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Palo Alto County, Iowa, United States

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22°C
Feels like 22°
Overcast
▲ 32°  /  ▼ 19°
Wind
11 mph NNW
Humidity
89%
Dew Point
20°
Pressure
28.64 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
86%
Sunrise
6:44 AM
Sunset
7:51 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Palo Alto County is currently overcast at 22°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 65% around 2 AM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1937 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:44AM · Sunset: 7:51PM.

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47 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
22°
65%
3 AM
19°
63%
4 AM
19°
53%
5 AM
18°
53%
6 AM
17°
39%
7 AM
17°
47%
8 AM
18°
29%
9 AM
19°
16%
10 AM
21°
8%
11 AM
23°
8%
12 PM
26°
9%
1 PM
28°
9%
2 PM
30°
12%
3 PM
31°
12%
4 PM
32°
21%
5 PM
31°
22%
6 PM
32°
18%
7 PM
31°
18%
8 PM
29°
24%
9 PM
27°
34%
10 PM
23°
35%
11 PM
23°
44%
12 AM
23°
45%
1 AM
22°
53%
7-Day Forecast
Today
32° 19°
Mostly Clear with a 65% chance of rain.
Thu
36° 19°
Rain, 63% chance.
Fri
38° 19°
Clear with a 57% chance of rain.
Sat
37° 19°
Clear with a 66% chance of rain.
Sun
38° 18°
Rain, 69% chance.
Mon
32° 18°
Rain, 82% chance.
Tue
37° 18°
Drizzle, 53% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 22° Overcast 65% 11 mph NNW 89%
3 AM 19° Rain 63% 8 mph NNE 92%
4 AM 19° Rain 53% 8 mph E 96%
5 AM 18° Rain 53% 7 mph ESE 96%
6 AM 17° Overcast 39% 6 mph ESE 97%
7 AM 17° Mostly Cloudy 47% 8 mph SE 97%
8 AM 18° Mostly Cloudy 29% 7 mph SE 92%
9 AM 19° Partly Cloudy 16% 7 mph SE 87%
10 AM 21° Mostly Clear 8% 6 mph SE 80%
11 AM 23° Mostly Clear 8% 6 mph SSE 71%
12 PM 26° Clear 9% 6 mph SSE 61%
1 PM 28° Clear 9% 7 mph SSE 51%
2 PM 30° Mostly Clear 12% 8 mph S 48%
3 PM 31° Clear 12% 9 mph S 46%
4 PM 32° Clear 21% 10 mph S 44%
5 PM 31° Clear 22% 9 mph S 46%
6 PM 32° Clear 18% 8 mph S 48%
7 PM 31° Clear 18% 6 mph SSE 53%
8 PM 29° Clear 24% 6 mph SSE 60%
9 PM 27° Clear 34% 6 mph SSE 68%
10 PM 23° Clear 35% 7 mph SSE 73%
11 PM 23° Mostly Clear 44% 6 mph S 74%
12 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 45% 7 mph S 74%
1 AM 22° Overcast 53% 8 mph S 75%
15-Day Forecast
Today
9/2
Mostly Clear
65%
19°
32°
Thu
9/3
Rain
63%
19°
36°
Fri
9/4
Clear
57%
19°
38°
Sat
9/5
Clear
66%
19°
37°
Sun
9/6
Rain
69%
18°
38°
Mon
9/7
Rain
82%
18°
32°
Tue
9/8
Drizzle
53%
18°
37°
Wed
9/9
Drizzle
53%
13°
30°
Thu
9/10
Drizzle
44%
12°
29°
Fri
9/11
Drizzle
64%
13°
31°
Sat
9/12
Clear
60%
16°
31°
Sun
9/13
Drizzle
60%
16°
30°
Mon
9/14
Drizzle
60%
15°
29°
Tue
9/15
Drizzle
60%
15°
28°
Wed
9/16
Drizzle
60%
14°
28°
47
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
47 AQI 8.6 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
37 AQI 41 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 47 Good 37 47
Thu 42 Good 42 42
Fri 36 Good 35 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
SBCAPE190 J/kg
MLCAPE773 J/kg
MUCAPE1683 J/kg
SBCIN-305 J/kg
MLCIN-170 J/kg
Lifted Index-1.6
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear52 kt
0–1 km Shear23 kt
Eff. Shear38 kt
0–1 km SRH122
0–3 km SRH199
Eff. SRH166
Storm Motion257° @ 37 kt
0–1 km EHI0.1
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.1
STP (eff)0.1
Supercell5.5
K-Index43.5
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.10 in
0–3 km LR4.7 °C/km
700–500 LR6.3 °C/km
Total Totals52.3
LCL942 hPa
LFC672 hPa
EL382 hPa
Freezing Lvl13,576 ft