Tornado Watch 9:00 PM

Nicollet County, Minnesota, United States

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67°F
Feels like 64°
Rain
▲ 68°  /  ▼ 43°
Wind
14 mph SSW
Humidity
83%
Dew Point
61°
Pressure
28.82 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
1.8
Cloud Cover
86%
Sunrise
7:47 AM
Sunset
6:11 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Nicollet County is currently rain at 67°F. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 68% around 6 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1033 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 7:47AM · Sunset: 6:11PM.

Alerts

Tornado Watch
Expires 9:00 PM
43 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
67°
65%
6 PM
64°
68%
7 PM
62°
65%
8 PM
60°
47%
9 PM
59°
27%
10 PM
56°
23%
11 PM
54°
23%
12 AM
52°
16%
1 AM
50°
3%
2 AM
50°
3%
3 AM
48°
7%
4 AM
47°
6%
5 AM
46°
6%
6 AM
44°
17%
7 AM
43°
17%
8 AM
43°
17%
9 AM
43°
3%
10 AM
44°
3%
11 AM
46°
3%
12 PM
50°
3%
1 PM
51°
3%
2 PM
51°
3%
3 PM
52°
3%
4 PM
54°
3%
7-Day Forecast
Today
68° 43°
Rain, 65% chance.
Thu
64° 43°
Fog.
Fri
56° 42°
Mostly Cloudy.
Sat
55° 47°
Rain, 82% chance.
Sun
62° 51°
Clear.
Mon
59° 50°
Rain, 81% chance.
Tue
56° 45°
Drizzle, 60% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 67° Rain 65% 14 mph SSW 83%
6 PM 64° Overcast 68% 14 mph WSW 85%
7 PM 62° Overcast 65% 14 mph W 89%
8 PM 60° Mostly Cloudy 47% 12 mph WNW 89%
9 PM 59° Mostly Cloudy 27% 11 mph WNW 90%
10 PM 56° Partly Cloudy 23% 9 mph NW 90%
11 PM 54° Partly Cloudy 23% 10 mph NW 89%
12 AM 52° Partly Cloudy 16% 10 mph NW 89%
1 AM 50° Partly Cloudy 3% 9 mph NW 88%
2 AM 50° Mostly Clear 3% 8 mph NW 89%
3 AM 48° Mostly Clear 7% 7 mph NW 89%
4 AM 47° Mostly Clear 6% 6 mph NW 90%
5 AM 46° Mostly Clear 6% 6 mph NW 89%
6 AM 44° Mostly Clear 17% 7 mph NW 88%
7 AM 43° Fog 17% 7 mph NW 87%
8 AM 43° Fog 17% 7 mph NW 85%
9 AM 43° Haze 3% 7 mph NW 84%
10 AM 44° Haze 3% 8 mph NW 80%
11 AM 46° Mostly Clear 3% 8 mph NW 73%
12 PM 50° Mostly Clear 3% 8 mph NW 67%
1 PM 51° Clear 3% 8 mph NW 62%
2 PM 51° Clear 3% 7 mph NW 61%
3 PM 52° Mostly Clear 3% 7 mph NW 60%
4 PM 54° Mostly Clear 3% 6 mph NW 59%
15-Day Forecast
Today
10/28
Rain
65%
43°
68°
Thu
10/29
Fog
17%
43°
64°
Fri
10/30
Mostly Cloudy
16%
42°
56°
Sat
10/31
Rain
82%
47°
55°
Sun
11/1
Clear
19%
51°
62°
Mon
11/2
Rain
81%
50°
59°
Tue
11/3
Drizzle
60%
45°
56°
Wed
11/4
Rain
81%
42°
54°
Thu
11/5
Drizzle
60%
34°
53°
Fri
11/6
Drizzle
60%
30°
52°
Sat
11/7
Drizzle
60%
25°
52°
Sun
11/8
Drizzle
60%
40°
53°
Mon
11/9
Drizzle
60%
41°
53°
Tue
11/10
Clear
3%
40°
54°
Wed
11/11
Clear
60%
38°
50°
43
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
42 AQI 7.7 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
43 AQI 47 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Thu 43 Good 43 42
Fri 27 Good 27 22
Sat 43 Good 27 43
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
SBCAPE913 J/kg
MLCAPE989 J/kg
MUCAPE1151 J/kg
SBCIN-15 J/kg
MLCIN-7 J/kg
Lifted Index-3.7
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear43 kt
0–1 km Shear19 kt
Eff. Shear40 kt
0–1 km SRH124
0–3 km SRH186
Eff. SRH186
Storm Motion249° @ 38 kt
0–1 km EHI0.7
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.6
STP (eff)0.8
Supercell4.4
K-Index39.8
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.40 in
0–3 km LR6.2 °C/km
700–500 LR6.6 °C/km
Total Totals55.1
LCL929 hPa
LFC783 hPa
EL248 hPa
Freezing Lvl10,472 ft