Lucas County, Iowa, United States

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24°C
Feels like 27°
Partly Cloudy
▲ 31°  /  ▼ 22°
Wind
4 mph W
Humidity
91%
Dew Point
22°
Pressure
28.95 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
50%
Sunrise
6:16 AM
Sunset
8:20 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Lucas County is currently partly cloudy at 24°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 2242 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:16AM · Sunset: 8:20PM.

Alerts

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48 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
24°
4%
1 AM
24°
4%
2 AM
22°
4%
3 AM
22°
4%
4 AM
21°
4%
5 AM
20°
4%
6 AM
19°
3%
7 AM
18°
3%
8 AM
20°
4%
9 AM
21°
5%
10 AM
22°
18%
11 AM
24°
22%
12 PM
25°
22%
1 PM
27°
22%
2 PM
29°
23%
3 PM
29°
23%
4 PM
29°
24%
5 PM
29°
18%
6 PM
31°
15%
7 PM
29°
15%
8 PM
28°
21%
9 PM
28°
25%
10 PM
26°
26%
11 PM
25°
29%
7-Day Forecast
Today
31° 22°
Clear with a 23% chance of rain.
Sun
35° 22°
Mostly Clear with a 37% chance of rain.
Mon
34° 21°
Mostly Cloudy with a 59% chance of rain.
Tue
35° 21°
Drizzle, 83% chance.
Wed
29° 18°
Drizzle, 64% chance.
Thu
28° 18°
Drizzle, 70% chance.
Fri
27° 18°
Rain, 90% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 24° Partly Cloudy 4% 4 mph W 91%
1 AM 24° Clear 4% 6 mph NNW 94%
2 AM 22° Clear 4% 6 mph NNW 93%
3 AM 22° Mostly Clear 4% 5 mph N 92%
4 AM 21° Mostly Clear 4% 6 mph N 90%
5 AM 20° Mostly Clear 4% 6 mph N 87%
6 AM 19° Mostly Clear 3% 5 mph N 85%
7 AM 18° Mostly Clear 3% 4 mph N 82%
8 AM 20° Mostly Clear 4% 5 mph NNE 75%
9 AM 21° Clear 5% 5 mph NE 68%
10 AM 22° Clear 18% 5 mph NE 61%
11 AM 24° Clear 22% 5 mph NE 57%
12 PM 25° Clear 22% 4 mph ENE 53%
1 PM 27° Clear 22% 4 mph ENE 50%
2 PM 29° Clear 23% 4 mph E 50%
3 PM 29° Mostly Clear 23% 5 mph ESE 51%
4 PM 29° Mostly Clear 24% 5 mph SE 52%
5 PM 29° Mostly Clear 18% 6 mph SE 56%
6 PM 31° Clear 15% 6 mph SE 60%
7 PM 29° Clear 15% 6 mph SE 65%
8 PM 28° Mostly Clear 21% 7 mph SE 67%
9 PM 28° Mostly Clear 25% 7 mph SE 69%
10 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 26% 8 mph SE 71%
11 PM 25° Partly Cloudy 29% 9 mph SE 75%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/8
Clear
23%
22°
31°
Sun
8/9
Mostly Clear
37%
22°
35°
Mon
8/10
Mostly Cloudy
59%
21°
34°
Tue
8/11
Drizzle
83%
21°
35°
Wed
8/12
Drizzle
64%
18°
29°
Thu
8/13
Drizzle
70%
18°
28°
Fri
8/14
Rain
90%
18°
27°
Sat
8/15
Drizzle
72%
17°
29°
Sun
8/16
Drizzle
44%
14°
26°
Mon
8/17
Rain
50%
14°
25°
Tue
8/18
Drizzle
60%
18°
29°
Wed
8/19
Drizzle
60%
19°
31°
Thu
8/20
Drizzle
60%
19°
31°
Fri
8/21
Clear
60%
19°
33°
Sat
8/22
Drizzle
60%
19°
32°
48
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
48 AQI 8.7 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
34 AQI 38 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 48 Good 34 48
Sun 28 Good 28 28
Mon 49 Good 35 49
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 Sat Aug 8, 03:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 50 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE1867 J/kg
MLCAPE2005 J/kg
MUCAPE2316 J/kg
SBCIN-90 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-6.8
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear39 kt
0–1 km Shear10 kt
Eff. Shear39 kt
0–1 km SRH-3
0–3 km SRH-59
Eff. SRH-59
Storm Motion282° @ 33 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index17.8
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.44 in
0–3 km LR4.4 °C/km
700–500 LR7.7 °C/km
Total Totals53.8
LCL962 hPa
LFC845 hPa
EL221 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,222 ft