Severe Thunderstorm Watch 10:00 PM Areal Flood Watch 12:00 AM

Olmsted County, Minnesota, United States

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23°C
Feels like 26°
Overcast
▲ 28°  /  ▼ 18°
Wind
6 mph SW
Humidity
94%
Dew Point
21°
Pressure
28.71 inHg
Visibility
9 mi
UV Index
2.2
Cloud Cover
95%
Sunrise
5:35 AM
Sunset
8:53 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Olmsted County is currently overcast at 23°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 90% around 5 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1403 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 5:35AM · Sunset: 8:53PM.

Alerts

Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 10:00 PM
Areal Flood Watch
Expires 12:00 AM
42 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
23°
90%
6 PM
23°
90%
7 PM
23°
90%
8 PM
22°
71%
9 PM
21°
71%
10 PM
21°
72%
11 PM
21°
68%
12 AM
21°
52%
1 AM
20°
35%
2 AM
20°
30%
3 AM
19°
24%
4 AM
20°
24%
5 AM
18°
30%
6 AM
18°
44%
7 AM
19°
32%
8 AM
19°
37%
9 AM
20°
43%
10 AM
21°
43%
11 AM
22°
43%
12 PM
23°
43%
1 PM
23°
43%
2 PM
23°
32%
3 PM
23°
32%
4 PM
23°
24%
7-Day Forecast
Today
28° 18°
Overcast with a 90% chance of rain.
Thu
26° 18°
Partly Cloudy with a 43% chance of rain.
Fri
28° 18°
Partly Cloudy with a 20% chance of rain.
Sat
29° 17°
Clear.
Sun
29° 19°
Clear.
Mon
30° 19°
Clear.
Tue
32° 20°
Clear.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 23° Overcast 90% 6 mph SW 94%
6 PM 23° Overcast 90% 6 mph W 96%
7 PM 23° Overcast 90% 6 mph W 98%
8 PM 22° Overcast 71% 6 mph WSW 98%
9 PM 21° Rain 71% 6 mph W 98%
10 PM 21° Mostly Cloudy 72% 5 mph WSW 98%
11 PM 21° Overcast 68% 3 mph WSW 97%
12 AM 21° Overcast 52% 3 mph SSW 97%
1 AM 20° Overcast 35% 3 mph SSW 97%
2 AM 20° Overcast 30% 3 mph SW 97%
3 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 24% 4 mph W 97%
4 AM 20° Mostly Cloudy 24% 4 mph NW 97%
5 AM 18° Mostly Cloudy 30% 4 mph NW 97%
6 AM 18° Mostly Cloudy 44% 4 mph NW 96%
7 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 32% 5 mph NW 94%
8 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 37% 5 mph NNW 91%
9 AM 20° Rain 43% 6 mph N 88%
10 AM 21° Rain 43% 6 mph N 84%
11 AM 22° Rain 43% 6 mph N 81%
12 PM 23° Rain 43% 7 mph N 79%
1 PM 23° Partly Cloudy 43% 6 mph N 78%
2 PM 23° Partly Cloudy 32% 6 mph NNE 76%
3 PM 23° Partly Cloudy 32% 6 mph NNE 74%
4 PM 23° Partly Cloudy 24% 5 mph NNE 74%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/8
Overcast
90%
18°
28°
Thu
7/9
Partly Cloudy
43%
18°
26°
Fri
7/10
Partly Cloudy
20%
18°
28°
Sat
7/11
Clear
17%
17°
29°
Sun
7/12
Clear
19%
19°
29°
Mon
7/13
Clear
3%
19°
30°
Tue
7/14
Clear
19%
20°
32°
Wed
7/15
Mostly Clear
60%
19°
31°
Thu
7/16
Drizzle
60%
19°
31°
Fri
7/17
Drizzle
60%
19°
31°
Sat
7/18
Drizzle
60%
13°
26°
Sun
7/19
Drizzle
60%
18°
24°
Mon
7/20
Drizzle
60%
17°
24°
Tue
7/21
Drizzle
60%
17°
24°
Wed
7/22
Drizzle
60%
16°
24°
42
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
39 AQI 7.0 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
42 AQI 45 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Thu 42 Good 42 39
Fri 42 Good 42 33
Sat 38 Good 38 35
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 Jul 8, 21:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 50 60 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE1135 J/kg
MLCAPE1029 J/kg
MUCAPE1174 J/kg
SBCIN0 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-3.6
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear31 kt
0–1 km Shear9 kt
Eff. Shear30 kt
0–1 km SRH21
0–3 km SRH-24
Eff. SRH-24
Storm Motion232° @ 27 kt
0–1 km EHI0.2
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.2
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index37.0
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.03 in
0–3 km LR5.1 °C/km
700–500 LR6.1 °C/km
Total Totals49.4
LCL951 hPa
LFC972 hPa
EL214 hPa
Freezing Lvl12,930 ft