Cottonwood County, Minnesota, United States

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18°C

Feels like 19°

Mostly Cloudy

▲ 30° / ▼ 19°

Wind

7 mph ESE

Humidity

96%

Dew Point

18°

Pressure

28.41 inHg

Visibility

10 mi

UV Index

0.0

Cloud Cover

76%

Sunrise

6:45 AM

Sunset

7:54 PM

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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Cottonwood County is currently mostly cloudy at 18°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 60% around 3 AM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 2111 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°

59%

4 AM

17°

10%

5 AM

17°

12%

6 AM

16°

14%

7 AM

16°

16%

8 AM

17°

26%

9 AM

18°

28%

10 AM

18°

20%

11 AM

20°

20%

12 PM

22°

1 PM

24°

2 PM

27°

3 PM

27°

12%

4 PM

28°

21%

5 PM

28°

21%

6 PM

28°

18%

7 PM

27°

20%

8 PM

26°

34%

9 PM

24°

43%

10 PM

21°

34%

11 PM

21°

35%

12 AM

21°

40%

1 AM

20°

39%

2 AM

21°

45%

7-Day Forecast

Today

30° 19°

Mostly Clear with a 59% chance of rain.

Thu

34° 19°

Mostly Clear with a 45% chance of rain.

Fri

38° 19°

Mostly Clear with a 28% chance of rain.

Sat

34° 18°

Partly Cloudy with a 74% chance of rain.

Sun

36° 19°

Drizzle, 51% chance.

Mon

29° 18°

Heavy Rain, 82% chance.

Tue

33° 17°

Drizzle, 53% chance.

+ Feels like

TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity

Now 18° Mostly Cloudy 59% 7 mph ESE 96%

4 AM 17° Partly Cloudy 10% 6 mph E 96%

5 AM 17° Partly Cloudy 12% 6 mph ENE 97%

6 AM 16° Mostly Clear 14% 4 mph E 97%

7 AM 16° Mostly Clear 16% 4 mph E 98%

8 AM 17° Partly Cloudy 26% 4 mph ESE 95%

9 AM 18° Partly Cloudy 28% 4 mph SE 92%

10 AM 18° Partly Cloudy 20% 5 mph SE 89%

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

12 PM 22° Mostly Clear 8% 6 mph ESE 75%

1 PM 24° Mostly Clear 6% 6 mph ESE 68%

2 PM 27° Clear 9% 7 mph ESE 65%

3 PM 27° Clear 12% 7 mph SE 62%

4 PM 28° Clear 21% 7 mph SE 59%

5 PM 28° Clear 21% 7 mph SE 60%

6 PM 28° Mostly Clear 18% 6 mph ESE 62%

7 PM 27° Mostly Clear 20% 7 mph ESE 65%

8 PM 26° Clear 34% 6 mph E 73%

9 PM 24° Clear 43% 7 mph E 79%

10 PM 21° Clear 34% 7 mph E 86%

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

12 AM 21° Partly Cloudy 40% 7 mph ESE 89%

1 AM 20° Drizzle 39% 7 mph ESE 90%

2 AM 21° Drizzle 45% 6 mph SE 86%

15-Day Forecast

Today

9/2

Mostly Clear

59%

19°

30°

Thu

9/3

Mostly Clear

45%

19°

34°

Fri

9/4

Mostly Clear

28%

19°

38°

Sat

9/5

Partly Cloudy

74%

18°

34°

Sun

9/6

Drizzle

51%

19°

36°

Mon

9/7

Heavy Rain

82%

18°

29°

Tue

9/8

Drizzle

53%

17°

33°

Wed

9/9

Drizzle

72%

13°

28°

Thu

9/10

Drizzle

44%

11°

26°

Fri

9/11

Drizzle

51%

14°

30°

Sat

9/12

Drizzle

60%

15°

28°

Sun

9/13

Drizzle

60%

14°

27°

Mon

9/14

Clear

60%

14°

27°

Tue

9/15

Drizzle

60%

15°

27°

Wed

9/16

Clear

60%

14°

28°

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, 06:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)

Hodograph · kt

0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km

Instability

SBCAPE0 J/kg

MLCAPE25 J/kg

MUCAPE82 J/kg

SBCIN—

MLCIN0 J/kg

Lifted Index2.5

Kinematics

0–6 km Shear38 kt

0–1 km Shear7 kt

Eff. Shear—

0–1 km SRH38

0–3 km SRH126

Eff. SRH—

Storm Motion306° @ 23 kt

0–1 km EHI0.0

Composite Parameters

Sig. Tornado0.0

STP (eff)—

Supercell—

K-Index36.2

Thermo & Levels

PWAT1.82 in

0–3 km LR3.9 °C/km

700–500 LR5.9 °C/km

Total Totals46.6

LCL949 hPa

LFC—

EL—

Freezing Lvl13,343 ft

Cottonwood County, Minnesota, United States

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