Tornado Warning — Dakota County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Pierce County, WI 5:30 PM Tornado Watch 9:00 PM

Dakota County, Minnesota, United States

Last updated: 5:01 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
69°F
Feels like 66°
Partly Cloudy
▲ 71°  /  ▼ 44°
Wind
12 mph S
Humidity
79%
Dew Point
61°
Pressure
28.90 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
2.8
Cloud Cover
58%
Sunrise
7:43 AM
Sunset
6:06 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Dakota County is currently partly cloudy at 69°F. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 87% around 6 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 951 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 7:43AM · Sunset: 6:06PM.

Alerts

Tornado Warning
Dakota County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Pierce County, WI
Expires 5:30 PM
Tornado Watch
Expires 9:00 PM
50 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
69°
79%
6 PM
67°
87%
7 PM
66°
80%
8 PM
64°
81%
9 PM
62°
53%
10 PM
60°
28%
11 PM
57°
28%
12 AM
55°
18%
1 AM
53°
3%
2 AM
51°
3%
3 AM
50°
3%
4 AM
49°
3%
5 AM
48°
3%
6 AM
45°
3%
7 AM
44°
3%
8 AM
44°
3%
9 AM
44°
3%
10 AM
45°
3%
11 AM
47°
3%
12 PM
51°
3%
1 PM
52°
3%
2 PM
52°
3%
3 PM
52°
3%
4 PM
55°
3%
7-Day Forecast
Today
71° 44°
Partly Cloudy with a 81% chance of rain.
Thu
67° 44°
Clear.
Fri
57° 41°
Mostly Cloudy.
Sat
54° 46°
Rain, 82% chance.
Sun
61° 51°
Clear with a 35% chance of rain.
Mon
59° 48°
Rain, 81% chance.
Tue
57° 45°
Rain, 81% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 69° Partly Cloudy 79% 12 mph S 79%
6 PM 67° Mostly Cloudy 87% 12 mph SW 86%
7 PM 66° Heavy Rain 80% 15 mph WSW 92%
8 PM 64° Mostly Cloudy 81% 13 mph W 91%
9 PM 62° Overcast 53% 11 mph WNW 90%
10 PM 60° Overcast 28% 10 mph NW 89%
11 PM 57° Partly Cloudy 28% 8 mph WNW 90%
12 AM 55° Mostly Clear 18% 8 mph WNW 90%
1 AM 53° Mostly Clear 3% 9 mph WNW 90%
2 AM 51° Mostly Clear 3% 9 mph NW 89%
3 AM 50° Mostly Clear 3% 8 mph WNW 88%
4 AM 49° Partly Cloudy 3% 7 mph WNW 88%
5 AM 48° Mostly Clear 3% 7 mph WNW 87%
6 AM 45° Mostly Clear 3% 7 mph WNW 86%
7 AM 44° Mostly Clear 3% 7 mph WNW 86%
8 AM 44° Mostly Clear 3% 8 mph WNW 83%
9 AM 44° Clear 3% 9 mph WNW 79%
10 AM 45° Clear 3% 10 mph NW 74%
11 AM 47° Clear 3% 10 mph NW 70%
12 PM 51° Clear 3% 9 mph NW 66%
1 PM 52° Clear 3% 9 mph NW 62%
2 PM 52° Clear 3% 9 mph WNW 61%
3 PM 52° Clear 3% 8 mph WNW 60%
4 PM 55° Clear 3% 9 mph WNW 59%
15-Day Forecast
Today
10/28
Partly Cloudy
81%
44°
71°
Thu
10/29
Clear
3%
44°
67°
Fri
10/30
Mostly Cloudy
8%
41°
57°
Sat
10/31
Rain
82%
46°
54°
Sun
11/1
Clear
35%
51°
61°
Mon
11/2
Rain
81%
48°
59°
Tue
11/3
Rain
81%
45°
57°
Wed
11/4
Rain
81%
42°
55°
Thu
11/5
Drizzle
60%
37°
53°
Fri
11/6
Drizzle
60%
32°
53°
Sat
11/7
Drizzle
60%
29°
52°
Sun
11/8
Drizzle
60%
39°
53°
Mon
11/9
Drizzle
60%
40°
53°
Tue
11/10
Clear
25%
38°
53°
Wed
11/11
Clear
25%
37°
50°
50
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
50 AQI 9.1 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
42 AQI 45 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Thu 50 Good 42 50
Fri 30 Good 19 30
Sat 30 Good 24 30
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 Oct 28, 20:00'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
SBCAPE964 J/kg
MLCAPE887 J/kg
MUCAPE1213 J/kg
SBCIN-56 J/kg
MLCIN-34 J/kg
Lifted Index-3.6
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear46 kt
0–1 km Shear23 kt
Eff. Shear45 kt
0–1 km SRH199
0–3 km SRH312
Eff. SRH312
Storm Motion247° @ 37 kt
0–1 km EHI1.2
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado1.0
STP (eff)1.4
Supercell8.8
K-Index37.3
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.25 in
0–3 km LR6.5 °C/km
700–500 LR6.4 °C/km
Total Totals55.1
LCL918 hPa
LFC794 hPa
EL248 hPa
Freezing Lvl10,518 ft