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Cherokee County, Iowa, United States

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21°C
Feels like 22°
Overcast
▲ 33°  /  ▼ 19°
Wind
11 mph N
Humidity
91%
Dew Point
19°
Pressure
28.50 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
90%
Sunrise
6:48 AM
Sunset
7:54 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Cherokee County is currently overcast at 21°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 69% around 3 AM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1618 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:48AM · Sunset: 7:54PM.

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41 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
21°
59%
3 AM
20°
69%
4 AM
20°
69%
5 AM
19°
69%
6 AM
18°
56%
7 AM
17°
31%
8 AM
19°
30%
9 AM
21°
28%
10 AM
22°
8%
11 AM
24°
8%
12 PM
26°
9%
1 PM
28°
9%
2 PM
32°
9%
3 PM
32°
18%
4 PM
33°
27%
5 PM
32°
27%
6 PM
33°
24%
7 PM
32°
24%
8 PM
30°
32%
9 PM
27°
41%
10 PM
24°
41%
11 PM
24°
50%
12 AM
24°
54%
1 AM
22°
56%
7-Day Forecast
Today
33° 19°
Clear with a 69% chance of rain.
Thu
37° 19°
Rain, 56% chance.
Fri
38° 21°
Clear with a 39% chance of rain.
Sat
37° 21°
Clear with a 66% chance of rain.
Sun
38° 19°
Drizzle, 51% chance.
Mon
37° 19°
Rain, 82% chance.
Tue
36° 19°
Drizzle, 53% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 21° Overcast 59% 11 mph N 91%
3 AM 20° Rain 69% 6 mph NNE 90%
4 AM 20° Rain 69% 11 mph ESE 90%
5 AM 19° Rain 69% 8 mph SE 91%
6 AM 18° Partly Cloudy 56% 9 mph SE 92%
7 AM 17° Partly Cloudy 31% 8 mph ESE 94%
8 AM 19° Mostly Clear 30% 7 mph SE 88%
9 AM 21° Clear 28% 8 mph SE 81%
10 AM 22° Clear 8% 8 mph SSE 72%
11 AM 24° Clear 8% 8 mph S 63%
12 PM 26° Clear 9% 8 mph S 54%
1 PM 28° Clear 9% 9 mph S 45%
2 PM 32° Clear 9% 9 mph SSW 42%
3 PM 32° Clear 18% 10 mph SSW 40%
4 PM 33° Clear 27% 10 mph SSW 38%
5 PM 32° Mostly Clear 27% 9 mph S 40%
6 PM 33° Mostly Clear 24% 8 mph S 42%
7 PM 32° Partly Cloudy 24% 7 mph S 46%
8 PM 30° Partly Cloudy 32% 7 mph S 53%
9 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 41% 7 mph SSE 60%
10 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 41% 8 mph SSE 67%
11 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 50% 8 mph SSE 70%
12 AM 24° Partly Cloudy 54% 8 mph S 72%
1 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 56% 7 mph SSE 74%
15-Day Forecast
Today
9/2
Clear
69%
19°
33°
Thu
9/3
Rain
56%
19°
37°
Fri
9/4
Clear
39%
21°
38°
Sat
9/5
Clear
66%
21°
37°
Sun
9/6
Drizzle
51%
19°
38°
Mon
9/7
Rain
82%
19°
37°
Tue
9/8
Drizzle
53%
19°
36°
Wed
9/9
Drizzle
53%
16°
29°
Thu
9/10
Clear
44%
14°
30°
Fri
9/11
Rain
68%
13°
32°
Sat
9/12
Clear
60%
17°
31°
Sun
9/13
Drizzle
60%
16°
29°
Mon
9/14
Drizzle
60%
16°
29°
Tue
9/15
Drizzle
60%
15°
28°
Wed
9/16
Drizzle
60%
15°
28°
41
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
41 AQI 7.4 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
41 AQI 44 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 41 Good 41 41
Thu 44 Good 44 39
Fri 43 Good 43 36
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
SBCAPE135 J/kg
MLCAPE1030 J/kg
MUCAPE1654 J/kg
SBCIN-454 J/kg
MLCIN-231 J/kg
Lifted Index-1.2
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear51 kt
0–1 km Shear26 kt
Eff. Shear41 kt
0–1 km SRH195
0–3 km SRH287
Eff. SRH227
Storm Motion261° @ 36 kt
0–1 km EHI0.2
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.2
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell7.9
K-Index41.3
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.93 in
0–3 km LR4.4 °C/km
700–500 LR6.5 °C/km
Total Totals52.2
LCL936 hPa
LFC626 hPa
EL378 hPa
Freezing Lvl13,816 ft