Cottonwood County, Minnesota, United States

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18°C

Feels like 18°

Overcast

▲ 30° / ▼ 19°

Wind

10 mph ENE

Humidity

96%

Dew Point

18°

Pressure

28.46 inHg

Visibility

8 mi

UV Index

0.0

Cloud Cover

87%

Sunrise

6:45 AM

Sunset

7:54 PM

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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Cottonwood County is currently overcast at 18°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 90% around 2 AM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 2095 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:45AM · Sunset: 7:54PM.

77 AQI · Moderate Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality

Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours

Now

18°

90%

3 AM

18°

46%

4 AM

17°

12%

5 AM

17°

14%

6 AM

16°

19%

7 AM

15°

18%

8 AM

16°

25%

9 AM

18°

19%

10 AM

18°

20%

11 AM

20°

12 PM

22°

1 PM

24°

2 PM

26°

3 PM

27°

4 PM

28°

18%

5 PM

28°

18%

6 PM

28°

14%

7 PM

27°

14%

8 PM

26°

21%

9 PM

24°

34%

10 PM

21°

35%

11 PM

21°

35%

12 AM

21°

40%

1 AM

19°

44%

7-Day Forecast

Today

30° 19°

Haze with a 90% chance of rain.

Thu

34° 19°

Partly Cloudy with a 45% chance of rain.

Fri

38° 20°

Mostly Clear with a 28% chance of rain.

Sat

35° 18°

Partly Cloudy with a 66% chance of rain.

Sun

36° 19°

Drizzle, 51% chance.

Mon

29° 18°

Heavy Rain, 82% chance.

Tue

33° 17°

Drizzle, 71% chance.

+ Feels like

TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity

Now 18° Overcast 90% 10 mph ENE 96%

3 AM 18° Mostly Cloudy 46% 10 mph ESE 96%

4 AM 17° Partly Cloudy 12% 6 mph ESE 96%

5 AM 17° Mostly Clear 14% 5 mph ENE 97%

6 AM 16° Partly Cloudy 19% 4 mph E 97%

7 AM 15° Partly Cloudy 18% 4 mph ENE 97%

8 AM 16° Haze 25% 5 mph E 94%

9 AM 18° Mostly Cloudy 19% 4 mph ESE 92%

10 AM 18° Partly Cloudy 20% 4 mph SE 89%

11 AM 20° Partly Cloudy 8% 5 mph ESE 82%

12 PM 22° Mostly Clear 6% 6 mph ESE 75%

1 PM 24° Mostly Clear 7% 7 mph ESE 68%

2 PM 26° Clear 7% 7 mph ESE 66%

3 PM 27° Clear 9% 7 mph SE 63%

4 PM 28° Clear 18% 7 mph SE 60%

5 PM 28° Clear 18% 7 mph SE 61%

6 PM 28° Mostly Clear 14% 7 mph ESE 63%

7 PM 27° Mostly Clear 14% 7 mph ESE 66%

8 PM 26° Mostly Clear 21% 7 mph ESE 73%

9 PM 24° Clear 34% 7 mph ESE 80%

10 PM 21° Clear 35% 7 mph E 85%

11 PM 21° Mostly Clear 35% 7 mph ESE 87%

12 AM 21° Partly Cloudy 40% 7 mph ESE 88%

1 AM 19° Drizzle 44% 7 mph ESE 89%

15-Day Forecast

Today

9/2

Haze

90%

19°

30°

Thu

9/3

Partly Cloudy

45%

19°

34°

Fri

9/4

Mostly Clear

28%

20°

38°

Sat

9/5

Partly Cloudy

66%

18°

35°

Sun

9/6

Drizzle

51%

19°

36°

Mon

9/7

Heavy Rain

82%

18°

29°

Tue

9/8

Drizzle

71%

17°

33°

Wed

9/9

Drizzle

72%

13°

27°

Thu

9/10

Drizzle

44%

11°

27°

Fri

9/11

Drizzle

51%

14°

30°

Sat

9/12

Clear

60%

16°

29°

Sun

9/13

Drizzle

60%

15°

28°

Mon

9/14

Drizzle

60%

14°

27°

Tue

9/15

Drizzle

60%

14°

27°

Wed

9/16

Drizzle

60%

14°

27°

Moderate

U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: PM2.5

50 100 150 200

Air quality is acceptable. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

Pollutant Breakdown · Today

PM_2.5

Fine particulate matter

Dominant

77 AQI 23.4 µg/m³

O₃

Ground-level ozone

36 AQI 39 ppb

3-Day Outlook

DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5

Today 77 Moderate 36 77

Thu 46 Good 37 46

Fri 47 Good 39 47

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. PM_2.5 (fine particles) is reported in µg/m³ and ozone (O₃) in ppb. Forecast source: NWS NAQFC.

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

0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km

Instability

SBCAPE0 J/kg

MLCAPE17 J/kg

MUCAPE264 J/kg

SBCIN—

MLCIN0 J/kg

Lifted Index2.3

Kinematics

0–6 km Shear33 kt

0–1 km Shear4 kt

Eff. Shear26 kt

0–1 km SRH-30

0–3 km SRH25

Eff. SRH54

Storm Motion288° @ 19 kt

0–1 km EHI-0.0

Composite Parameters

Sig. Tornado0.0

STP (eff)0.0

Supercell0.2

K-Index37.3

Thermo & Levels

PWAT1.94 in

0–3 km LR4.0 °C/km

700–500 LR5.9 °C/km

Total Totals45.7

LCL952 hPa

LFC—

EL—

Freezing Lvl13,159 ft

Cottonwood County, Minnesota, United States

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