Severe Thunderstorm Watch 5:00 AM Severe Thunderstorm Watch 5:00 AM

Buena Vista County, Iowa, United States

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22°C
Feels like 23°
Mostly Cloudy
▲ 32°  /  ▼ 18°
Wind
10 mph NNE
Humidity
89%
Dew Point
20°
Pressure
28.54 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
84%
Sunrise
6:46 AM
Sunset
7:52 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Buena Vista County is currently mostly cloudy at 22°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 68% around 4 AM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1825 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:46AM · Sunset: 7:52PM.

46 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
22°
61%
3 AM
19°
49%
4 AM
19°
67%
5 AM
18°
67%
6 AM
17°
59%
7 AM
17°
38%
8 AM
18°
36%
9 AM
20°
33%
10 AM
22°
20%
11 AM
24°
8%
12 PM
26°
9%
1 PM
28°
22%
2 PM
31°
12%
3 PM
32°
18%
4 PM
32°
27%
5 PM
32°
27%
6 PM
32°
24%
7 PM
31°
36%
8 PM
29°
45%
9 PM
27°
45%
10 PM
24°
49%
11 PM
23°
54%
12 AM
23°
55%
1 AM
21°
62%
7-Day Forecast
Today
32° 18°
Mostly Clear with a 67% chance of rain.
Thu
37° 18°
Mostly Clear with a 63% chance of rain.
Fri
38° 20°
Clear with a 57% chance of rain.
Sat
37° 20°
Clear with a 66% chance of rain.
Sun
38° 19°
Drizzle, 51% chance.
Mon
35° 18°
Rain, 82% chance.
Tue
37° 18°
Drizzle, 63% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 22° Mostly Cloudy 61% 10 mph NNE 89%
3 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 49% 8 mph NNE 92%
4 AM 19° Partly Cloudy 67% 8 mph E 95%
5 AM 18° Partly Cloudy 67% 8 mph ESE 94%
6 AM 17° Rain 59% 8 mph ESE 94%
7 AM 17° Mostly Cloudy 38% 8 mph SE 94%
8 AM 18° Mostly Cloudy 36% 8 mph SE 89%
9 AM 20° Mostly Clear 33% 8 mph SE 84%
10 AM 22° Clear 20% 8 mph SSE 77%
11 AM 24° Clear 8% 7 mph S 67%
12 PM 26° Mostly Clear 9% 8 mph S 58%
1 PM 28° Mostly Clear 22% 8 mph S 49%
2 PM 31° Clear 12% 8 mph S 46%
3 PM 32° Mostly Clear 18% 9 mph S 44%
4 PM 32° Clear 27% 9 mph S 43%
5 PM 32° Clear 27% 9 mph S 45%
6 PM 32° Clear 24% 8 mph S 48%
7 PM 31° Clear 36% 7 mph S 52%
8 PM 29° Mostly Clear 45% 7 mph S 59%
9 PM 27° Mostly Clear 45% 7 mph S 66%
10 PM 24° Mostly Clear 49% 8 mph S 71%
11 PM 23° Partly Cloudy 54% 8 mph S 73%
12 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 55% 8 mph S 75%
1 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 62% 8 mph SSE 77%
15-Day Forecast
Today
9/2
Mostly Clear
67%
18°
32°
Thu
9/3
Mostly Clear
63%
18°
37°
Fri
9/4
Clear
57%
20°
38°
Sat
9/5
Clear
66%
20°
37°
Sun
9/6
Drizzle
51%
19°
38°
Mon
9/7
Rain
82%
18°
35°
Tue
9/8
Drizzle
63%
18°
37°
Wed
9/9
Drizzle
53%
14°
30°
Thu
9/10
Clear
44%
13°
30°
Fri
9/11
Rain
68%
13°
32°
Sat
9/12
Clear
60%
17°
31°
Sun
9/13
Drizzle
60%
16°
30°
Mon
9/14
Drizzle
60%
16°
29°
Tue
9/15
Drizzle
60%
16°
29°
Wed
9/16
Drizzle
60%
14°
28°
46
Good
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: PM2.5
50 100 150 200

Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no health risk.

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
Dominant
46 AQI 8.4 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
39 AQI 43 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 46 Good 39 46
Thu 42 Good 41 42
Fri 41 Good 41 37
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 Sep 2, 05:00'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
SBCAPE481 J/kg
MLCAPE1147 J/kg
MUCAPE1721 J/kg
SBCIN-321 J/kg
MLCIN-198 J/kg
Lifted Index-2.5
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear53 kt
0–1 km Shear23 kt
Eff. Shear43 kt
0–1 km SRH140
0–3 km SRH234
Eff. SRH204
Storm Motion260° @ 35 kt
0–1 km EHI0.4
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.4
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell7.7
K-Index43.6
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.95 in
0–3 km LR4.7 °C/km
700–500 LR6.3 °C/km
Total Totals52.1
LCL943 hPa
LFC684 hPa
EL224 hPa
Freezing Lvl13,901 ft