Freeze Watch 9:00 AM

Polk County, Nebraska, United States

Last updated: 4:28 AM CDT  ·  Refresh
7°C
Feels like 2°
Mostly Cloudy
▲ 11°  /  ▼ 0°
Wind
19 mph NW
Humidity
73%
Dew Point
3°
Pressure
28.65 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
63%
Sunrise
7:42 AM
Sunset
6:47 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Polk County is currently mostly cloudy at 7°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Sunrise: 7:42AM · Sunset: 6:47PM.

30 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
7°
3%
5 AM
6°
3%
6 AM
4°
3%
7 AM
4°
3%
8 AM
4°
3%
9 AM
4°
3%
10 AM
6°
3%
11 AM
7°
3%
12 PM
7°
3%
1 PM
8°
3%
2 PM
9°
3%
3 PM
10°
3%
4 PM
10°
3%
5 PM
9°
3%
6 PM
8°
3%
7 PM
7°
3%
8 PM
7°
3%
9 PM
6°
3%
10 PM
5°
3%
11 PM
3°
3%
12 AM
3°
3%
1 AM
2°
3%
2 AM
2°
3%
3 AM
2°
3%
7-Day Forecast
Today
11° 0°
Mostly Clear.
Sat
16° 0°
Clear.
Sun
19° 3°
Clear.
Mon
18° 6°
Clear.
Tue
21° 8°
Rain, 21% chance.
Wed
23° 12°
Clear with a 30% chance of rain.
Thu
24° 13°
Clear with a 31% chance of rain.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 7° Mostly Cloudy 3% 19 mph NW 73%
5 AM 6° Mostly Cloudy 3% 19 mph NNW 72%
6 AM 4° Mostly Cloudy 3% 20 mph NNW 72%
7 AM 4° Partly Cloudy 3% 21 mph NNW 71%
8 AM 4° Partly Cloudy 3% 22 mph NNW 69%
9 AM 4° Partly Cloudy 3% 23 mph NNW 66%
10 AM 6° Partly Cloudy 3% 24 mph N 63%
11 AM 7° Partly Cloudy 3% 23 mph N 59%
12 PM 7° Partly Cloudy 3% 21 mph N 55%
1 PM 8° Mostly Clear 3% 20 mph N 52%
2 PM 9° Clear 3% 18 mph N 49%
3 PM 10° Clear 3% 16 mph N 47%
4 PM 10° Clear 3% 14 mph N 47%
5 PM 9° Clear 3% 11 mph N 50%
6 PM 8° Clear 3% 8 mph N 54%
7 PM 7° Clear 3% 6 mph N 57%
8 PM 7° Clear 3% 4 mph N 58%
9 PM 6° Clear 3% 4 mph N 59%
10 PM 5° Clear 3% 3 mph N 60%
11 PM 3° Clear 3% 3 mph NW 62%
12 AM 3° Clear 3% 4 mph S 63%
1 AM 2° Clear 3% 4 mph S 64%
2 AM 2° Clear 3% 5 mph SSW 66%
3 AM 2° Clear 3% 6 mph SSW 68%
15-Day Forecast
Today
10/16
Mostly Clear
3%
0°
11°
Sat
10/17
Clear
3%
0°
16°
Sun
10/18
Clear
3%
3°
19°
Mon
10/19
Clear
7%
6°
18°
Tue
10/20
Rain
21%
8°
21°
Wed
10/21
Clear
30%
12°
23°
Thu
10/22
Clear
31%
13°
24°
Fri
10/23
Drizzle
43%
14°
27°
Sat
10/24
Drizzle
44%
10°
23°
Sun
10/25
Rain
68%
5°
15°
Mon
10/26
Drizzle
60%
5°
17°
Tue
10/27
Drizzle
60%
7°
17°
Wed
10/28
Drizzle
60%
8°
17°
Thu
10/29
Drizzle
60%
8°
17°
Fri
10/30
Clear
60%
7°
17°
30
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
30 AQI 5.4 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
26 AQI 28 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 30 Good 26 30
Sat 24 Good 24 7
Sun 29 Good 29 14
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 Fri Oct 16, 08:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE0 J/kg
MLCAPE10 J/kg
MUCAPE0 J/kg
SBCIN-54 J/kg
MLCIN-11 J/kg
Lifted Index7.2
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear27 kt
0–1 km Shear35 kt
Eff. Shear—
0–1 km SRH172
0–3 km SRH155
Eff. SRH—
Storm Motion354° @ 47 kt
0–1 km EHI0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)—
Supercell—
K-Index16.2
Thermo & Levels
PWAT0.46 in
0–3 km LR5.9 °C/km
700–500 LR6.5 °C/km
Total Totals47.1
LCL912 hPa
LFC783 hPa
EL774 hPa
Freezing Lvl3,114 ft