Tornado Watch 9:00 PM

McLeod County, Minnesota, United States

Last updated: 5:17 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
18°C
Feels like 17°
Rain
▲ 19°  /  ▼ 4°
Wind
9 mph SW
Humidity
87%
Dew Point
16°
Pressure
28.75 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
1.3
Cloud Cover
90%
Sunrise
7:48 AM
Sunset
6:11 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: McLeod County is currently rain at 18°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 80% around 5 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 611 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 7:48AM · Sunset: 6:11PM.

Alerts

Tornado Watch
Expires 9:00 PM
41 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
18°
79%
6 PM
16°
72%
7 PM
15°
38%
8 PM
14°
23%
9 PM
13°
26%
10 PM
12°
26%
11 PM
11°
27%
12 AM
10°
16%
1 AM
9°
3%
2 AM
8°
3%
3 AM
8°
3%
4 AM
7°
3%
5 AM
6°
3%
6 AM
5°
3%
7 AM
4°
3%
8 AM
4°
3%
9 AM
6°
3%
10 AM
6°
3%
11 AM
7°
3%
12 PM
9°
3%
1 PM
10°
3%
2 PM
11°
3%
3 PM
11°
3%
4 PM
11°
3%
7-Day Forecast
Today
19° 4°
Rain, 79% chance.
Thu
17° 4°
Mostly Clear.
Fri
13° 5°
Partly Cloudy.
Sat
12° 8°
Heavy Rain, 82% chance.
Sun
16° 10°
Clear.
Mon
15° 9°
Rain, 81% chance.
Tue
13° 7°
Drizzle, 81% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 18° Rain 79% 9 mph SW 87%
6 PM 16° Overcast 72% 13 mph W 90%
7 PM 15° Overcast 38% 13 mph WNW 92%
8 PM 14° Mostly Cloudy 23% 11 mph NW 91%
9 PM 13° Mostly Cloudy 26% 10 mph NW 91%
10 PM 12° Partly Cloudy 26% 10 mph WNW 91%
11 PM 11° Mostly Clear 27% 10 mph WNW 91%
12 AM 10° Mostly Clear 16% 9 mph WNW 91%
1 AM 9° Mostly Clear 3% 9 mph WNW 90%
2 AM 8° Mostly Clear 3% 8 mph WNW 89%
3 AM 8° Mostly Clear 3% 7 mph WNW 89%
4 AM 7° Mostly Clear 3% 6 mph WNW 89%
5 AM 6° Mostly Clear 3% 6 mph WNW 89%
6 AM 5° Mostly Clear 3% 7 mph WNW 89%
7 AM 4° Fog 3% 7 mph WNW 88%
8 AM 4° Partly Cloudy 3% 7 mph NW 87%
9 AM 6° Mostly Clear 3% 8 mph NW 84%
10 AM 6° Mostly Clear 3% 8 mph NW 79%
11 AM 7° Mostly Clear 3% 8 mph NW 74%
12 PM 9° Clear 3% 8 mph NW 68%
1 PM 10° Clear 3% 8 mph NW 64%
2 PM 11° Mostly Clear 3% 8 mph NW 63%
3 PM 11° Mostly Clear 3% 8 mph NW 62%
4 PM 11° Mostly Clear 3% 7 mph NW 62%
15-Day Forecast
Today
10/28
Rain
79%
4°
19°
Thu
10/29
Mostly Clear
3%
4°
17°
Fri
10/30
Partly Cloudy
8%
5°
13°
Sat
10/31
Heavy Rain
82%
8°
12°
Sun
11/1
Clear
19%
10°
16°
Mon
11/2
Rain
81%
9°
15°
Tue
11/3
Drizzle
81%
7°
13°
Wed
11/4
Rain
81%
5°
12°
Thu
11/5
Drizzle
60%
1°
11°
Fri
11/6
Drizzle
60%
-1°
11°
Sat
11/7
Drizzle
42%
-4°
11°
Sun
11/8
Drizzle
60%
4°
11°
Mon
11/9
Drizzle
60%
4°
11°
Tue
11/10
Clear
25%
3°
11°
Wed
11/11
Clear
25%
3°
9°
41
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
41 AQI 7.3 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
40 AQI 44 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Thu 41 Good 40 41
Fri 25 Good 25 18
Sat 38 Good 25 38
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 Oct 28, 21:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE518 J/kg
MLCAPE635 J/kg
MUCAPE816 J/kg
SBCIN-26 J/kg
MLCIN-10 J/kg
Lifted Index-2.7
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear52 kt
0–1 km Shear25 kt
Eff. Shear45 kt
0–1 km SRH110
0–3 km SRH139
Eff. SRH139
Storm Motion254° @ 43 kt
0–1 km EHI0.4
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.3
STP (eff)0.5
Supercell2.7
K-Index38.3
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.30 in
0–3 km LR5.9 °C/km
700–500 LR6.5 °C/km
Total Totals54.3
LCL939 hPa
LFC760 hPa
EL292 hPa
Freezing Lvl10,052 ft