.
Thu
19° 10°
Clear.
Fri
19° 13°
Clear.
Sat
19° 12°
Clear with a 31% chance of rain.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 17° Overcast 62% 14 mph NE 94%
11 AM 16° Overcast 58% 14 mph NE 93%
12 PM 16° Overcast 63% 15 mph NE 93%
1 PM 16° Overcast 48% 15 mph NE 92%
2 PM 17° Overcast 35% 15 mph NE 91%
3 PM 17° Overcast 24% 15 mph ENE 89%
4 PM 17° Overcast 36% 14 mph ENE 90%
5 PM 17° Overcast 40% 13 mph ENE 90%
6 PM 18° Overcast 39% 13 mph ENE 90%
7 PM 18° Overcast 51% 12 mph ENE 90%
8 PM 17° Overcast 51% 12 mph ENE 90%
9 PM 17° Overcast 44% 11 mph ENE 89%
10 PM 17° Overcast 45% 11 mph ENE 89%
11 PM 17° Overcast 45% 12 mph ENE 86%
12 AM 16° Overcast 42% 12 mph ENE 85%
1 AM 16° Overcast 42% 13 mph ENE 83%
2 AM 15° Overcast 43% 13 mph ENE 84%
3 AM 14° Overcast 43% 12 mph NE 85%
4 AM 14° Overcast 37% 12 mph NE 86%
5 AM 14° Overcast 41% 12 mph NE 86%
6 AM 14° Overcast 41% 13 mph NE 86%
7 AM 13° Overcast 50% 13 mph NE 85%
8 AM 14° Overcast 50% 13 mph NE 86%
9 AM 13° Mostly Cloudy 49% 13 mph NE 87%
15-Day Forecast
Today
9/20
Overcast
62%
13°
19°
Mon
9/21
Mostly Cloudy
61%
12°
17°
Tue
9/22
Mostly Cloudy
55%
16°
Wed
9/23
Mostly Cloudy
3%
19°
Thu
9/24
Clear
8%
10°
19°
Fri
9/25
Clear
16%
13°
19°
Sat
9/26
Clear
31%
12°
19°
Sun
9/27
Drizzle
43%
11°
22°
Mon
9/28
Drizzle
68%
12°
22°
Tue
9/29
Drizzle
68%
13°
20°
Wed
9/30
Drizzle
60%
13°
21°
Thu
10/1
Drizzle
60%
12°
21°
Fri
10/2
Drizzle
60%
11°
19°
Sat
10/3
Drizzle
60%
10°
19°
Sun
10/4
Drizzle
60%
18°
20
Good
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: O3
50 100 150 200

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

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
12 AQI 2.2 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
20 AQI 22 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Mon 20 Good 20 12
Tue 19 Good 19 3
Wed 16 Good 16 6
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 LCLLFCEL0°C Temperature (°C) Pressure (hPa)
Temp Dewpoint Parcel (SB) CAPE CIN Dry adiabat Moist adiabat Mixing ratio
RAP
Valid Sun Sep 20, 13:00'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
SBCAPE2 J/kg
MLCAPE14 J/kg
MUCAPE0 J/kg
SBCIN-0 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index6.4
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear24 kt
0–1 km Shear7 kt
Eff. Shear
0–1 km SRH18
0–3 km SRH108
Eff. SRH
Storm Motion340° @ 17 kt
0–1 km EHI0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)
Supercell
K-Index31.7
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.71 in
0–3 km LR3.7 °C/km
700–500 LR5.1 °C/km
Total Totals41.1
LCL968 hPa
LFC975 hPa
EL922 hPa
Freezing Lvl13,442 ft