Severe Thunderstorm Warning — Fillmore County, MN 5:15 PM Severe Thunderstorm Watch 10:00 PM

Howard County, Iowa, United States

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28°C
Feels like 31°
Partly Cloudy
▲ 28°  /  ▼ 18°
Wind
11 mph SW
Humidity
73%
Dew Point
22°
Pressure
28.61 inHg
Visibility
8 mi
UV Index
6.6
Cloud Cover
56%
Sunrise
5:37 AM
Sunset
8:51 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Howard County is currently partly cloudy at 28°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 90% around 7 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 2498 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 5:37AM · Sunset: 8:51PM.

34 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
28°
40%
5 PM
27°
83%
6 PM
27°
83%
7 PM
26°
90%
8 PM
23°
86%
9 PM
22°
86%
10 PM
21°
79%
11 PM
21°
59%
12 AM
20°
48%
1 AM
20°
24%
2 AM
19°
24%
3 AM
19°
24%
4 AM
19°
21%
5 AM
18°
21%
6 AM
18°
20%
7 AM
19°
20%
8 AM
19°
9%
9 AM
21°
13%
10 AM
21°
13%
11 AM
23°
24%
12 PM
23°
25%
1 PM
23°
25%
2 PM
23°
14%
3 PM
23°
14%
7-Day Forecast
Today
28° 18°
Heavy Rain, 90% chance.
Thu
27° 18°
Mostly Cloudy with a 24% chance of rain.
Fri
28° 18°
Mostly Cloudy.
Sat
28° 18°
Clear.
Sun
28° 18°
Clear.
Mon
29° 18°
Clear.
Tue
30° 20°
Clear.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 28° Partly Cloudy 40% 11 mph SW 73%
5 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 83% 8 mph SSW 78%
6 PM 27° Heavy Rain 83% 8 mph S 84%
7 PM 26° Heavy Rain 90% 7 mph SSE 87%
8 PM 23° Thunderstorm 86% 6 mph SSE 90%
9 PM 22° Heavy Rain 86% 8 mph ESE 92%
10 PM 21° Heavy Rain 79% 6 mph SE 93%
11 PM 21° Rain 59% 6 mph S 95%
12 AM 20° Overcast 48% 6 mph SSW 96%
1 AM 20° Overcast 24% 7 mph SSW 95%
2 AM 19° Overcast 24% 7 mph SW 95%
3 AM 19° Overcast 24% 6 mph SW 96%
4 AM 19° Overcast 21% 6 mph WSW 97%
5 AM 18° Overcast 21% 5 mph W 96%
6 AM 18° Mostly Cloudy 20% 5 mph W 97%
7 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 20% 5 mph NW 96%
8 AM 19° Overcast 9% 6 mph NW 94%
9 AM 21° Overcast 13% 6 mph NW 92%
10 AM 21° Overcast 13% 6 mph NW 89%
11 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 24% 6 mph NNW 86%
12 PM 23° Mostly Cloudy 25% 6 mph NNW 84%
1 PM 23° Mostly Cloudy 25% 6 mph NNW 82%
2 PM 23° Mostly Cloudy 14% 5 mph NNW 81%
3 PM 23° Mostly Cloudy 14% 5 mph NNW 79%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/8
Heavy Rain
90%
18°
28°
Thu
7/9
Mostly Cloudy
24%
18°
27°
Fri
7/10
Mostly Cloudy
16%
18°
28°
Sat
7/11
Clear
17%
18°
28°
Sun
7/12
Clear
19%
18°
28°
Mon
7/13
Clear
9%
18°
29°
Tue
7/14
Clear
9%
20°
30°
Wed
7/15
Mostly Clear
60%
19°
29°
Thu
7/16
Drizzle
60%
19°
30°
Fri
7/17
Drizzle
60%
19°
29°
Sat
7/18
Drizzle
60%
13°
25°
Sun
7/19
Drizzle
60%
18°
24°
Mon
7/20
Drizzle
60%
17°
24°
Tue
7/21
Drizzle
60%
17°
23°
Wed
7/22
Drizzle
60%
17°
23°
34
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
33 AQI 5.9 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
34 AQI 38 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Thu 34 Good 34 33
Fri 35 Good 35 25
Sat 31 Good 31 31
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 Jul 8, 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
SBCAPE3026 J/kg
MLCAPE1839 J/kg
MUCAPE3026 J/kg
SBCIN0 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-7.5
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear27 kt
0–1 km Shear6 kt
Eff. Shear27 kt
0–1 km SRH11
0–3 km SRH-49
Eff. SRH-49
Storm Motion233° @ 31 kt
0–1 km EHI0.2
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.1
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index35.7
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.90 in
0–3 km LR6.9 °C/km
700–500 LR6.3 °C/km
Total Totals49.2
LCL889 hPa
LFC969 hPa
EL182 hPa
Freezing Lvl13,136 ft