Polk County, Nebraska, United States

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27°C
Feels like 28°
Mostly Clear
▲ 28°  /  ▼ 17°
Wind
4 mph ENE
Humidity
60%
Dew Point
17°
Pressure
28.37 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
3.4
Cloud Cover
26%
Sunrise
6:46 AM
Sunset
8:18 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Polk County is currently mostly clear at 26°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 58% around 11 AM. Sunrise: 6:46AM · Sunset: 8:18PM.

Alerts

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35 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
27°
9%
8 PM
24°
29%
9 PM
23°
21%
10 PM
22°
21%
11 PM
21°
14%
12 AM
21°
14%
1 AM
20°
3%
2 AM
19°
7%
3 AM
19°
17%
4 AM
18°
26%
5 AM
19°
26%
6 AM
17°
27%
7 AM
17°
38%
8 AM
18°
50%
9 AM
19°
40%
10 AM
20°
44%
11 AM
21°
57%
12 PM
21°
51%
1 PM
21°
51%
2 PM
21°
51%
3 PM
21°
51%
4 PM
20°
44%
5 PM
20°
34%
6 PM
19°
28%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
28° 17°
Mostly Clear with a 21% chance of rain.
Sun
23° 17°
Drizzle, 51% chance.
Mon
26° 14°
Rain, 63% chance.
Tue
29° 17°
Partly Cloudy with a 64% chance of rain.
Wed
29° 16°
Mostly Cloudy with a 36% chance of rain.
Thu
29° 16°
Rain, 82% chance.
Fri
28° 16°
Rain, 63% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 27° Mostly Clear 9% 4 mph ENE 60%
8 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 29% 2 mph ENE 64%
9 PM 23° Mostly Cloudy 21% 2 mph E 66%
10 PM 22° Mostly Cloudy 21% 4 mph SE 69%
11 PM 21° Partly Cloudy 14% 4 mph SSE 71%
12 AM 21° Partly Cloudy 14% 3 mph SSE 73%
1 AM 20° Partly Cloudy 3% 5 mph SSE 74%
2 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 7% 5 mph SSE 74%
3 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 17% 5 mph SSE 74%
4 AM 18° Mostly Cloudy 26% 5 mph SSE 74%
5 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 26% 5 mph S 74%
6 AM 17° Overcast 27% 6 mph S 72%
7 AM 17° Overcast 38% 6 mph S 72%
8 AM 18° Overcast 50% 6 mph SSW 74%
9 AM 19° Drizzle 40% 7 mph SSW 74%
10 AM 20° Drizzle 44% 6 mph S 74%
11 AM 21° Drizzle 57% 7 mph S 73%
12 PM 21° Drizzle 51% 8 mph S 71%
1 PM 21° Drizzle 51% 8 mph SSW 70%
2 PM 21° Drizzle 51% 8 mph S 74%
3 PM 21° Rain 51% 9 mph S 78%
4 PM 20° Rain 44% 9 mph S 81%
5 PM 20° Rain 34% 9 mph S 82%
6 PM 19° Rain 28% 9 mph SSE 82%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/22
Mostly Clear
21%
17°
28°
Sun
8/23
Drizzle
51%
17°
23°
Mon
8/24
Rain
63%
14°
26°
Tue
8/25
Partly Cloudy
64%
17°
29°
Wed
8/26
Mostly Cloudy
36%
16°
29°
Thu
8/27
Rain
82%
16°
29°
Fri
8/28
Rain
63%
16°
28°
Sat
8/29
Drizzle
82%
15°
29°
Sun
8/30
Rain
69%
16°
31°
Mon
8/31
Drizzle
44%
17°
32°
Tue
9/1
Drizzle
60%
20°
34°
Wed
9/2
Drizzle
60%
21°
33°
Thu
9/3
Drizzle
60%
19°
33°
Fri
9/4
Drizzle
60%
19°
31°
Sat
9/5
Drizzle
60%
18°
30°
35
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
24 AQI 4.3 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
35 AQI 38 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 35 Good 35 24
Mon 32 Good 32 30
Tue 31 Good 31 31
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 22, 22:00'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
SBCAPE226 J/kg
MLCAPE18 J/kg
MUCAPE226 J/kg
SBCIN-122 J/kg
MLCIN-1 J/kg
Lifted Index-1.3
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear23 kt
0–1 km Shear20 kt
Eff. Shear19 kt
0–1 km SRH38
0–3 km SRH124
Eff. SRH124
Storm Motion352° @ 15 kt
0–1 km EHI0.1
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index25.3
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.58 in
0–3 km LR6.5 °C/km
700–500 LR6.0 °C/km
Total Totals37.7
LCL841 hPa
LFC676 hPa
EL265 hPa
Freezing Lvl13,304 ft