Tornado Watch 9:00 PM

Rice County, Minnesota, United States

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20°C
Feels like 18°
Mostly Cloudy
▲ 21°  /  ▼ 6°
Wind
15 mph SSW
Humidity
79%
Dew Point
16°
Pressure
28.75 inHg
Visibility
9 mi
UV Index
2.3
Cloud Cover
66%
Sunrise
7:43 AM
Sunset
6:08 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Rice County is currently mostly cloudy at 20°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 87% around 5 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 946 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 7:43AM · Sunset: 6:08PM.

Alerts

Tornado Watch
Expires 9:00 PM
44 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
20°
87%
6 PM
19°
80%
7 PM
18°
80%
8 PM
17°
81%
9 PM
16°
74%
10 PM
15°
39%
11 PM
14°
35%
12 AM
13°
18%
1 AM
11°
3%
2 AM
11°
3%
3 AM
10°
3%
4 AM
9°
3%
5 AM
7°
3%
6 AM
7°
3%
7 AM
6°
3%
8 AM
6°
3%
9 AM
7°
3%
10 AM
8°
3%
11 AM
8°
3%
12 PM
11°
3%
1 PM
11°
3%
2 PM
11°
3%
3 PM
12°
3%
4 PM
12°
3%
7-Day Forecast
Today
21° 6°
Mostly Cloudy with a 87% chance of rain.
Thu
19° 6°
Clear.
Fri
13° 5°
Overcast.
Sat
13° 8°
Rain, 82% chance.
Sun
17° 11°
Clear with a 20% chance of rain.
Mon
15° 9°
Rain, 81% chance.
Tue
13° 7°
Drizzle, 81% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 20° Mostly Cloudy 87% 15 mph SSW 79%
6 PM 19° Mostly Cloudy 80% 15 mph SW 86%
7 PM 18° Mostly Cloudy 80% 14 mph WSW 89%
8 PM 17° Overcast 81% 13 mph W 90%
9 PM 16° Overcast 74% 11 mph WNW 90%
10 PM 15° Mostly Cloudy 39% 10 mph NW 91%
11 PM 14° Partly Cloudy 35% 8 mph NW 92%
12 AM 13° Partly Cloudy 18% 9 mph NW 93%
1 AM 11° Mostly Clear 3% 9 mph NW 93%
2 AM 11° Mostly Clear 3% 9 mph NW 91%
3 AM 10° Mostly Clear 3% 8 mph NW 90%
4 AM 9° Partly Cloudy 3% 6 mph NW 90%
5 AM 7° Partly Cloudy 3% 6 mph WNW 90%
6 AM 7° Mostly Clear 3% 6 mph WNW 89%
7 AM 6° Mostly Clear 3% 6 mph WNW 88%
8 AM 6° Mostly Clear 3% 7 mph NW 84%
9 AM 7° Clear 3% 8 mph NW 78%
10 AM 8° Clear 3% 9 mph NW 72%
11 AM 8° Clear 3% 9 mph NW 69%
12 PM 11° Clear 3% 9 mph NW 65%
1 PM 11° Clear 3% 8 mph NW 63%
2 PM 11° Clear 3% 8 mph NW 62%
3 PM 12° Clear 3% 8 mph NW 61%
4 PM 12° Clear 3% 7 mph NW 61%
15-Day Forecast
Today
10/28
Mostly Cloudy
87%
6°
21°
Thu
10/29
Clear
3%
6°
19°
Fri
10/30
Overcast
16%
5°
13°
Sat
10/31
Rain
82%
8°
13°
Sun
11/1
Clear
20%
11°
17°
Mon
11/2
Rain
81%
9°
15°
Tue
11/3
Drizzle
81%
7°
13°
Wed
11/4
Rain
81%
5°
13°
Thu
11/5
Drizzle
60%
3°
12°
Fri
11/6
Drizzle
60%
-1°
11°
Sat
11/7
Clear
42%
-2°
11°
Sun
11/8
Drizzle
60%
4°
12°
Mon
11/9
Drizzle
60%
4°
12°
Tue
11/10
Clear
25%
3°
12°
Wed
11/11
Clear
25%
3°
10°
44
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
44 AQI 8.0 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
44 AQI 48 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Thu 44 Good 44 44
Fri 22 Good 22 22
Sat 34 Good 25 34
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 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE799 J/kg
MLCAPE720 J/kg
MUCAPE897 J/kg
SBCIN-34 J/kg
MLCIN-19 J/kg
Lifted Index-3.0
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear44 kt
0–1 km Shear28 kt
Eff. Shear40 kt
0–1 km SRH204
0–3 km SRH282
Eff. SRH282
Storm Motion250° @ 39 kt
0–1 km EHI1.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.8
STP (eff)0.9
Supercell5.3
K-Index37.2
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.31 in
0–3 km LR6.4 °C/km
700–500 LR6.3 °C/km
Total Totals52.7
LCL915 hPa
LFC770 hPa
EL239 hPa
Freezing Lvl10,472 ft