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Wichita, Kansas

Last updated: 6:38 AM CDT  ·  Refresh
17°C
Feels like 18°
Overcast
▲ 21°  /  ▼ 15°
Wind
4 mph SSE
Humidity
96%
Dew Point
17°
Pressure
28.71 inHg
Visibility
5 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
95%
Sunrise
7:51 AM
Sunset
6:32 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Wichita is currently overcast at 17°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 63% around 5 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 603 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 7:51AM · Sunset: 6:32PM.

37 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
17°
0%
7 AM
17°
0%
8 AM
18°
0%
9 AM
18°
2%
10 AM
19°
7%
11 AM
20°
11%
12 PM
20°
13%
1 PM
21°
24%
2 PM
21°
31%
3 PM
20°
36%
4 PM
19°
56%
5 PM
19°
62%
6 PM
18°
57%
7 PM
18°
48%
8 PM
18°
45%
9 PM
17°
34%
10 PM
17°
26%
11 PM
17°
34%
12 AM
16°
30%
1 AM
16°
18%
2 AM
16°
9%
3 AM
16°
7%
4 AM
16°
7%
5 AM
16°
7%
7-Day Forecast
Today
21° 15°
Overcast with a 57% chance of rain.
Sat
18° 15°
Overcast with a 30% chance of rain.
Sun
21° 14°
Mostly Cloudy with a 27% chance of rain.
Mon
23° 14°
Mostly Cloudy with a 81% chance of rain.
Tue
16° 11°
Mostly Cloudy with a 34% chance of rain.
Wed
17° 9°
Partly Cloudy.
Thu
17° 8°
Partly Cloudy.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 17° Overcast 0% 4 mph SSE 96%
7 AM 17° Overcast 0% 5 mph SSE 96%
8 AM 18° Overcast 0% 6 mph SSE 96%
9 AM 18° Overcast 2% 7 mph SSE 95%
10 AM 19° Overcast 7% 8 mph SSE 93%
11 AM 20° Overcast 11% 8 mph S 91%
12 PM 20° Overcast 13% 9 mph S 88%
1 PM 21° Overcast 24% 10 mph S 85%
2 PM 21° Overcast 31% 10 mph S 85%
3 PM 20° Overcast 36% 9 mph SSW 86%
4 PM 19° Overcast 56% 8 mph SSW 86%
5 PM 19° Rain 62% 7 mph SSW 88%
6 PM 18° Rain 57% 6 mph S 91%
7 PM 18° Rain 48% 5 mph S 94%
8 PM 18° Rain 45% 6 mph SSW 94%
9 PM 17° Rain 34% 6 mph SSW 93%
10 PM 17° Rain 26% 5 mph SW 94%
11 PM 17° Rain 34% 4 mph SSW 94%
12 AM 16° Rain 30% 3 mph SSE 95%
1 AM 16° Overcast 18% 3 mph ESE 94%
2 AM 16° Overcast 9% 3 mph ESE 94%
3 AM 16° Rain 7% 3 mph ESE 94%
4 AM 16° Rain 7% 4 mph E 95%
5 AM 16° Overcast 7% 4 mph E 94%
15-Day Forecast
Today
10/30
Overcast
57%
15°
21°
Sat
10/31
Overcast
30%
15°
18°
Sun
11/1
Mostly Cloudy
27%
14°
21°
Mon
11/2
Mostly Cloudy
81%
14°
23°
Tue
11/3
Mostly Cloudy
34%
11°
16°
Wed
11/4
Partly Cloudy
10%
9°
17°
Thu
11/5
Partly Cloudy
13%
8°
17°
Fri
11/6
Partly Cloudy
7%
8°
17°
Sat
11/7
Partly Cloudy
18%
9°
16°
Sun
11/8
Rain
34%
9°
15°
Mon
11/9
Rain
22%
9°
17°
Tue
11/10
Clear
61%
9°
18°
Wed
11/11
Drizzle
70%
9°
17°
Thu
11/12
Drizzle
65%
9°
17°
Fri
11/13
Drizzle
76%
8°
16°
37
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
37 AQI 6.8 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
35 AQI 39 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Sat 37 Good 35 37
Sun 51 Moderate 39 51
Mon 48 Good 40 48
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 30, 10:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE43 J/kg
MLCAPE341 J/kg
MUCAPE584 J/kg
SBCIN-265 J/kg
MLCIN-75 J/kg
Lifted Index-0.0
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear11 kt
0–1 km Shear14 kt
Eff. Shear7 kt
0–1 km SRH34
0–3 km SRH15
Eff. SRH-19
Storm Motion253° @ 17 kt
0–1 km EHI0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index21.8
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.06 in
0–3 km LR4.5 °C/km
700–500 LR6.5 °C/km
Total Totals49.1
LCL964 hPa
LFC619 hPa
EL500 hPa
Freezing Lvl11,565 ft