Tornado Watch 9:00 PM

Rice County, Minnesota, United States

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69°F
Feels like 65°
Mostly Cloudy
▲ 70°  /  ▼ 43°
Wind
14 mph SSW
Humidity
78%
Dew Point
60°
Pressure
28.76 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
2.7
Cloud Cover
62%
Sunrise
7:43 AM
Sunset
6:08 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Rice County is currently mostly cloudy at 69°F. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 87% around 5 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 983 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 7:43AM · Sunset: 6:08PM.

Alerts

Tornado Watch
Expires 9:00 PM
44 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
69°
87%
6 PM
66°
80%
7 PM
65°
80%
8 PM
64°
81%
9 PM
62°
63%
10 PM
60°
39%
11 PM
58°
35%
12 AM
56°
22%
1 AM
53°
3%
2 AM
51°
3%
3 AM
50°
3%
4 AM
49°
3%
5 AM
47°
3%
6 AM
44°
3%
7 AM
43°
3%
8 AM
43°
3%
9 AM
44°
3%
10 AM
45°
3%
11 AM
46°
3%
12 PM
50°
3%
1 PM
51°
3%
2 PM
52°
3%
3 PM
52°
3%
4 PM
55°
3%
7-Day Forecast
Today
70° 43°
Mostly Cloudy with a 87% chance of rain.
Thu
66° 43°
Clear.
Fri
57° 40°
Overcast.
Sat
56° 47°
Rain, 82% chance.
Sun
61° 51°
Clear with a 20% chance of rain.
Mon
59° 48°
Rain, 81% chance.
Tue
56° 45°
Drizzle, 81% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 69° Mostly Cloudy 87% 14 mph SSW 78%
6 PM 66° Mostly Cloudy 80% 15 mph SW 85%
7 PM 65° Mostly Cloudy 80% 16 mph WSW 89%
8 PM 64° Overcast 81% 14 mph W 90%
9 PM 62° Overcast 63% 11 mph WNW 90%
10 PM 60° Overcast 39% 10 mph NW 91%
11 PM 58° Partly Cloudy 35% 8 mph NW 92%
12 AM 56° Partly Cloudy 22% 9 mph NW 93%
1 AM 53° Mostly Clear 3% 9 mph NW 93%
2 AM 51° Mostly Clear 3% 9 mph NW 92%
3 AM 50° Mostly Clear 3% 8 mph NW 91%
4 AM 49° Partly Cloudy 3% 7 mph NW 90%
5 AM 47° Partly Cloudy 3% 6 mph NW 90%
6 AM 44° Mostly Clear 3% 7 mph NW 90%
7 AM 43° Mostly Clear 3% 6 mph WNW 89%
8 AM 43° Mostly Clear 3% 7 mph WNW 85%
9 AM 44° Mostly Clear 3% 7 mph NW 80%
10 AM 45° Clear 3% 9 mph NW 73%
11 AM 46° Clear 3% 9 mph NW 70%
12 PM 50° Clear 3% 8 mph NW 66%
1 PM 51° Clear 3% 8 mph NW 63%
2 PM 52° Clear 3% 8 mph NW 62%
3 PM 52° Clear 3% 7 mph NW 61%
4 PM 55° Clear 3% 8 mph NW 60%
15-Day Forecast
Today
10/28
Mostly Cloudy
87%
43°
70°
Thu
10/29
Clear
3%
43°
66°
Fri
10/30
Overcast
16%
40°
57°
Sat
10/31
Rain
82%
47°
56°
Sun
11/1
Clear
20%
51°
61°
Mon
11/2
Rain
81%
48°
59°
Tue
11/3
Drizzle
81%
45°
56°
Wed
11/4
Rain
81%
41°
55°
Thu
11/5
Drizzle
60%
37°
53°
Fri
11/6
Drizzle
60%
31°
53°
Sat
11/7
Clear
42%
28°
52°
Sun
11/8
Drizzle
60%
39°
54°
Mon
11/9
Drizzle
60%
40°
53°
Tue
11/10
Clear
25%
39°
54°
Wed
11/11
Clear
25%
37°
51°
44
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
44 AQI 8.0 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
44 AQI 48 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Thu 44 Good 44 44
Fri 22 Good 22 22
Sat 34 Good 25 34
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
SBCAPE938 J/kg
MLCAPE837 J/kg
MUCAPE1334 J/kg
SBCIN-56 J/kg
MLCIN-33 J/kg
Lifted Index-3.6
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear42 kt
0–1 km Shear22 kt
Eff. Shear42 kt
0–1 km SRH180
0–3 km SRH283
Eff. SRH283
Storm Motion247° @ 36 kt
0–1 km EHI1.1
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.8
STP (eff)1.1
Supercell8.1
K-Index38.6
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.22 in
0–3 km LR6.6 °C/km
700–500 LR6.4 °C/km
Total Totals55.5
LCL908 hPa
LFC787 hPa
EL246 hPa
Freezing Lvl10,387 ft