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Dakota County, Nebraska, United States

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22°C
Feels like 21°
Overcast
▲ 34°  /  ▼ 19°
Wind
11 mph NE
Humidity
86%
Dew Point
19°
Pressure
28.64 inHg
Visibility
7 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
89%
Sunrise
6:52 AM
Sunset
7:58 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Dakota County is currently overcast at 21°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 73% around 3 AM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 2108 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:52AM · Sunset: 7:58PM.

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Severe Thunderstorm Watch
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Severe Thunderstorm Watch
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45 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
22°
73%
4 AM
21°
48%
5 AM
21°
30%
6 AM
19°
25%
7 AM
19°
20%
8 AM
20°
20%
9 AM
22°
7%
10 AM
23°
7%
11 AM
26°
4%
12 PM
28°
5%
1 PM
29°
3%
2 PM
32°
5%
3 PM
33°
8%
4 PM
34°
17%
5 PM
33°
25%
6 PM
34°
25%
7 PM
33°
30%
8 PM
31°
35%
9 PM
29°
44%
10 PM
25°
44%
11 PM
24°
44%
12 AM
24°
55%
1 AM
23°
56%
2 AM
23°
62%
7-Day Forecast
Today
34° 19°
Mostly Clear with a 73% chance of rain.
Thu
38° 19°
Clear with a 47% chance of rain.
Fri
38° 23°
Partly Cloudy with a 28% chance of rain.
Sat
37° 22°
Mostly Clear with a 47% chance of rain.
Sun
37° 21°
Drizzle, 64% chance.
Mon
37° 20°
Rain, 82% chance.
Tue
34° 20°
Drizzle, 53% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 22° Overcast 73% 11 mph NE 86%
4 AM 21° Overcast 48% 6 mph ESE 85%
5 AM 21° Partly Cloudy 30% 8 mph ESE 86%
6 AM 19° Partly Cloudy 25% 8 mph SE 88%
7 AM 19° Mostly Clear 20% 8 mph SE 89%
8 AM 20° Partly Cloudy 20% 6 mph SE 84%
9 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 7% 6 mph SE 78%
10 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 7% 6 mph SSE 71%
11 AM 26° Mostly Clear 4% 6 mph S 62%
12 PM 28° Mostly Clear 5% 6 mph S 54%
1 PM 29° Clear 3% 8 mph S 47%
2 PM 32° Clear 5% 8 mph S 43%
3 PM 33° Clear 8% 9 mph S 40%
4 PM 34° Clear 17% 10 mph S 37%
5 PM 33° Clear 25% 9 mph S 39%
6 PM 34° Clear 25% 8 mph S 42%
7 PM 33° Clear 30% 7 mph S 45%
8 PM 31° Mostly Clear 35% 7 mph S 52%
9 PM 29° Mostly Clear 44% 8 mph S 60%
10 PM 25° Mostly Clear 44% 9 mph S 66%
11 PM 24° Mostly Clear 44% 8 mph S 69%
12 AM 24° Mostly Clear 55% 8 mph SSE 72%
1 AM 23° Mostly Clear 56% 9 mph SSE 75%
2 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 62% 8 mph SE 77%
15-Day Forecast
Today
9/2
Mostly Clear
73%
19°
34°
Thu
9/3
Clear
47%
19°
38°
Fri
9/4
Partly Cloudy
28%
23°
38°
Sat
9/5
Mostly Clear
47%
22°
37°
Sun
9/6
Drizzle
64%
21°
37°
Mon
9/7
Rain
82%
20°
37°
Tue
9/8
Drizzle
53%
20°
34°
Wed
9/9
Drizzle
53%
18°
29°
Thu
9/10
Drizzle
44%
17°
29°
Fri
9/11
Rain
68%
15°
31°
Sat
9/12
Drizzle
60%
17°
29°
Sun
9/13
Drizzle
60%
16°
29°
Mon
9/14
Clear
60%
16°
29°
Tue
9/15
Drizzle
60%
16°
29°
Wed
9/16
Clear
60%
15°
29°
45
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
37 AQI 6.6 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
45 AQI 50 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 45 Good 45 37
Thu 36 Good 36 32
Fri 43 Good 43 33
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, 06:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE20 J/kg
MLCAPE1079 J/kg
MUCAPE2045 J/kg
SBCIN-480 J/kg
MLCIN-213 J/kg
Lifted Index-0.1
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear39 kt
0–1 km Shear30 kt
Eff. Shear19 kt
0–1 km SRH68
0–3 km SRH133
Eff. SRH142
Storm Motion270° @ 32 kt
0–1 km EHI0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index40.3
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.00 in
0–3 km LR4.5 °C/km
700–500 LR6.3 °C/km
Total Totals52.5
LCL933 hPa
LFC640 hPa
EL459 hPa
Freezing Lvl13,602 ft