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Polk County, Missouri, United States

Last updated: 3:19 AM CDT  ·  Refresh
26°C
Feels like 27°
Mostly Clear
▲ 33°  /  ▼ 23°
Wind
5 mph SW
Humidity
71%
Dew Point
21°
Pressure
28.72 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
19%
Sunrise
6:14 AM
Sunset
8:25 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Polk County is currently mostly clear at 25°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1902 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:14AM · Sunset: 8:25PM.

54 AQI · Moderate Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
26°
13%
4 AM
26°
19%
5 AM
23°
19%
6 AM
23°
33%
7 AM
24°
23%
8 AM
25°
25%
9 AM
27°
32%
10 AM
29°
32%
11 AM
30°
28%
12 PM
31°
30%
1 PM
32°
43%
2 PM
32°
33%
3 PM
32°
45%
4 PM
31°
46%
5 PM
31°
23%
6 PM
30°
22%
7 PM
29°
12%
8 PM
29°
23%
9 PM
28°
23%
10 PM
27°
24%
11 PM
26°
24%
12 AM
26°
24%
1 AM
26°
33%
2 AM
26°
30%
7-Day Forecast
Today
33° 23°
Drizzle, 45% chance.
Wed
34° 22°
Partly Cloudy with a 51% chance of rain.
Thu
33° 20°
Drizzle, 83% chance.
Fri
32° 20°
Overcast with a 83% chance of rain.
Sat
28° 18°
Rain, 29% chance.
Sun
31° 18°
Clear.
Mon
32° 19°
Rain.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 26° Mostly Clear 13% 5 mph SW 71%
4 AM 26° Partly Cloudy 19% 6 mph SW 68%
5 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 19% 7 mph SW 71%
6 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 33% 7 mph WSW 73%
7 AM 24° Partly Cloudy 23% 7 mph WSW 74%
8 AM 25° Mostly Cloudy 25% 8 mph W 71%
9 AM 27° Mostly Cloudy 32% 8 mph W 68%
10 AM 29° Mostly Cloudy 32% 7 mph W 64%
11 AM 30° Mostly Cloudy 28% 5 mph WNW 61%
12 PM 31° Drizzle 30% 6 mph NNW 59%
1 PM 32° Rain 43% 6 mph N 59%
2 PM 32° Overcast 33% 6 mph N 61%
3 PM 32° Drizzle 45% 6 mph N 64%
4 PM 31° Drizzle 46% 7 mph N 66%
5 PM 31° Drizzle 23% 7 mph NNE 69%
6 PM 30° Overcast 22% 7 mph NE 72%
7 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 12% 7 mph NE 76%
8 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 23% 7 mph NE 76%
9 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 23% 7 mph ENE 76%
10 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 24% 7 mph ENE 76%
11 PM 26° Mostly Cloudy 24% 6 mph ENE 76%
12 AM 26° Mostly Cloudy 24% 6 mph ENE 76%
1 AM 26° Mostly Cloudy 33% 6 mph E 77%
2 AM 26° Mostly Cloudy 30% 6 mph ENE 77%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/28
Drizzle
45%
23°
33°
Wed
7/29
Partly Cloudy
51%
22°
34°
Thu
7/30
Drizzle
83%
20°
33°
Fri
7/31
Overcast
83%
20°
32°
Sat
8/1
Rain
29%
18°
28°
Sun
8/2
Clear
17%
18°
31°
Mon
8/3
Rain
18%
19°
32°
Tue
8/4
Clear
43%
20°
34°
Wed
8/5
Drizzle
44%
21°
36°
Thu
8/6
Drizzle
51%
23°
37°
Fri
8/7
Drizzle
60%
22°
36°
Sat
8/8
Drizzle
60%
23°
37°
Sun
8/9
Clear
60%
23°
37°
Mon
8/10
Drizzle
60%
23°
37°
Tue
8/11
Drizzle
60%
23°
38°
54
Moderate
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: PM2.5
50 100 150 200

Air quality is acceptable. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
Dominant
54 AQI 10.5 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
40 AQI 44 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 54 Moderate 40 54
Wed 47 Good 43 47
Thu 46 Good 39 46
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 Tue Jul 28, 07:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE24 J/kg
MLCAPE20 J/kg
MUCAPE265 J/kg
SBCIN-644 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-0.5
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear21 kt
0–1 km Shear9 kt
Eff. Shear19 kt
0–1 km SRH32
0–3 km SRH-41
Eff. SRH-67
Storm Motion271° @ 17 kt
0–1 km EHI0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index33.8
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.71 in
0–3 km LR4.3 °C/km
700–500 LR6.4 °C/km
Total Totals42.2
LCL906 hPa
LFC580 hPa
EL471 hPa
Freezing Lvl16,010 ft