Highlands County, Florida, United States

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28°C
Feels like 31°
Heavy Rain
▲ 32°  /  ▼ 23°
Wind
2 mph WSW
Humidity
80%
Dew Point
24°
Pressure
29.93 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
3.6
Cloud Cover
73%
Sunrise
7:09 AM
Sunset
7:32 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Highlands County is currently heavy rain at 28°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 72% around 5 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1713 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 7:09AM · Sunset: 7:32PM.

Alerts

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24 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
28°
72%
6 PM
26°
55%
7 PM
26°
54%
8 PM
26°
20%
9 PM
25°
28%
10 PM
25°
29%
11 PM
25°
29%
12 AM
24°
12%
1 AM
24°
9%
2 AM
23°
11%
3 AM
24°
11%
4 AM
23°
14%
5 AM
23°
22%
6 AM
23°
28%
7 AM
24°
31%
8 AM
25°
40%
9 AM
28°
42%
10 AM
29°
43%
11 AM
29°
52%
12 PM
31°
56%
1 PM
31°
56%
2 PM
31°
57%
3 PM
31°
58%
4 PM
31°
55%
7-Day Forecast
Today
32° 23°
Heavy Rain, 72% chance.
Mon
34° 23°
Partly Cloudy with a 52% chance of rain.
Tue
33° 23°
Rain, 90% chance.
Wed
32° 23°
Partly Cloudy with a 69% chance of rain.
Thu
32° 22°
Rain, 85% chance.
Fri
32° 22°
Rain, 82% chance.
Sat
33° 22°
Rain, 86% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 28° Heavy Rain 72% 2 mph WSW 80%
6 PM 26° Rain 55% 4 mph SSE 86%
7 PM 26° Rain 54% 4 mph S 88%
8 PM 26° Overcast 20% 3 mph S 89%
9 PM 25° Overcast 28% 3 mph SW 90%
10 PM 25° Mostly Cloudy 29% 4 mph W 90%
11 PM 25° Mostly Cloudy 29% 3 mph W 91%
12 AM 24° Mostly Cloudy 12% 3 mph W 91%
1 AM 24° Mostly Cloudy 9% 2 mph WSW 92%
2 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 11% 2 mph WSW 92%
3 AM 24° Mostly Cloudy 11% 2 mph W 93%
4 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 14% 2 mph W 93%
5 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 22% 2 mph WSW 92%
6 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 28% 2 mph W 90%
7 AM 24° Partly Cloudy 31% 2 mph ESE 88%
8 AM 25° Partly Cloudy 40% 2 mph ENE 84%
9 AM 28° Mostly Clear 42% 2 mph NNE 80%
10 AM 29° Rain 43% 2 mph NE 76%
11 AM 29° Mostly Clear 52% 2 mph NE 73%
12 PM 31° Mostly Clear 56% 2 mph ENE 70%
1 PM 31° Partly Cloudy 56% 2 mph ENE 67%
2 PM 31° Partly Cloudy 57% 2 mph E 67%
3 PM 31° Rain 58% 2 mph E 67%
4 PM 31° Rain 55% 3 mph E 67%
15-Day Forecast
Today
9/13
Heavy Rain
72%
23°
32°
Mon
9/14
Partly Cloudy
52%
23°
34°
Tue
9/15
Rain
90%
23°
33°
Wed
9/16
Partly Cloudy
69%
23°
32°
Thu
9/17
Rain
85%
22°
32°
Fri
9/18
Rain
82%
22°
32°
Sat
9/19
Rain
86%
22°
33°
Sun
9/20
Rain
86%
22°
32°
Mon
9/21
Rain
90%
23°
32°
Tue
9/22
Rain
82%
23°
33°
Wed
9/23
Drizzle
46%
23°
32°
Thu
9/24
Drizzle
60%
23°
32°
Fri
9/25
Drizzle
60%
23°
32°
Sat
9/26
Rain
90%
23°
31°
Sun
9/27
Rain
90%
22°
31°
24
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
20 AQI 3.6 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
24 AQI 26 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Mon 24 Good 24 20
Tue 23 Good 23 22
Wed 29 Good 28 29
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 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE2320 J/kg
MLCAPE1891 J/kg
MUCAPE2320 J/kg
SBCIN-6 J/kg
MLCIN-13 J/kg
Lifted Index-4.9
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear6 kt
0–1 km Shear4 kt
Eff. Shear7 kt
0–1 km SRH14
0–3 km SRH9
Eff. SRH9
Storm Motion147° @ 13 kt
0–1 km EHI0.2
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index33.8
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.47 in
0–3 km LR5.5 °C/km
700–500 LR5.8 °C/km
Total Totals44.9
LCL965 hPa
LFC908 hPa
EL141 hPa
Freezing Lvl15,902 ft