Severe Thunderstorm Watch 10:00 PM

Rice County, Minnesota, United States

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24°C
Feels like 27°
Mostly Cloudy
▲ 26°  /  ▼ 18°
Wind
5 mph N
Humidity
89%
Dew Point
21°
Pressure
28.80 inHg
Visibility
7 mi
UV Index
4.8
Cloud Cover
70%
Sunrise
5:37 AM
Sunset
8:58 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Rice County is currently mostly cloudy at 24°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 84% around 5 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1376 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 5:37AM · Sunset: 8:58PM.

Alerts

Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 10:00 PM
34 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
24°
84%
6 PM
25°
68%
7 PM
24°
68%
8 PM
24°
52%
9 PM
22°
52%
10 PM
22°
41%
11 PM
21°
48%
12 AM
21°
40%
1 AM
20°
30%
2 AM
20°
35%
3 AM
20°
35%
4 AM
20°
26%
5 AM
18°
18%
6 AM
18°
30%
7 AM
19°
18%
8 AM
19°
24%
9 AM
21°
24%
10 AM
21°
24%
11 AM
22°
13%
12 PM
23°
13%
1 PM
25°
14%
2 PM
25°
14%
3 PM
26°
10%
4 PM
26°
6%
7-Day Forecast
Today
26° 18°
Mostly Cloudy with a 84% chance of rain.
Thu
27° 18°
Partly Cloudy with a 35% chance of rain.
Fri
29° 19°
Partly Cloudy.
Sat
29° 18°
Clear.
Sun
30° 18°
Clear.
Mon
31° 19°
Clear.
Tue
32° 21°
Clear.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 24° Mostly Cloudy 84% 5 mph N 89%
6 PM 25° Mostly Cloudy 68% 5 mph N 93%
7 PM 24° Mostly Cloudy 68% 5 mph NNE 94%
8 PM 24° Overcast 52% 4 mph NE 95%
9 PM 22° Overcast 52% 4 mph ENE 97%
10 PM 22° Mostly Cloudy 41% 4 mph NE 97%
11 PM 21° Mostly Cloudy 48% 4 mph NE 97%
12 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 40% 4 mph NNW 97%
1 AM 20° Mostly Cloudy 30% 4 mph NNW 97%
2 AM 20° Partly Cloudy 35% 4 mph N 97%
3 AM 20° Partly Cloudy 35% 4 mph NNE 97%
4 AM 20° Partly Cloudy 26% 4 mph NNE 96%
5 AM 18° Fog 18% 4 mph N 96%
6 AM 18° Fog 30% 5 mph N 95%
7 AM 19° Haze 18% 5 mph N 94%
8 AM 19° Partly Cloudy 24% 5 mph N 91%
9 AM 21° Partly Cloudy 24% 6 mph NNE 88%
10 AM 21° Partly Cloudy 24% 6 mph NNE 83%
11 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 13% 6 mph NNE 78%
12 PM 23° Mostly Cloudy 13% 6 mph NNE 73%
1 PM 25° Mostly Cloudy 14% 6 mph NNE 71%
2 PM 25° Mostly Cloudy 14% 6 mph NNE 69%
3 PM 26° Mostly Cloudy 10% 5 mph NNE 67%
4 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 6% 5 mph NNE 67%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/8
Mostly Cloudy
84%
18°
26°
Thu
7/9
Partly Cloudy
35%
18°
27°
Fri
7/10
Partly Cloudy
16%
19°
29°
Sat
7/11
Clear
17%
18°
29°
Sun
7/12
Clear
9%
18°
30°
Mon
7/13
Clear
3%
19°
31°
Tue
7/14
Clear
19%
21°
32°
Wed
7/15
Partly Cloudy
60%
20°
31°
Thu
7/16
Partly Cloudy
60%
19°
31°
Fri
7/17
Drizzle
60%
19°
31°
Sat
7/18
Drizzle
60%
14°
27°
Sun
7/19
Drizzle
60%
18°
26°
Mon
7/20
Drizzle
60%
17°
26°
Tue
7/21
Drizzle
60%
17°
26°
Wed
7/22
Drizzle
60%
16°
26°
34
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
29 AQI 5.2 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
34 AQI 38 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Thu 34 Good 34 29
Fri 41 Good 41 23
Sat 39 Good 39 26
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 70 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE1569 J/kg
MLCAPE1204 J/kg
MUCAPE1569 J/kg
SBCIN0 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-5.1
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear37 kt
0–1 km Shear5 kt
Eff. Shear35 kt
0–1 km SRH-1
0–3 km SRH-49
Eff. SRH-49
Storm Motion234° @ 26 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index37.4
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.86 in
0–3 km LR5.5 °C/km
700–500 LR6.3 °C/km
Total Totals49.9
LCL936 hPa
LFC975 hPa
EL214 hPa
Freezing Lvl13,478 ft