Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States

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68°F

Feels like 68°

Rain

▲ 80° / ▼ 63°

Wind

7 mph E

Humidity

73%

Dew Point

60°

Pressure

25.72 inHg

Visibility

10 mi

UV Index

0.0

Cloud Cover

82%

Sunrise

6:11 AM

Sunset

6:19 PM

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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Santa Cruz County is currently rain at 68°F. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 66% around 6 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1154 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:11AM · Sunset: 6:19PM.

33 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality

Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours

Now

68°

66%

7 PM

71°

60%

8 PM

68°

52%

9 PM

68°

51%

10 PM

67°

27%

11 PM

67°

27%

12 AM

66°

27%

1 AM

66°

28%

2 AM

66°

32%

3 AM

65°

46%

4 AM

63°

47%

5 AM

63°

47%

6 AM

63°

58%

7 AM

64°

48%

8 AM

71°

55%

9 AM

73°

46%

10 AM

75°

53%

11 AM

75°

65%

12 PM

77°

64%

1 PM

79°

64%

2 PM

78°

58%

3 PM

78°

54%

4 PM

73°

54%

5 PM

73°

44%

7-Day Forecast

Tonight

80° 63°

Rain, 66% chance.

Wed

82° 63°

Overcast with a 64% chance of rain.

Thu

88° 60°

Clear with a 65% chance of rain.

Fri

90° 60°

Clear with a 21% chance of rain.

Sat

89° 67°

Clear.

Sun

87° 68°

Drizzle, 60% chance.

Mon

81° 64°

Rain, 90% chance.

+ Feels like

TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity

Now 68° Rain 66% 7 mph E 73%

7 PM 71° Overcast 60% 7 mph ESE 76%

8 PM 68° Overcast 52% 7 mph ESE 75%

9 PM 68° Overcast 51% 7 mph E 75%

10 PM 67° Overcast 27% 8 mph E 75%

11 PM 67° Overcast 27% 9 mph ENE 73%

12 AM 66° Overcast 27% 8 mph ENE 74%

1 AM 66° Mostly Cloudy 28% 8 mph ENE 75%

2 AM 66° Partly Cloudy 32% 8 mph ENE 76%

3 AM 65° Partly Cloudy 46% 8 mph ENE 77%

4 AM 63° Mostly Cloudy 47% 8 mph ENE 78%

5 AM 63° Overcast 47% 7 mph ENE 78%

6 AM 63° Overcast 58% 7 mph ENE 77%

7 AM 64° Overcast 48% 7 mph E 76%

8 AM 71° Overcast 55% 5 mph E 73%

9 AM 73° Overcast 46% 4 mph SE 66%

10 AM 75° Overcast 53% 4 mph SSE 60%

11 AM 75° Overcast 65% 5 mph SSW 63%

12 PM 77° Overcast 64% 4 mph SW 62%

1 PM 79° Overcast 64% 5 mph SW 62%

2 PM 78° Overcast 58% 4 mph WSW 62%

3 PM 78° Overcast 54% 4 mph W 62%

4 PM 73° Overcast 54% 4 mph WNW 61%

5 PM 73° Mostly Cloudy 44% 4 mph NW 62%

15-Day Forecast

Today

9/22

Rain

66%

63°

80°

Wed

9/23

Overcast

64%

63°

82°

Thu

9/24

Clear

65%

60°

88°

Fri

9/25

Clear

21%

60°

90°

Sat

9/26

Clear

19%

67°

89°

Sun

9/27

Drizzle

60%

68°

87°

Mon

9/28

Rain

90%

64°

81°

Tue

9/29

Rain

82%

63°

80°

Wed

9/30

Rain

68%

63°

85°

Thu

10/1

Rain

68%

64°

86°

Fri

10/2

Drizzle

90%

65°

86°

Sat

10/3

Drizzle

60%

64°

85°

Sun

10/4

Drizzle

60%

64°

86°

Mon

10/5

Drizzle

60%

63°

86°

Tue

10/6

Clear

60%

64°

86°

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

PM_2.5

Fine particulate matter

32 AQI 5.9 µg/m³

O₃

Ground-level ozone

Dominant

33 AQI 36 ppb

3-Day Outlook

DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5

Today 33 Good 33 32

Thu 30 Good 30 28

Fri 33 Good 29 33

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. PM_2.5 (fine particles) is reported in µg/m³ and ozone (O₃) in ppb. Forecast source: NWS NAQFC.

Temp Dewpoint Parcel (SB) CAPE CIN Dry adiabat Moist adiabat Mixing ratio

RAP

Valid Tue Sep 22, 23:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)

Hodograph · kt

0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km

Instability

SBCAPE657 J/kg

MLCAPE310 J/kg

MUCAPE759 J/kg

SBCIN-116 J/kg

MLCIN-83 J/kg

Lifted Index-2.6

Kinematics

0–6 km Shear11 kt

0–1 km Shear7 kt

Eff. Shear9 kt

0–1 km SRH36

0–3 km SRH27

Eff. SRH27

Storm Motion276° @ 14 kt

0–1 km EHI0.2

Composite Parameters

Sig. Tornado0.0

STP (eff)0.0

Supercell0.0

K-Index36.9

Thermo & Levels

PWAT1.32 in

0–3 km LR6.5 °C/km

700–500 LR6.1 °C/km

Total Totals49.5

LCL815 hPa

LFC701 hPa

EL223 hPa

Freezing Lvl10,272 ft

Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States

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