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Cape Girardeau, Missouri

Last updated: 4:58 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
32°C
Feels like 36°
Partly Cloudy
▲ 33°  /  ▼ 19°
Wind
6 mph NNW
Humidity
57%
Dew Point
22°
Pressure
29.58 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
5.1
Cloud Cover
48%
Sunrise
6:38 AM
Sunset
7:08 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Cape Girardeau is currently partly cloudy at 32°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1450 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:38AM · Sunset: 7:08PM.

44 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
32°
19%
5 PM
32°
11%
6 PM
30°
14%
7 PM
29°
16%
8 PM
28°
15%
9 PM
25°
7%
10 PM
24°
7%
11 PM
23°
8%
12 AM
23°
5%
1 AM
22°
5%
2 AM
21°
5%
3 AM
21°
5%
4 AM
20°
5%
5 AM
19°
3%
6 AM
19°
3%
7 AM
21°
3%
8 AM
21°
3%
9 AM
22°
3%
10 AM
22°
3%
11 AM
25°
3%
12 PM
26°
3%
1 PM
28°
3%
2 PM
29°
3%
3 PM
29°
3%
7-Day Forecast
Today
33° 19°
Partly Cloudy.
Mon
32° 19°
Mostly Clear.
Tue
38° 21°
Clear.
Wed
38° 24°
Clear with a 22% chance of rain.
Thu
38° 23°
Clear.
Fri
38° 23°
Clear.
Sat
37° 23°
Mostly Clear.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 32° Partly Cloudy 19% 6 mph NNW 57%
5 PM 32° Partly Cloudy 11% 7 mph N 56%
6 PM 30° Mostly Cloudy 14% 7 mph N 64%
7 PM 29° Mostly Clear 16% 7 mph NNE 68%
8 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 15% 7 mph NNE 70%
9 PM 25° Clear 7% 7 mph NNE 72%
10 PM 24° Clear 7% 7 mph NNE 74%
11 PM 23° Clear 8% 7 mph NNE 76%
12 AM 23° Clear 5% 8 mph NE 76%
1 AM 22° Clear 5% 8 mph NE 76%
2 AM 21° Clear 5% 8 mph NE 76%
3 AM 21° Clear 5% 8 mph NE 77%
4 AM 20° Mostly Clear 5% 9 mph NE 76%
5 AM 19° Mostly Clear 3% 9 mph NE 74%
6 AM 19° Mostly Clear 3% 9 mph NE 72%
7 AM 21° Mostly Clear 3% 9 mph ENE 68%
8 AM 21° Mostly Clear 3% 10 mph ENE 63%
9 AM 22° Mostly Clear 3% 10 mph ENE 59%
10 AM 22° Mostly Clear 3% 9 mph ENE 58%
11 AM 25° Mostly Clear 3% 9 mph ENE 56%
12 PM 26° Mostly Clear 3% 9 mph ENE 55%
1 PM 28° Clear 3% 9 mph E 55%
2 PM 29° Clear 3% 9 mph E 55%
3 PM 29° Clear 3% 10 mph E 55%
15-Day Forecast
Today
9/13
Partly Cloudy
19%
19°
33°
Mon
9/14
Mostly Clear
5%
19°
32°
Tue
9/15
Clear
17%
21°
38°
Wed
9/16
Clear
22%
24°
38°
Thu
9/17
Clear
17%
23°
38°
Fri
9/18
Clear
17%
23°
38°
Sat
9/19
Mostly Clear
17%
23°
37°
Sun
9/20
Clear
49%
20°
33°
Mon
9/21
Drizzle
60%
19°
31°
Tue
9/22
Drizzle
68%
18°
31°
Wed
9/23
Drizzle
60%
11°
29°
Thu
9/24
Drizzle
60%
17°
29°
Fri
9/25
Clear
60%
17°
29°
Sat
9/26
Clear
60%
16°
30°
Sun
9/27
Drizzle
60%
17°
31°
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
37 AQI 6.7 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
44 AQI 48 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Mon 44 Good 44 37
Tue 47 Good 45 47
Wed 52 Moderate 41 52
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 Sun Sep 13, 20:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 50 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE1879 J/kg
MLCAPE116 J/kg
MUCAPE1879 J/kg
SBCIN-7 J/kg
MLCIN-227 J/kg
Lifted Index-4.6
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear18 kt
0–1 km Shear8 kt
Eff. Shear21 kt
0–1 km SRH-12
0–3 km SRH29
Eff. SRH29
Storm Motion343° @ 22 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.1
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.6
K-Index33.7
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.90 in
0–3 km LR7.3 °C/km
700–500 LR5.7 °C/km
Total Totals45.6
LCL863 hPa
LFC837 hPa
EL165 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,718 ft