Severe Thunderstorm Watch 10:00 PM Areal Flood Watch 12:00 AM

Olmsted County, Minnesota, United States

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24°C
Feels like 27°
Rain
▲ 28°  /  ▼ 18°
Wind
7 mph SW
Humidity
89%
Dew Point
22°
Pressure
28.74 inHg
Visibility
9 mi
UV Index
2.1
Cloud Cover
99%
Sunrise
5:35 AM
Sunset
8:53 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Olmsted County is currently rain at 24°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 90% around 4 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1631 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 5:35AM · Sunset: 8:53PM.

Alerts

Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 10:00 PM
Areal Flood Watch
Expires 12:00 AM
42 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
24°
90%
5 PM
24°
90%
6 PM
23°
90%
7 PM
23°
90%
8 PM
22°
90%
9 PM
21°
72%
10 PM
21°
73%
11 PM
21°
68%
12 AM
21°
61%
1 AM
20°
35%
2 AM
20°
30%
3 AM
19°
24%
4 AM
19°
24%
5 AM
18°
30%
6 AM
18°
43%
7 AM
19°
34%
8 AM
19°
48%
9 AM
20°
43%
10 AM
21°
43%
11 AM
22°
43%
12 PM
23°
43%
1 PM
23°
43%
2 PM
23°
32%
3 PM
24°
32%
7-Day Forecast
Today
28° 18°
Rain, 90% chance.
Thu
27° 18°
Partly Cloudy with a 43% chance of rain.
Fri
28° 18°
Partly Cloudy.
Sat
29° 18°
Clear.
Sun
29° 19°
Clear.
Mon
30° 19°
Clear.
Tue
32° 21°
Clear.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 24° Rain 90% 7 mph SW 89%
5 PM 24° Overcast 90% 5 mph WSW 91%
6 PM 23° Heavy Rain 90% 6 mph WSW 95%
7 PM 23° Heavy Rain 90% 6 mph WSW 97%
8 PM 22° Heavy Rain 90% 6 mph WSW 98%
9 PM 21° Overcast 72% 6 mph W 98%
10 PM 21° Overcast 73% 5 mph W 98%
11 PM 21° Overcast 68% 3 mph W 98%
12 AM 21° Overcast 61% 3 mph W 97%
1 AM 20° Mostly Cloudy 35% 3 mph SSE 97%
2 AM 20° Mostly Cloudy 30% 3 mph SSW 97%
3 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 24% 4 mph SW 97%
4 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 24% 5 mph WSW 96%
5 AM 18° Mostly Cloudy 30% 4 mph NW 96%
6 AM 18° Mostly Cloudy 43% 4 mph NNW 96%
7 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 34% 4 mph NNW 94%
8 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 48% 5 mph NNW 91%
9 AM 20° Rain 43% 6 mph N 88%
10 AM 21° Rain 43% 6 mph N 85%
11 AM 22° Rain 43% 6 mph N 83%
12 PM 23° Rain 43% 7 mph N 81%
1 PM 23° Partly Cloudy 43% 7 mph N 79%
2 PM 23° Partly Cloudy 32% 6 mph N 78%
3 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 32% 6 mph N 76%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/8
Rain
90%
18°
28°
Thu
7/9
Partly Cloudy
43%
18°
27°
Fri
7/10
Partly Cloudy
8%
18°
28°
Sat
7/11
Clear
17%
18°
29°
Sun
7/12
Clear
9%
19°
29°
Mon
7/13
Clear
3%
19°
30°
Tue
7/14
Clear
19%
21°
32°
Wed
7/15
Partly Cloudy
60%
19°
31°
Thu
7/16
Drizzle
60%
19°
31°
Fri
7/17
Drizzle
60%
19°
31°
Sat
7/18
Drizzle
60%
13°
26°
Sun
7/19
Drizzle
60%
18°
25°
Mon
7/20
Drizzle
60%
17°
25°
Tue
7/21
Drizzle
60%
17°
24°
Wed
7/22
Drizzle
60%
16°
24°
42
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
39 AQI 7.0 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
42 AQI 45 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Thu 42 Good 42 39
Fri 42 Good 42 33
Sat 38 Good 38 35
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 60 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE1817 J/kg
MLCAPE1298 J/kg
MUCAPE1817 J/kg
SBCIN0 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-5.8
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear33 kt
0–1 km Shear8 kt
Eff. Shear34 kt
0–1 km SRH25
0–3 km SRH3
Eff. SRH3
Storm Motion239° @ 30 kt
0–1 km EHI0.3
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.3
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.1
K-Index41.9
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.08 in
0–3 km LR5.8 °C/km
700–500 LR6.3 °C/km
Total Totals50.7
LCL933 hPa
LFC973 hPa
EL197 hPa
Freezing Lvl13,327 ft