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Dane County, Wisconsin, United States

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28°C
Feels like 31°
Partly Cloudy
▲ 30°  /  ▼ 20°
Wind
9 mph SW
Humidity
71%
Dew Point
21°
Pressure
28.95 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
3.9
Cloud Cover
46%
Sunrise
5:26 AM
Sunset
8:38 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Dane County is currently partly cloudy at 28°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 68% around 1 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1801 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 5:26AM · Sunset: 8:38PM.

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44 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
28°
40%
7 PM
28°
38%
8 PM
27°
39%
9 PM
26°
36%
10 PM
24°
49%
11 PM
24°
56%
12 AM
23°
50%
1 AM
22°
62%
2 AM
22°
47%
3 AM
21°
32%
4 AM
22°
22%
5 AM
20°
22%
6 AM
20°
19%
7 AM
21°
36%
8 AM
22°
36%
9 AM
22°
29%
10 AM
23°
45%
11 AM
24°
49%
12 PM
24°
60%
1 PM
27°
68%
2 PM
27°
58%
3 PM
27°
55%
4 PM
27°
55%
5 PM
27°
59%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
30° 20°
Partly Cloudy with a 40% chance of rain.
Thu
28° 20°
Mostly Cloudy with a 64% chance of rain.
Fri
28° 17°
Partly Cloudy with a 29% chance of rain.
Sat
28° 16°
Mostly Clear.
Sun
29° 18°
Partly Cloudy.
Mon
30° 18°
Clear.
Tue
31° 20°
Mostly Clear.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 28° Partly Cloudy 40% 9 mph SW 71%
7 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 38% 7 mph SW 76%
8 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 39% 5 mph WSW 78%
9 PM 26° Mostly Cloudy 36% 5 mph W 81%
10 PM 24° Overcast 49% 3 mph ENE 84%
11 PM 24° Rain 56% 5 mph SE 88%
12 AM 23° Rain 50% 4 mph SE 92%
1 AM 22° Overcast 62% 5 mph WNW 93%
2 AM 22° Overcast 47% 4 mph SW 93%
3 AM 21° Overcast 32% 5 mph WSW 93%
4 AM 22° Overcast 22% 6 mph W 90%
5 AM 20° Overcast 22% 6 mph W 91%
6 AM 20° Overcast 19% 5 mph W 91%
7 AM 21° Overcast 36% 6 mph W 88%
8 AM 22° Overcast 36% 6 mph W 86%
9 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 29% 6 mph W 82%
10 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 45% 6 mph W 78%
11 AM 24° Mostly Cloudy 49% 6 mph W 77%
12 PM 24° Mostly Cloudy 60% 6 mph W 77%
1 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 68% 6 mph WNW 76%
2 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 58% 5 mph WNW 76%
3 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 55% 6 mph WNW 75%
4 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 55% 6 mph W 76%
5 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 59% 6 mph W 79%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/8
Partly Cloudy
40%
20°
30°
Thu
7/9
Mostly Cloudy
64%
20°
28°
Fri
7/10
Partly Cloudy
29%
17°
28°
Sat
7/11
Mostly Clear
14%
16°
28°
Sun
7/12
Partly Cloudy
16%
18°
29°
Mon
7/13
Clear
8%
18°
30°
Tue
7/14
Mostly Clear
8%
20°
31°
Wed
7/15
Mostly Clear
27%
19°
29°
Thu
7/16
Rain
68%
19°
31°
Fri
7/17
Partly Cloudy
44%
20°
32°
Sat
7/18
Drizzle
51%
18°
32°
Sun
7/19
Drizzle
60%
18°
32°
Mon
7/20
Drizzle
60%
17°
27°
Tue
7/21
Drizzle
60%
17°
27°
Wed
7/22
Drizzle
60%
16°
26°
44
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
44 AQI 7.9 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
40 AQI 44 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Thu 44 Good 40 44
Fri 44 Good 44 27
Sat 35 Good 35 31
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 Wed Jul 8, 22:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE1813 J/kg
MLCAPE1396 J/kg
MUCAPE1813 J/kg
SBCIN-60 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-5.7
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear15 kt
0–1 km Shear7 kt
Eff. Shear16 kt
0–1 km SRH-9
0–3 km SRH-19
Eff. SRH-19
Storm Motion231° @ 25 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.1
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index34.7
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.75 in
0–3 km LR6.8 °C/km
700–500 LR5.9 °C/km
Total Totals49.9
LCL888 hPa
LFC844 hPa
EL193 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,265 ft