Merrick County, Nebraska, United States

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26°C
Feels like 25°
Mostly Clear
▲ 26°  /  ▼ 14°
Wind
6 mph ENE
Humidity
51%
Dew Point
16°
Pressure
28.22 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
8.3
Cloud Cover
11%
Sunrise
6:31 AM
Sunset
8:43 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Merrick County is currently mostly clear at 25°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 744 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:31AM · Sunset: 8:43PM.

Alerts

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52 AQI · Moderate Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
26°
7%
4 PM
24°
3%
5 PM
26°
3%
6 PM
26°
3%
7 PM
24°
3%
8 PM
22°
3%
9 PM
21°
3%
10 PM
20°
3%
11 PM
19°
3%
12 AM
18°
3%
1 AM
18°
3%
2 AM
17°
3%
3 AM
17°
3%
4 AM
16°
3%
5 AM
14°
3%
6 AM
14°
3%
7 AM
16°
3%
8 AM
18°
3%
9 AM
18°
3%
10 AM
21°
5%
11 AM
22°
5%
12 PM
23°
5%
1 PM
24°
10%
2 PM
24°
10%
7-Day Forecast
Today
26° 14°
Mostly Clear.
Thu
29° 14°
Mostly Clear.
Fri
35° 17°
Partly Cloudy.
Sat
32° 17°
Partly Cloudy with a 34% chance of rain.
Sun
38° 22°
Clear.
Mon
36° 18°
Drizzle, 60% chance.
Tue
37° 17°
Clear with a 68% chance of rain.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 26° Mostly Clear 7% 6 mph ENE 51%
4 PM 24° Mostly Clear 3% 5 mph E 51%
5 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 3% 5 mph ESE 53%
6 PM 26° Mostly Clear 3% 6 mph ESE 56%
7 PM 24° Mostly Clear 3% 5 mph ESE 64%
8 PM 22° Mostly Clear 3% 5 mph ESE 72%
9 PM 21° Mostly Clear 3% 6 mph SE 80%
10 PM 20° Clear 3% 5 mph SE 85%
11 PM 19° Clear 3% 4 mph SE 89%
12 AM 18° Clear 3% 4 mph SE 93%
1 AM 18° Clear 3% 5 mph SSE 93%
2 AM 17° Clear 3% 5 mph SE 94%
3 AM 17° Mostly Clear 3% 4 mph SSE 96%
4 AM 16° Mostly Clear 3% 4 mph SSE 96%
5 AM 14° Partly Cloudy 3% 2 mph S 97%
6 AM 14° Partly Cloudy 3% 2 mph SSE 98%
7 AM 16° Partly Cloudy 3% 3 mph SE 91%
8 AM 18° Partly Cloudy 3% 4 mph SE 83%
9 AM 18° Partly Cloudy 3% 5 mph SE 74%
10 AM 21° Partly Cloudy 5% 5 mph SE 68%
11 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 5% 6 mph SE 63%
12 PM 23° Mostly Clear 5% 7 mph SE 57%
1 PM 24° Mostly Clear 10% 7 mph SE 54%
2 PM 24° Mostly Clear 10% 7 mph SSE 50%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/5
Mostly Clear
7%
14°
26°
Thu
8/6
Mostly Clear
13%
14°
29°
Fri
8/7
Partly Cloudy
8%
17°
35°
Sat
8/8
Partly Cloudy
34%
17°
32°
Sun
8/9
Clear
19%
22°
38°
Mon
8/10
Drizzle
60%
18°
36°
Tue
8/11
Clear
68%
17°
37°
Wed
8/12
Clear
60%
15°
36°
Thu
8/13
Drizzle
60%
16°
29°
Fri
8/14
Drizzle
60%
14°
29°
Sat
8/15
Drizzle
60%
14°
30°
Sun
8/16
Clear
60%
19°
31°
Mon
8/17
Drizzle
60%
20°
31°
Tue
8/18
Clear
60%
20°
33°
Wed
8/19
Drizzle
60%
21°
34°
52
Moderate
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: PM2.5
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
Dominant
52 AQI 9.8 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
38 AQI 42 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Thu 52 Moderate 38 52
Fri 55 Moderate 44 55
Sat 55 Moderate 44 55
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 Aug 5, 18:00'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
SBCAPE498 J/kg
MLCAPE196 J/kg
MUCAPE498 J/kg
SBCIN0 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-0.5
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear47 kt
0–1 km Shear2 kt
Eff. Shear47 kt
0–1 km SRH8
0–3 km SRH-49
Eff. SRH-49
Storm Motion221° @ 20 kt
0–1 km EHI0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index30.3
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.33 in
0–3 km LR6.4 °C/km
700–500 LR6.0 °C/km
Total Totals43.2
LCL831 hPa
LFC955 hPa
EL251 hPa
Freezing Lvl13,983 ft