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Tonopah Desert, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States

Last updated: 12:23 AM CDT  ·  Refresh
31°C
Feels like 33°
Partly Cloudy
▲ 38°  /  ▼ 25°
Wind
14 mph S
Humidity
52%
Dew Point
18°
Pressure
28.47 inHg
Visibility
5 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
40%
Sunrise
6:03 AM
Sunset
6:59 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Tonopah Desert is currently partly cloudy at 31°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 61% around 9 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1597 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:03AM · Sunset: 6:59PM.

42 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
31°
34%
11 PM
29°
42%
12 AM
29°
41%
1 AM
28°
38%
2 AM
28°
30%
3 AM
28°
21%
4 AM
28°
25%
5 AM
25°
29%
6 AM
26°
30%
7 AM
26°
34%
8 AM
28°
34%
9 AM
28°
34%
10 AM
30°
34%
11 AM
31°
31%
12 PM
32°
36%
1 PM
33°
36%
2 PM
34°
52%
3 PM
34°
53%
4 PM
34°
52%
5 PM
37°
53%
6 PM
36°
55%
7 PM
36°
53%
8 PM
34°
57%
9 PM
31°
60%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
38° 25°
Partly Cloudy with a 34% chance of rain.
Mon
37° 25°
Mostly Clear with a 57% chance of rain.
Tue
38° 26°
Clear with a 30% chance of rain.
Wed
38° 27°
Mostly Clear with a 32% chance of rain.
Thu
39° 27°
Partly Cloudy with a 37% chance of rain.
Fri
37° 27°
Drizzle, 67% chance.
Sat
31° 25°
Rain, 47% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 31° Partly Cloudy 34% 14 mph S 52%
11 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 42% 12 mph ESE 59%
12 AM 29° Mostly Clear 41% 11 mph ESE 59%
1 AM 28° Clear 38% 9 mph ENE 60%
2 AM 28° Clear 30% 9 mph ENE 62%
3 AM 28° Clear 21% 6 mph E 63%
4 AM 28° Clear 25% 5 mph ESE 64%
5 AM 25° Clear 29% 5 mph ESE 64%
6 AM 26° Clear 30% 6 mph E 63%
7 AM 26° Mostly Clear 34% 8 mph E 61%
8 AM 28° Mostly Clear 34% 9 mph ESE 58%
9 AM 28° Mostly Clear 34% 10 mph ESE 54%
10 AM 30° Mostly Clear 34% 12 mph ESE 50%
11 AM 31° Mostly Clear 31% 13 mph ESE 46%
12 PM 32° Clear 36% 12 mph SE 44%
1 PM 33° Clear 36% 12 mph SE 42%
2 PM 34° Clear 52% 12 mph SE 40%
3 PM 34° Clear 53% 11 mph SE 40%
4 PM 34° Clear 52% 10 mph SE 40%
5 PM 37° Clear 53% 10 mph SE 41%
6 PM 36° Clear 55% 9 mph SE 43%
7 PM 36° Clear 53% 9 mph ESE 46%
8 PM 34° Clear 57% 9 mph ESE 49%
9 PM 31° Clear 60% 10 mph SE 54%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/30
Partly Cloudy
34%
25°
38°
Mon
8/31
Mostly Clear
57%
25°
37°
Tue
9/1
Clear
30%
26°
38°
Wed
9/2
Mostly Clear
32%
27°
38°
Thu
9/3
Partly Cloudy
37%
27°
39°
Fri
9/4
Drizzle
67%
27°
37°
Sat
9/5
Rain
47%
25°
31°
Sun
9/6
Partly Cloudy
30%
25°
36°
Mon
9/7
Mostly Clear
46%
26°
37°
Tue
9/8
Partly Cloudy
34%
28°
38°
Wed
9/9
Clear
19%
27°
38°
Thu
9/10
Drizzle
60%
28°
39°
Fri
9/11
Clear
25%
28°
38°
Sat
9/12
Clear
60%
27°
37°
Sun
9/13
Drizzle
60%
27°
37°
42
Good
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: PM2.5
50 100 150 200

Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no health risk.

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
Dominant
42 AQI 7.6 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
39 AQI 42 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 42 Good 39 42
Tue 39 Good 39 33
Wed 39 Good 39 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 Mon Aug 31, 04:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 50 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE908 J/kg
MLCAPE995 J/kg
MUCAPE1770 J/kg
SBCIN-234 J/kg
MLCIN-172 J/kg
Lifted Index-3.8
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear14 kt
0–1 km Shear13 kt
Eff. Shear14 kt
0–1 km SRH89
0–3 km SRH82
Eff. SRH82
Storm Motion268° @ 19 kt
0–1 km EHI0.5
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index43.1
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.98 in
0–3 km LR7.3 °C/km
700–500 LR6.5 °C/km
Total Totals51.3
LCL798 hPa
LFC688 hPa
EL220 hPa
Freezing Lvl13,806 ft