Areal Flood Watch 7:00 AM Areal Flood Watch 7:00 AM

Ector County, Texas, United States

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28°C
Feels like 29°
Partly Cloudy
▲ 29°  /  ▼ 19°
Wind
18 mph SSE
Humidity
56%
Dew Point
18°
Pressure
26.62 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
4.5
Cloud Cover
37%
Sunrise
7:42 AM
Sunset
7:37 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Ector County is currently partly cloudy at 28°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 62% around 12 AM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 878 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 7:42AM · Sunset: 7:37PM.

46 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
28°
22%
7 PM
29°
46%
8 PM
27°
50%
9 PM
26°
50%
10 PM
24°
49%
11 PM
24°
49%
12 AM
24°
62%
1 AM
23°
61%
2 AM
22°
61%
3 AM
21°
61%
4 AM
21°
49%
5 AM
21°
36%
6 AM
19°
36%
7 AM
19°
34%
8 AM
19°
27%
9 AM
21°
30%
10 AM
22°
31%
11 AM
23°
31%
12 PM
24°
27%
1 PM
26°
31%
2 PM
28°
31%
3 PM
28°
32%
4 PM
28°
29%
5 PM
30°
33%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
29° 19°
Partly Cloudy with a 56% chance of rain.
Wed
29° 19°
Mostly Clear with a 61% chance of rain.
Thu
29° 18°
Mostly Clear.
Fri
24° 17°
Partly Cloudy with a 28% chance of rain.
Sat
23° 16°
Clear with a 60% chance of rain.
Sun
24° 16°
Clear with a 35% chance of rain.
Mon
24° 17°
Clear.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 28° Partly Cloudy 22% 18 mph SSE 56%
7 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 46% 17 mph SSE 57%
8 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 50% 16 mph SSE 66%
9 PM 26° Mostly Cloudy 50% 18 mph SSE 74%
10 PM 24° Overcast 49% 21 mph SSE 80%
11 PM 24° Overcast 49% 22 mph SSE 80%
12 AM 24° Overcast 62% 22 mph S 80%
1 AM 23° Rain 61% 23 mph S 80%
2 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 61% 20 mph S 81%
3 AM 21° Rain 61% 18 mph S 82%
4 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 49% 16 mph S 83%
5 AM 21° Partly Cloudy 36% 16 mph S 84%
6 AM 19° Partly Cloudy 36% 14 mph SSW 85%
7 AM 19° Partly Cloudy 34% 14 mph SSW 86%
8 AM 19° Clear 27% 13 mph SW 75%
9 AM 21° Clear 30% 13 mph SW 68%
10 AM 22° Mostly Clear 31% 14 mph SW 71%
11 AM 23° Mostly Clear 31% 14 mph SW 63%
12 PM 24° Mostly Clear 27% 14 mph WSW 55%
1 PM 26° Mostly Clear 31% 13 mph WSW 51%
2 PM 28° Mostly Clear 31% 12 mph WSW 46%
3 PM 28° Mostly Clear 32% 12 mph WSW 41%
4 PM 28° Clear 29% 11 mph WSW 37%
5 PM 30° Mostly Clear 33% 12 mph WSW 37%
15-Day Forecast
Today
9/29
Partly Cloudy
56%
19°
29°
Wed
9/30
Mostly Clear
61%
19°
29°
Thu
10/1
Mostly Clear
8%
18°
29°
Fri
10/2
Partly Cloudy
28%
17°
24°
Sat
10/3
Clear
60%
16°
23°
Sun
10/4
Clear
35%
16°
24°
Mon
10/5
Clear
17%
17°
24°
Tue
10/6
Drizzle
42%
17°
25°
Wed
10/7
Drizzle
60%
17°
27°
Thu
10/8
Clear
25%
16°
27°
Fri
10/9
Clear
25%
16°
26°
Sat
10/10
Clear
3%
14°
26°
Sun
10/11
Clear
3%
14°
27°
Mon
10/12
Drizzle
60%
14°
27°
Tue
10/13
Clear
25%
16°
28°
46
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
30 AQI 5.5 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
46 AQI 50 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Wed 46 Good 46 30
Thu 40 Good 40 20
Fri 43 Good 43 19
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 Tue Sep 29, 21:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 50 60 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE1121 J/kg
MLCAPE948 J/kg
MUCAPE1145 J/kg
SBCIN-24 J/kg
MLCIN-39 J/kg
Lifted Index-3.5
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear40 kt
0–1 km Shear7 kt
Eff. Shear38 kt
0–1 km SRH38
0–3 km SRH85
Eff. SRH85
Storm Motion242° @ 18 kt
0–1 km EHI0.3
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.1
STP (eff)0.3
Supercell1.9
K-Index39.7
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.56 in
0–3 km LR7.3 °C/km
700–500 LR5.8 °C/km
Total Totals47.8
LCL781 hPa
LFC718 hPa
EL206 hPa
Freezing Lvl13,484 ft