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Dane County, Wisconsin, United States

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29°C
Feels like 32°
Partly Cloudy
▲ 30°  /  ▼ 21°
Wind
9 mph SW
Humidity
68%
Dew Point
21°
Pressure
28.98 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
5.9
Cloud Cover
38%
Sunrise
5:26 AM
Sunset
8:38 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Dane County is currently partly cloudy at 29°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 68% around 12 AM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1885 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 5:26AM · Sunset: 8:38PM.

44 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
29°
29%
6 PM
29°
52%
7 PM
28°
49%
8 PM
27°
50%
9 PM
26°
48%
10 PM
25°
49%
11 PM
24°
51%
12 AM
24°
67%
1 AM
22°
43%
2 AM
22°
46%
3 AM
22°
53%
4 AM
22°
24%
5 AM
21°
24%
6 AM
21°
34%
7 AM
21°
36%
8 AM
22°
40%
9 AM
22°
36%
10 AM
23°
44%
11 AM
23°
44%
12 PM
25°
57%
1 PM
27°
65%
2 PM
27°
50%
3 PM
27°
54%
4 PM
27°
50%
7-Day Forecast
Today
30° 21°
Partly Cloudy with a 51% chance of rain.
Thu
29° 20°
Mostly Cloudy with a 62% chance of rain.
Fri
28° 17°
Partly Cloudy.
Sat
28° 16°
Mostly Clear.
Sun
29° 18°
Partly Cloudy.
Mon
31° 18°
Clear.
Tue
31° 20°
Mostly Clear.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 29° Partly Cloudy 29% 9 mph SW 68%
6 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 52% 9 mph SW 76%
7 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 49% 6 mph SW 79%
8 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 50% 5 mph SW 82%
9 PM 26° Mostly Cloudy 48% 5 mph W 84%
10 PM 25° Mostly Cloudy 49% 5 mph N 88%
11 PM 24° Overcast 51% 4 mph E 91%
12 AM 24° Overcast 67% 4 mph E 94%
1 AM 22° Overcast 43% 5 mph ENE 95%
2 AM 22° Overcast 46% 5 mph ENE 94%
3 AM 22° Overcast 53% 4 mph S 94%
4 AM 22° Overcast 24% 4 mph WSW 94%
5 AM 21° Overcast 24% 4 mph W 93%
6 AM 21° Overcast 34% 4 mph W 92%
7 AM 21° Overcast 36% 5 mph W 88%
8 AM 22° Overcast 40% 6 mph W 85%
9 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 36% 6 mph W 83%
10 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 44% 7 mph W 81%
11 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 44% 7 mph W 80%
12 PM 25° Mostly Cloudy 57% 7 mph W 78%
1 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 65% 6 mph WNW 77%
2 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 50% 6 mph WNW 75%
3 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 54% 6 mph WNW 74%
4 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 50% 6 mph WNW 75%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/8
Partly Cloudy
51%
21°
30°
Thu
7/9
Mostly Cloudy
62%
20°
29°
Fri
7/10
Partly Cloudy
16%
17°
28°
Sat
7/11
Mostly Clear
17%
16°
28°
Sun
7/12
Partly Cloudy
19%
18°
29°
Mon
7/13
Clear
9%
18°
31°
Tue
7/14
Mostly Clear
9%
20°
31°
Wed
7/15
Mostly Clear
60%
19°
31°
Thu
7/16
Drizzle
60%
19°
30°
Fri
7/17
Drizzle
60%
19°
29°
Sat
7/18
Drizzle
60%
13°
27°
Sun
7/19
Drizzle
60%
18°
27°
Mon
7/20
Drizzle
60%
17°
27°
Tue
7/21
Drizzle
60%
17°
27°
Wed
7/22
Drizzle
60%
17°
26°
44
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
44 AQI 7.9 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
40 AQI 44 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Thu 44 Good 40 44
Fri 44 Good 44 27
Sat 35 Good 35 31
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 Jul 8, 21:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE1932 J/kg
MLCAPE1071 J/kg
MUCAPE1932 J/kg
SBCIN-44 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-5.7
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear19 kt
0–1 km Shear6 kt
Eff. Shear19 kt
0–1 km SRH-13
0–3 km SRH-16
Eff. SRH-16
Storm Motion232° @ 25 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.2
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index36.0
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.64 in
0–3 km LR7.3 °C/km
700–500 LR5.5 °C/km
Total Totals49.1
LCL878 hPa
LFC851 hPa
EL193 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,446 ft