Gaines County, Texas, United States

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26°C
Feels like 26°
Partly Cloudy
▲ 27°  /  ▼ 19°
Wind
14 mph SSE
Humidity
66%
Dew Point
19°
Pressure
26.46 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
4.5
Cloud Cover
54%
Sunrise
7:42 AM
Sunset
7:37 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Gaines County is currently partly cloudy at 26°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 69% around 6 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1517 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 7:42AM · Sunset: 7:37PM.

Alerts

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44 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
26°
39%
6 PM
26°
68%
7 PM
24°
50%
8 PM
23°
52%
9 PM
22°
52%
10 PM
22°
68%
11 PM
21°
67%
12 AM
21°
67%
1 AM
21°
61%
2 AM
21°
61%
3 AM
21°
61%
4 AM
21°
36%
5 AM
21°
33%
6 AM
19°
24%
7 AM
19°
19%
8 AM
20°
24%
9 AM
21°
16%
10 AM
22°
16%
11 AM
22°
23%
12 PM
23°
23%
1 PM
24°
26%
2 PM
27°
27%
3 PM
27°
27%
4 PM
26°
24%
7-Day Forecast
Today
27° 19°
Partly Cloudy with a 67% chance of rain.
Wed
28° 19°
Partly Cloudy with a 61% chance of rain.
Thu
26° 15°
Clear.
Fri
22° 16°
Mostly Clear with a 28% chance of rain.
Sat
22° 14°
Clear.
Sun
24° 14°
Clear.
Mon
24° 16°
Drizzle, 52% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 26° Partly Cloudy 39% 14 mph SSE 65%
6 PM 26° Mostly Cloudy 68% 11 mph SSE 68%
7 PM 24° Mostly Cloudy 50% 10 mph SE 73%
8 PM 23° Overcast 52% 12 mph SE 80%
9 PM 22° Overcast 52% 14 mph SE 86%
10 PM 22° Heavy Rain 68% 14 mph SSE 86%
11 PM 21° Heavy Rain 67% 11 mph SSE 84%
12 AM 21° Rain 67% 12 mph SSE 81%
1 AM 21° Thunderstorm 61% 13 mph S 80%
2 AM 21° Rain 61% 16 mph S 79%
3 AM 21° Partly Cloudy 61% 18 mph S 78%
4 AM 21° Partly Cloudy 36% 18 mph S 79%
5 AM 21° Mostly Clear 33% 16 mph S 82%
6 AM 19° Mostly Clear 24% 14 mph SSW 85%
7 AM 19° Mostly Clear 19% 14 mph SSW 83%
8 AM 20° Mostly Clear 24% 14 mph SW 72%
9 AM 21° Partly Cloudy 16% 15 mph SW 66%
10 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 16% 15 mph SW 65%
11 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 23% 16 mph SW 56%
12 PM 23° Partly Cloudy 23% 17 mph SW 47%
1 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 26% 17 mph SW 44%
2 PM 27° Mostly Clear 27% 16 mph SW 38%
3 PM 27° Mostly Clear 27% 16 mph SW 32%
4 PM 26° Mostly Clear 24% 16 mph SW 30%
15-Day Forecast
Today
9/29
Partly Cloudy
67%
19°
27°
Wed
9/30
Partly Cloudy
61%
19°
28°
Thu
10/1
Clear
3%
15°
26°
Fri
10/2
Mostly Clear
28%
16°
22°
Sat
10/3
Clear
19%
14°
22°
Sun
10/4
Clear
19%
14°
24°
Mon
10/5
Drizzle
52%
16°
24°
Tue
10/6
Drizzle
42%
16°
24°
Wed
10/7
Drizzle
60%
16°
27°
Thu
10/8
Clear
25%
16°
26°
Fri
10/9
Clear
25%
15°
26°
Sat
10/10
Clear
25%
14°
25°
Sun
10/11
Clear
3%
14°
26°
Mon
10/12
Drizzle
60%
14°
26°
Tue
10/13
Clear
25%
15°
28°
44
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
28 AQI 5.1 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
44 AQI 48 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Wed 44 Good 44 28
Thu 45 Good 45 17
Fri 38 Good 38 17
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 Tue Sep 29, 21:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE1528 J/kg
MLCAPE1083 J/kg
MUCAPE1528 J/kg
SBCIN-15 J/kg
MLCIN-10 J/kg
Lifted Index-4.7
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear36 kt
0–1 km Shear8 kt
Eff. Shear36 kt
0–1 km SRH45
0–3 km SRH108
Eff. SRH108
Storm Motion243° @ 21 kt
0–1 km EHI0.4
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.3
STP (eff)0.4
Supercell3.1
K-Index41.1
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.61 in
0–3 km LR6.8 °C/km
700–500 LR5.9 °C/km
Total Totals49.4
LCL811 hPa
LFC789 hPa
EL193 hPa
Freezing Lvl13,015 ft