Severe Thunderstorm Watch 10:00 PM

Rice County, Minnesota, United States

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24°C
Feels like 28°
Mostly Cloudy
▲ 26°  /  ▼ 18°
Wind
4 mph ENE
Humidity
87%
Dew Point
21°
Pressure
28.82 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
5.0
Cloud Cover
77%
Sunrise
5:37 AM
Sunset
8:58 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Rice County is currently mostly cloudy at 24°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 89% around 5 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1444 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 5:37AM · Sunset: 8:58PM.

Alerts

Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 10:00 PM
34 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
24°
52%
5 PM
26°
89%
6 PM
25°
68%
7 PM
24°
68%
8 PM
23°
52%
9 PM
22°
52%
10 PM
22°
40%
11 PM
21°
48%
12 AM
21°
40%
1 AM
21°
41%
2 AM
20°
40%
3 AM
20°
35%
4 AM
20°
35%
5 AM
18°
30%
6 AM
18°
21%
7 AM
19°
19%
8 AM
19°
24%
9 AM
20°
24%
10 AM
21°
24%
11 AM
22°
13%
12 PM
23°
14%
1 PM
24°
14%
2 PM
25°
14%
3 PM
25°
10%
7-Day Forecast
Today
26° 18°
Mostly Cloudy with a 68% chance of rain.
Thu
27° 18°
Partly Cloudy with a 41% chance of rain.
Fri
29° 19°
Partly Cloudy.
Sat
29° 18°
Mostly Clear.
Sun
30° 18°
Clear.
Mon
31° 19°
Clear.
Tue
32° 21°
Clear.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 24° Mostly Cloudy 52% 4 mph ENE 87%
5 PM 26° Overcast 89% 4 mph NNW 92%
6 PM 25° Overcast 68% 5 mph NNE 94%
7 PM 24° Overcast 68% 6 mph NNE 95%
8 PM 23° Mostly Cloudy 52% 5 mph NE 96%
9 PM 22° Mostly Cloudy 52% 4 mph ENE 97%
10 PM 22° Mostly Cloudy 40% 4 mph ENE 97%
11 PM 21° Mostly Cloudy 48% 4 mph ESE 97%
12 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 40% 4 mph WNW 97%
1 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 41% 4 mph NNW 97%
2 AM 20° Mostly Cloudy 40% 4 mph N 97%
3 AM 20° Mostly Cloudy 35% 4 mph N 97%
4 AM 20° Fog 35% 4 mph N 97%
5 AM 18° Fog 30% 4 mph N 96%
6 AM 18° Fog 21% 4 mph N 95%
7 AM 19° Haze 19% 5 mph N 94%
8 AM 19° Partly Cloudy 24% 6 mph N 91%
9 AM 20° Partly Cloudy 24% 6 mph N 88%
10 AM 21° Partly Cloudy 24% 6 mph NNE 84%
11 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 13% 6 mph NNE 80%
12 PM 23° Mostly Cloudy 14% 6 mph NNE 76%
1 PM 24° Mostly Cloudy 14% 6 mph NNE 73%
2 PM 25° Mostly Cloudy 14% 6 mph NNE 72%
3 PM 25° Mostly Cloudy 10% 5 mph NNE 70%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/8
Mostly Cloudy
68%
18°
26°
Thu
7/9
Partly Cloudy
41%
18°
27°
Fri
7/10
Partly Cloudy
16%
19°
29°
Sat
7/11
Mostly Clear
17%
18°
29°
Sun
7/12
Clear
9%
18°
30°
Mon
7/13
Clear
3%
19°
31°
Tue
7/14
Clear
19%
21°
32°
Wed
7/15
Partly Cloudy
60%
19°
31°
Thu
7/16
Partly Cloudy
60%
19°
31°
Fri
7/17
Drizzle
60%
19°
31°
Sat
7/18
Drizzle
60%
14°
27°
Sun
7/19
Drizzle
60%
18°
26°
Mon
7/20
Drizzle
60%
17°
26°
Tue
7/21
Drizzle
60%
17°
26°
Wed
7/22
Drizzle
60%
16°
26°
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
29 AQI 5.2 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
34 AQI 38 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Thu 34 Good 34 29
Fri 41 Good 41 23
Sat 39 Good 39 26
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 70 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE1427 J/kg
MLCAPE1254 J/kg
MUCAPE1427 J/kg
SBCIN-4 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-4.5
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear39 kt
0–1 km Shear9 kt
Eff. Shear39 kt
0–1 km SRH12
0–3 km SRH-23
Eff. SRH-23
Storm Motion238° @ 27 kt
0–1 km EHI0.1
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.1
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index36.5
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.88 in
0–3 km LR5.6 °C/km
700–500 LR6.3 °C/km
Total Totals49.2
LCL930 hPa
LFC905 hPa
EL210 hPa
Freezing Lvl13,737 ft