Independence, Missouri

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24°C
Feels like 27°
Mostly Clear
▲ 36°  /  ▼ 21°
Wind
4 mph E
Humidity
75%
Dew Point
20°
Pressure
28.98 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
25%
Sunrise
6:51 AM
Sunset
7:40 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Independence is currently mostly clear at 24°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 52% around 9 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 2333 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:51AM · Sunset: 7:40PM.

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67 AQI · Moderate Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
24°
15%
7 AM
22°
31%
8 AM
24°
31%
9 AM
27°
23%
10 AM
29°
25%
11 AM
31°
25%
12 PM
33°
25%
1 PM
35°
26%
2 PM
36°
29%
3 PM
36°
30%
4 PM
34°
38%
5 PM
35°
39%
6 PM
33°
39%
7 PM
32°
40%
8 PM
30°
41%
9 PM
27°
52%
10 PM
26°
45%
11 PM
26°
45%
12 AM
25°
43%
1 AM
24°
27%
2 AM
23°
27%
3 AM
23°
26%
4 AM
23°
17%
5 AM
21°
20%
7-Day Forecast
Today
36° 21°
Partly Cloudy with a 52% chance of rain.
Mon
34° 21°
Partly Cloudy with a 43% chance of rain.
Tue
42° 21°
Mostly Clear.
Wed
36° 21°
Mostly Cloudy with a 81% chance of rain.
Thu
33° 18°
Drizzle, 90% chance.
Fri
36° 16°
Drizzle, 52% chance.
Sat
34° 21°
Rain, 83% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 24° Mostly Clear 15% 4 mph E 75%
7 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 31% 6 mph E 71%
8 AM 24° Partly Cloudy 31% 7 mph E 67%
9 AM 27° Mostly Cloudy 23% 7 mph E 62%
10 AM 29° Mostly Cloudy 25% 7 mph ESE 56%
11 AM 31° Partly Cloudy 25% 7 mph ESE 50%
12 PM 33° Partly Cloudy 25% 7 mph E 45%
1 PM 35° Partly Cloudy 26% 7 mph E 42%
2 PM 36° Partly Cloudy 29% 8 mph E 41%
3 PM 36° Partly Cloudy 30% 9 mph E 40%
4 PM 34° Partly Cloudy 38% 9 mph E 42%
5 PM 35° Partly Cloudy 39% 8 mph E 46%
6 PM 33° Partly Cloudy 39% 9 mph ESE 51%
7 PM 32° Partly Cloudy 40% 9 mph ESE 56%
8 PM 30° Partly Cloudy 41% 7 mph ESE 62%
9 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 52% 8 mph E 68%
10 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 45% 8 mph E 71%
11 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 45% 9 mph E 72%
12 AM 25° Mostly Cloudy 43% 9 mph E 72%
1 AM 24° Mostly Cloudy 27% 9 mph E 72%
2 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 27% 9 mph ESE 71%
3 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 26% 9 mph ESE 70%
4 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 17% 9 mph ESE 70%
5 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 20% 9 mph ESE 71%
15-Day Forecast
Today
9/6
Partly Cloudy
52%
21°
36°
Mon
9/7
Partly Cloudy
43%
21°
34°
Tue
9/8
Mostly Clear
6%
21°
42°
Wed
9/9
Mostly Cloudy
81%
21°
36°
Thu
9/10
Drizzle
90%
18°
33°
Fri
9/11
Drizzle
52%
16°
36°
Sat
9/12
Rain
83%
21°
34°
Sun
9/13
Rain
83%
17°
28°
Mon
9/14
Drizzle
54%
13°
27°
Tue
9/15
Drizzle
54%
29°
Wed
9/16
Drizzle
60%
30°
Thu
9/17
Clear
60%
18°
31°
Fri
9/18
Drizzle
60%
18°
31°
Sat
9/19
Drizzle
60%
19°
31°
Sun
9/20
Drizzle
60%
19°
32°
67
Moderate
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: O3
50 100 150 200

Air quality is acceptable. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
39 AQI 7.1 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
67 AQI 61 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 67 Moderate 67 39
Mon 46 Good 46 43
Tue 47 Good 41 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. 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 6, 10:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE410 J/kg
MLCAPE540 J/kg
MUCAPE823 J/kg
SBCIN-491 J/kg
MLCIN-289 J/kg
Lifted Index-2.5
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear9 kt
0–1 km Shear7 kt
Eff. Shear19 kt
0–1 km SRH12
0–3 km SRH88
Eff. SRH119
Storm Motion50° @ 16 kt
0–1 km EHI0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index34.4
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.57 in
0–3 km LR4.8 °C/km
700–500 LR6.6 °C/km
Total Totals50.3
LCL925 hPa
LFC644 hPa
EL246 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,291 ft