Tornado Watch 9:00 PM

Dakota County, Minnesota, United States

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20°C
Feels like 19°
Rain
▲ 22°  /  ▼ 7°
Wind
11 mph SSW
Humidity
82%
Dew Point
16°
Pressure
28.90 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
1.9
Cloud Cover
64%
Sunrise
7:43 AM
Sunset
6:06 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Dakota County is currently rain at 20°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 87% around 6 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 966 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 7:43AM · Sunset: 6:06PM.

Alerts

Tornado Watch
Expires 9:00 PM
50 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
20°
87%
6 PM
19°
87%
7 PM
18°
80%
8 PM
17°
81%
9 PM
16°
53%
10 PM
15°
28%
11 PM
14°
21%
12 AM
13°
18%
1 AM
11°
3%
2 AM
11°
3%
3 AM
10°
3%
4 AM
9°
3%
5 AM
8°
3%
6 AM
7°
3%
7 AM
7°
3%
8 AM
7°
3%
9 AM
7°
3%
10 AM
8°
3%
11 AM
8°
3%
12 PM
11°
3%
1 PM
11°
3%
2 PM
11°
3%
3 PM
12°
3%
4 PM
12°
3%
7-Day Forecast
Today
22° 7°
Rain, 87% chance.
Thu
19° 7°
Clear.
Fri
13° 5°
Mostly Cloudy.
Sat
12° 8°
Rain, 82% chance.
Sun
17° 11°
Clear with a 35% chance of rain.
Mon
16° 9°
Rain, 81% chance.
Tue
14° 7°
Rain, 81% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 20° Rain 87% 11 mph S 81%
6 PM 19° Mostly Cloudy 87% 12 mph SW 88%
7 PM 18° Mostly Cloudy 80% 13 mph WSW 91%
8 PM 17° Mostly Cloudy 81% 12 mph W 90%
9 PM 16° Overcast 53% 10 mph WNW 90%
10 PM 15° Mostly Cloudy 28% 10 mph WNW 89%
11 PM 14° Partly Cloudy 21% 8 mph WNW 90%
12 AM 13° Mostly Clear 18% 9 mph WNW 90%
1 AM 11° Mostly Clear 3% 9 mph WNW 90%
2 AM 11° Mostly Clear 3% 9 mph WNW 89%
3 AM 10° Mostly Clear 3% 8 mph WNW 88%
4 AM 9° Partly Cloudy 3% 7 mph WNW 88%
5 AM 8° Mostly Clear 3% 7 mph WNW 87%
6 AM 7° Mostly Clear 3% 8 mph WNW 86%
7 AM 7° Mostly Clear 3% 7 mph WNW 85%
8 AM 7° Mostly Clear 3% 8 mph WNW 82%
9 AM 7° Clear 3% 9 mph NW 78%
10 AM 8° Clear 3% 10 mph NW 73%
11 AM 8° Clear 3% 10 mph NW 68%
12 PM 11° Clear 3% 10 mph NW 65%
1 PM 11° Clear 3% 10 mph NW 62%
2 PM 11° Clear 3% 9 mph NW 61%
3 PM 12° Clear 3% 9 mph WNW 59%
4 PM 12° Clear 3% 8 mph WNW 60%
15-Day Forecast
Today
10/28
Rain
87%
7°
22°
Thu
10/29
Clear
3%
7°
19°
Fri
10/30
Mostly Cloudy
8%
5°
13°
Sat
10/31
Rain
82%
8°
12°
Sun
11/1
Clear
35%
11°
17°
Mon
11/2
Rain
81%
9°
16°
Tue
11/3
Rain
81%
7°
14°
Wed
11/4
Rain
81%
6°
13°
Thu
11/5
Drizzle
60%
3°
12°
Fri
11/6
Drizzle
60%
0°
12°
Sat
11/7
Drizzle
60%
-2°
11°
Sun
11/8
Drizzle
60%
4°
12°
Mon
11/9
Drizzle
60%
4°
12°
Tue
11/10
Clear
25%
3°
12°
Wed
11/11
Clear
25%
2°
10°
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, 21:00'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
SBCAPE1008 J/kg
MLCAPE780 J/kg
MUCAPE1008 J/kg
SBCIN-15 J/kg
MLCIN-12 J/kg
Lifted Index-4.0
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear50 kt
0–1 km Shear28 kt
Eff. Shear48 kt
0–1 km SRH210
0–3 km SRH302
Eff. SRH302
Storm Motion248° @ 40 kt
0–1 km EHI1.3
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado1.2
STP (eff)1.3
Supercell7.5
K-Index37.2
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.40 in
0–3 km LR6.3 °C/km
700–500 LR6.6 °C/km
Total Totals53.4
LCL926 hPa
LFC884 hPa
EL223 hPa
Freezing Lvl10,538 ft