Areal Flood Watch 1:00 PM

Buchanan County, Iowa, United States

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16°C
Feels like 13°
Overcast
▲ 19°  /  ▼ 12°
Wind
14 mph ENE
Humidity
93%
Dew Point
15°
Pressure
28.98 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
2.4
Cloud Cover
97%
Sunrise
6:52 AM
Sunset
7:07 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Buchanan County is currently overcast at 16°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 70% around 4 AM. Sunrise: 6:52AM · Sunset: 7:07PM.

Alerts

Areal Flood Watch
Expires 1:00 PM
21 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
16°
59%
12 PM
14°
62%
1 PM
16°
34%
2 PM
16°
53%
3 PM
16°
35%
4 PM
17°
27%
5 PM
17°
27%
6 PM
17°
13%
7 PM
17°
20%
8 PM
17°
24%
9 PM
17°
32%
10 PM
16°
30%
11 PM
16°
37%
12 AM
15°
50%
1 AM
14°
62%
2 AM
14°
62%
3 AM
14°
67%
4 AM
14°
70%
5 AM
13°
70%
6 AM
13°
60%
7 AM
13°
61%
8 AM
13°
61%
9 AM
12°
65%
10 AM
12°
64%
7-Day Forecast
Today
19° 12°
Overcast with a 59% chance of rain.
Mon
16° 11°
Overcast with a 70% chance of rain.
Tue
16° 8°
Mostly Cloudy with a 62% chance of rain.
Wed
18° 7°
Mostly Cloudy.
Thu
18° 9°
Clear.
Fri
18° 12°
Clear.
Sat
18° 11°
Rain, 52% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 16° Overcast 59% 14 mph ENE 93%
12 PM 14° Overcast 62% 14 mph ENE 92%
1 PM 16° Overcast 34% 14 mph ENE 91%
2 PM 16° Overcast 53% 14 mph ENE 90%
3 PM 16° Overcast 35% 13 mph ENE 89%
4 PM 17° Overcast 27% 12 mph ENE 88%
5 PM 17° Overcast 27% 12 mph ENE 87%
6 PM 17° Overcast 13% 13 mph ENE 85%
7 PM 17° Overcast 20% 13 mph ENE 84%
8 PM 17° Overcast 24% 13 mph ENE 82%
9 PM 17° Overcast 32% 14 mph ENE 80%
10 PM 16° Overcast 30% 15 mph ENE 80%
11 PM 16° Overcast 37% 14 mph ENE 81%
12 AM 15° Overcast 50% 14 mph ENE 82%
1 AM 14° Overcast 62% 14 mph ENE 83%
2 AM 14° Overcast 62% 13 mph ENE 84%
3 AM 14° Overcast 67% 13 mph ENE 84%
4 AM 14° Rain 70% 13 mph ENE 85%
5 AM 13° Rain 70% 13 mph ENE 85%
6 AM 13° Overcast 60% 13 mph ENE 86%
7 AM 13° Overcast 61% 13 mph ENE 86%
8 AM 13° Overcast 61% 13 mph ENE 87%
9 AM 12° Overcast 65% 13 mph NE 88%
10 AM 12° Overcast 64% 13 mph NE 88%
15-Day Forecast
Today
9/20
Overcast
59%
12°
19°
Mon
9/21
Overcast
70%
11°
16°
Tue
9/22
Mostly Cloudy
62%
8°
16°
Wed
9/23
Mostly Cloudy
3%
7°
18°
Thu
9/24
Clear
8%
9°
18°
Fri
9/25
Clear
17%
12°
18°
Sat
9/26
Rain
52%
11°
18°
Sun
9/27
Drizzle
43%
10°
21°
Mon
9/28
Drizzle
68%
12°
21°
Tue
9/29
Drizzle
68%
12°
19°
Wed
9/30
Drizzle
60%
12°
20°
Thu
10/1
Drizzle
60%
11°
19°
Fri
10/2
Drizzle
60%
11°
19°
Sat
10/3
Drizzle
60%
10°
18°
Sun
10/4
Drizzle
60%
9°
17°
21
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
12 AQI 2.1 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
21 AQI 23 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Mon 21 Good 21 12
Tue 19 Good 19 3
Wed 15 Good 15 8
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 Sun Sep 20, 15:00'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
SBCAPE13 J/kg
MLCAPE12 J/kg
MUCAPE9 J/kg
SBCIN0 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index7.1
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear21 kt
0–1 km Shear12 kt
Eff. Shear—
0–1 km SRH8
0–3 km SRH109
Eff. SRH—
Storm Motion358° @ 19 kt
0–1 km EHI0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)—
Supercell—
K-Index31.6
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.51 in
0–3 km LR3.7 °C/km
700–500 LR5.0 °C/km
Total Totals41.9
LCL965 hPa
LFC981 hPa
EL898 hPa
Freezing Lvl13,264 ft