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Dakota County, Nebraska, United States

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21°C
Feels like 21°
Overcast
▲ 34°  /  ▼ 19°
Wind
8 mph E
Humidity
87%
Dew Point
18°
Pressure
28.64 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
96%
Sunrise
6:52 AM
Sunset
7:58 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Dakota County is currently overcast at 21°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 73% around 3 AM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 2252 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:52AM · Sunset: 7:58PM.

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45 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
21°
73%
4 AM
21°
29%
5 AM
19°
29%
6 AM
18°
21%
7 AM
19°
20%
8 AM
22°
20%
9 AM
23°
7%
10 AM
25°
4%
11 AM
27°
4%
12 PM
29°
3%
1 PM
32°
5%
2 PM
33°
8%
3 PM
34°
8%
4 PM
34°
25%
5 PM
34°
25%
6 PM
33°
30%
7 PM
31°
39%
8 PM
29°
44%
9 PM
26°
44%
10 PM
24°
44%
11 PM
23°
55%
12 AM
23°
55%
1 AM
24°
56%
2 AM
24°
52%
7-Day Forecast
Today
34° 19°
Clear with a 73% chance of rain.
Thu
38° 19°
Clear with a 44% chance of rain.
Fri
38° 23°
Partly Cloudy with a 28% chance of rain.
Sat
36° 22°
Mostly Clear with a 40% chance of rain.
Sun
37° 21°
Drizzle, 64% chance.
Mon
37° 20°
Rain, 82% chance.
Tue
34° 19°
Drizzle, 53% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 21° Overcast 73% 8 mph E 87%
4 AM 21° Partly Cloudy 29% 8 mph ESE 86%
5 AM 19° Partly Cloudy 29% 8 mph SE 88%
6 AM 18° Mostly Clear 21% 7 mph SE 89%
7 AM 19° Mostly Clear 20% 6 mph SE 85%
8 AM 22° Mostly Clear 20% 6 mph SE 79%
9 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 7% 6 mph SSE 72%
10 AM 25° Mostly Clear 4% 6 mph SSE 64%
11 AM 27° Mostly Clear 4% 6 mph S 56%
12 PM 29° Clear 3% 7 mph S 48%
1 PM 32° Clear 5% 8 mph S 44%
2 PM 33° Clear 8% 9 mph S 40%
3 PM 34° Clear 8% 10 mph S 37%
4 PM 34° Clear 25% 9 mph S 38%
5 PM 34° Clear 25% 8 mph S 41%
6 PM 33° Clear 30% 6 mph S 44%
7 PM 31° Mostly Clear 39% 7 mph S 51%
8 PM 29° Mostly Clear 44% 7 mph S 59%
9 PM 26° Mostly Clear 44% 8 mph S 66%
10 PM 24° Mostly Clear 44% 8 mph S 70%
11 PM 23° Mostly Clear 55% 8 mph SSE 72%
12 AM 23° Mostly Clear 55% 8 mph SSE 75%
1 AM 24° Mostly Clear 56% 7 mph SE 78%
2 AM 24° Rain 52% 8 mph SE 80%
15-Day Forecast
Today
9/2
Clear
73%
19°
34°
Thu
9/3
Clear
44%
19°
38°
Fri
9/4
Partly Cloudy
28%
23°
38°
Sat
9/5
Mostly Clear
40%
22°
36°
Sun
9/6
Drizzle
64%
21°
37°
Mon
9/7
Rain
82%
20°
37°
Tue
9/8
Drizzle
53%
19°
34°
Wed
9/9
Drizzle
53%
18°
29°
Thu
9/10
Drizzle
44%
17°
29°
Fri
9/11
Rain
68%
15°
32°
Sat
9/12
Drizzle
60%
16°
29°
Sun
9/13
Clear
60%
16°
29°
Mon
9/14
Drizzle
60%
16°
29°
Tue
9/15
Drizzle
60%
16°
29°
Wed
9/16
Clear
60%
15°
29°
45
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
37 AQI 6.6 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
45 AQI 50 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 45 Good 45 37
Thu 36 Good 36 32
Fri 43 Good 43 33
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 Wed Sep 2, 07:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE0 J/kg
MLCAPE996 J/kg
MUCAPE1805 J/kg
SBCIN0 J/kg
MLCIN-270 J/kg
Lifted Index0.4
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear40 kt
0–1 km Shear23 kt
Eff. Shear30 kt
0–1 km SRH77
0–3 km SRH161
Eff. SRH182
Storm Motion277° @ 31 kt
0–1 km EHI0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell5.1
K-Index41.6
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.02 in
0–3 km LR4.1 °C/km
700–500 LR6.5 °C/km
Total Totals52.3
LCL940 hPa
LFC970 hPa
EL970 hPa
Freezing Lvl13,514 ft