Tornado Watch 9:00 PM

McLeod County, Minnesota, United States

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65°F
Feels like 63°
Thunderstorm
▲ 67°  /  ▼ 40°
Wind
10 mph SSW
Humidity
86%
Dew Point
60°
Pressure
28.75 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
1.5
Cloud Cover
91%
Sunrise
7:48 AM
Sunset
6:11 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: McLeod County is currently thunderstorm at 65°F. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 80% around 5 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 573 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 7:48AM · Sunset: 6:11PM.

Alerts

Tornado Watch
Expires 9:00 PM
41 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
65°
79%
6 PM
61°
72%
7 PM
59°
58%
8 PM
58°
23%
9 PM
56°
26%
10 PM
54°
26%
11 PM
52°
27%
12 AM
51°
16%
1 AM
49°
3%
2 AM
48°
3%
3 AM
46°
3%
4 AM
45°
3%
5 AM
44°
3%
6 AM
41°
3%
7 AM
40°
3%
8 AM
40°
3%
9 AM
41°
3%
10 AM
43°
3%
11 AM
44°
3%
12 PM
48°
3%
1 PM
50°
3%
2 PM
50°
3%
3 PM
51°
3%
4 PM
54°
3%
7-Day Forecast
Today
67° 40°
Thunderstorm, 79% chance.
Thu
63° 40°
Haze.
Fri
56° 41°
Mostly Cloudy.
Sat
53° 46°
Heavy Rain, 82% chance.
Sun
61° 50°
Clear.
Mon
59° 49°
Rain, 81% chance.
Tue
56° 44°
Drizzle, 81% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 65° Thunderstorm 79% 10 mph SSW 86%
6 PM 61° Overcast 72% 13 mph W 89%
7 PM 59° Mostly Cloudy 58% 14 mph WNW 92%
8 PM 58° Mostly Cloudy 23% 12 mph NW 91%
9 PM 56° Mostly Cloudy 26% 10 mph NW 92%
10 PM 54° Mostly Cloudy 26% 10 mph WNW 91%
11 PM 52° Partly Cloudy 27% 10 mph NW 91%
12 AM 51° Mostly Clear 16% 9 mph WNW 91%
1 AM 49° Mostly Clear 3% 9 mph WNW 90%
2 AM 48° Mostly Clear 3% 8 mph WNW 89%
3 AM 46° Mostly Clear 3% 7 mph WNW 89%
4 AM 45° Clear 3% 6 mph WNW 89%
5 AM 44° Mostly Clear 3% 6 mph WNW 89%
6 AM 41° Mostly Clear 3% 7 mph WNW 89%
7 AM 40° Fog 3% 7 mph WNW 89%
8 AM 40° Haze 3% 7 mph WNW 87%
9 AM 41° Mostly Clear 3% 8 mph NW 85%
10 AM 43° Mostly Clear 3% 8 mph NW 81%
11 AM 44° Mostly Clear 3% 8 mph NW 75%
12 PM 48° Clear 3% 8 mph NW 70%
1 PM 50° Clear 3% 8 mph NW 64%
2 PM 50° Clear 3% 8 mph NW 63%
3 PM 51° Mostly Clear 3% 8 mph NW 62%
4 PM 54° Partly Cloudy 3% 8 mph WNW 61%
15-Day Forecast
Today
10/28
Thunderstorm
79%
40°
67°
Thu
10/29
Haze
3%
40°
63°
Fri
10/30
Mostly Cloudy
8%
41°
56°
Sat
10/31
Heavy Rain
82%
46°
53°
Sun
11/1
Clear
19%
50°
61°
Mon
11/2
Rain
81%
49°
59°
Tue
11/3
Drizzle
81%
44°
56°
Wed
11/4
Rain
81%
41°
54°
Thu
11/5
Drizzle
60%
33°
52°
Fri
11/6
Drizzle
60%
30°
51°
Sat
11/7
Drizzle
42%
25°
51°
Sun
11/8
Drizzle
60%
39°
52°
Mon
11/9
Drizzle
60%
40°
52°
Tue
11/10
Clear
25%
38°
52°
Wed
11/11
Clear
25%
37°
49°
41
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
41 AQI 7.3 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
40 AQI 44 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Thu 41 Good 40 41
Fri 25 Good 25 18
Sat 38 Good 25 38
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 80 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE593 J/kg
MLCAPE738 J/kg
MUCAPE1050 J/kg
SBCIN-49 J/kg
MLCIN-18 J/kg
Lifted Index-2.9
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear52 kt
0–1 km Shear23 kt
Eff. Shear47 kt
0–1 km SRH179
0–3 km SRH240
Eff. SRH240
Storm Motion249° @ 39 kt
0–1 km EHI0.7
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.6
STP (eff)0.9
Supercell6.0
K-Index39.2
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.29 in
0–3 km LR6.0 °C/km
700–500 LR6.7 °C/km
Total Totals55.7
LCL938 hPa
LFC756 hPa
EL304 hPa
Freezing Lvl9,898 ft