Urbandale, Iowa

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23°C
Feels like 24°
Clear
▲ 31°  /  ▼ 17°
Wind
6 mph NNW
Humidity
79%
Dew Point
19°
Pressure
29.00 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
0%
Sunrise
6:30 AM
Sunset
8:05 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Urbandale is currently clear at 23°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 881 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:30AM · Sunset: 8:05PM.

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36 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
23°
3%
10 PM
22°
21%
11 PM
21°
21%
12 AM
21°
14%
1 AM
21°
3%
2 AM
20°
3%
3 AM
20°
3%
4 AM
19°
3%
5 AM
19°
3%
6 AM
17°
3%
7 AM
17°
3%
8 AM
19°
3%
9 AM
22°
3%
10 AM
24°
3%
11 AM
26°
3%
12 PM
27°
3%
1 PM
27°
3%
2 PM
29°
3%
3 PM
29°
3%
4 PM
30°
3%
5 PM
29°
3%
6 PM
28°
3%
7 PM
27°
3%
8 PM
26°
3%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
31° 17°
Clear.
Sat
30° 17°
Mostly Clear.
Sun
29° 16°
Partly Cloudy with a 34% chance of rain.
Mon
29° 16°
Overcast with a 62% chance of rain.
Tue
34° 17°
Drizzle, 64% chance.
Wed
34° 18°
Drizzle, 64% chance.
Thu
32° 17°
Clear with a 52% chance of rain.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 23° Clear 3% 6 mph NNW 79%
10 PM 22° Clear 21% 7 mph N 79%
11 PM 21° Clear 21% 6 mph N 82%
12 AM 21° Partly Cloudy 14% 5 mph NNW 85%
1 AM 21° Mostly Clear 3% 5 mph NNW 86%
2 AM 20° Clear 3% 4 mph N 83%
3 AM 20° Clear 3% 4 mph NNW 81%
4 AM 19° Clear 3% 4 mph NNW 78%
5 AM 19° Clear 3% 4 mph NW 80%
6 AM 17° Clear 3% 4 mph WNW 82%
7 AM 17° Clear 3% 4 mph WNW 82%
8 AM 19° Clear 3% 5 mph WNW 77%
9 AM 22° Clear 3% 6 mph NW 71%
10 AM 24° Clear 3% 7 mph NW 65%
11 AM 26° Clear 3% 8 mph NW 60%
12 PM 27° Mostly Clear 3% 8 mph NW 55%
1 PM 27° Mostly Clear 3% 9 mph NW 51%
2 PM 29° Mostly Clear 3% 9 mph NNW 50%
3 PM 29° Mostly Clear 3% 9 mph NNW 50%
4 PM 30° Mostly Clear 3% 9 mph NNW 50%
5 PM 29° Mostly Clear 3% 8 mph NNW 54%
6 PM 28° Mostly Clear 3% 8 mph N 58%
7 PM 27° Clear 3% 7 mph N 64%
8 PM 26° Clear 3% 7 mph NNE 66%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/21
Clear
3%
17°
31°
Sat
8/22
Mostly Clear
14%
17°
30°
Sun
8/23
Partly Cloudy
34%
16°
29°
Mon
8/24
Overcast
62%
16°
29°
Tue
8/25
Drizzle
64%
17°
34°
Wed
8/26
Drizzle
64%
18°
34°
Thu
8/27
Clear
52%
17°
32°
Fri
8/28
Drizzle
53%
17°
33°
Sat
8/29
Rain
69%
18°
38°
Sun
8/30
Clear
68%
20°
37°
Mon
8/31
Drizzle
60%
19°
35°
Tue
9/1
Drizzle
60%
20°
35°
Wed
9/2
Clear
60%
19°
35°
Thu
9/3
Drizzle
60%
19°
34°
Fri
9/4
Drizzle
60%
18°
36°
36
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
28 AQI 5.1 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
36 AQI 40 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 36 Good 36 28
Sun 32 Good 32 32
Mon 34 Good 34 22
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 Aug 21, 23:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE975 J/kg
MLCAPE1080 J/kg
MUCAPE1856 J/kg
SBCIN-363 J/kg
MLCIN-208 J/kg
Lifted Index-4.1
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear44 kt
0–1 km Shear11 kt
Eff. Shear41 kt
0–1 km SRH35
0–3 km SRH88
Eff. SRH105
Storm Motion347° @ 36 kt
0–1 km EHI0.2
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.2
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell4.1
K-Index27.3
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.18 in
0–3 km LR5.2 °C/km
700–500 LR7.1 °C/km
Total Totals51.3
LCL927 hPa
LFC680 hPa
EL234 hPa
Freezing Lvl13,182 ft