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Smith County, Kansas, United States

Last updated: 7:52 AM CDT  ·  Refresh
23°C
Feels like 24°
Mostly Clear
▲ 37°  /  ▼ 22°
Wind
5 mph SE
Humidity
72%
Dew Point
19°
Pressure
28.02 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
2.3
Cloud Cover
25%
Sunrise
7:06 AM
Sunset
7:59 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Smith County is currently mostly clear at 23°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1474 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 7:06AM · Sunset: 7:59PM.

41 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
23°
11%
8 AM
24°
23%
9 AM
27°
14%
10 AM
28°
14%
11 AM
31°
14%
12 PM
33°
7%
1 PM
35°
4%
2 PM
36°
7%
3 PM
36°
8%
4 PM
36°
16%
5 PM
36°
16%
6 PM
35°
17%
7 PM
33°
17%
8 PM
31°
17%
9 PM
28°
17%
10 PM
28°
18%
11 PM
27°
18%
12 AM
27°
18%
1 AM
27°
18%
2 AM
25°
19%
3 AM
24°
25%
4 AM
24°
25%
5 AM
22°
26%
6 AM
22°
26%
7-Day Forecast
Today
37° 22°
Mostly Clear.
Sun
34° 22°
Partly Cloudy with a 29% chance of rain.
Mon
39° 21°
Clear.
Tue
37° 22°
Mostly Cloudy with a 58% chance of rain.
Wed
31° 18°
Rain, 64% chance.
Thu
33° 17°
Clear with a 29% chance of rain.
Fri
37° 17°
Rain, 28% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 23° Mostly Clear 11% 5 mph SE 72%
8 AM 24° Mostly Clear 23% 5 mph SSE 62%
9 AM 27° Mostly Clear 14% 6 mph S 53%
10 AM 28° Partly Cloudy 14% 6 mph S 48%
11 AM 31° Partly Cloudy 14% 6 mph SSE 43%
12 PM 33° Partly Cloudy 7% 7 mph SSE 38%
1 PM 35° Mostly Clear 4% 9 mph SSE 35%
2 PM 36° Mostly Clear 7% 10 mph SSE 33%
3 PM 36° Clear 8% 10 mph SSE 31%
4 PM 36° Clear 16% 11 mph SSE 33%
5 PM 36° Clear 16% 11 mph SSE 36%
6 PM 35° Clear 17% 11 mph SSE 39%
7 PM 33° Clear 17% 9 mph SSE 44%
8 PM 31° Clear 17% 7 mph SE 50%
9 PM 28° Clear 17% 6 mph SE 56%
10 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 18% 6 mph SE 58%
11 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 18% 6 mph SE 58%
12 AM 27° Overcast 18% 7 mph SSE 59%
1 AM 27° Overcast 18% 6 mph SE 60%
2 AM 25° Overcast 19% 6 mph SE 61%
3 AM 24° Overcast 25% 7 mph ESE 61%
4 AM 24° Overcast 25% 6 mph ESE 62%
5 AM 22° Overcast 26% 5 mph ESE 63%
6 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 26% 5 mph ESE 64%
15-Day Forecast
Today
9/5
Mostly Clear
18%
22°
37°
Sun
9/6
Partly Cloudy
29%
22°
34°
Mon
9/7
Clear
12%
21°
39°
Tue
9/8
Mostly Cloudy
58%
22°
37°
Wed
9/9
Rain
64%
18°
31°
Thu
9/10
Clear
29%
17°
33°
Fri
9/11
Rain
28%
17°
37°
Sat
9/12
Drizzle
68%
18°
37°
Sun
9/13
Rain
68%
18°
34°
Mon
9/14
Rain
68%
17°
29°
Tue
9/15
Clear
60%
15°
32°
Wed
9/16
Clear
60%
20°
32°
Thu
9/17
Drizzle
60%
19°
31°
Fri
9/18
Clear
60%
19°
32°
Sat
9/19
Drizzle
60%
19°
31°
41
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
35 AQI 6.3 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
41 AQI 45 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Sun 41 Good 41 35
Mon 37 Good 37 27
Tue 44 Good 44 38
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 Sat Sep 5, 11:00'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
SBCAPE211 J/kg
MLCAPE270 J/kg
MUCAPE321 J/kg
SBCIN-707 J/kg
MLCIN-431 J/kg
Lifted Index-1.4
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear13 kt
0–1 km Shear17 kt
Eff. Shear12 kt
0–1 km SRH109
0–3 km SRH73
Eff. SRH-76
Storm Motion306° @ 10 kt
0–1 km EHI0.1
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index31.7
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.41 in
0–3 km LR4.2 °C/km
700–500 LR7.2 °C/km
Total Totals49.8
LCL889 hPa
LFC588 hPa
EL315 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,167 ft