Wichita, Kansas

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17°C
Feels like 18°
Overcast
▲ 22°  /  ▼ 15°
Wind
5 mph SSE
Humidity
96%
Dew Point
16°
Pressure
28.72 inHg
Visibility
4 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
95%
Sunrise
7:51 AM
Sunset
6:32 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Wichita is currently overcast at 17°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 64% around 5 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 657 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 7:51AM · Sunset: 6:32PM.

Alerts

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37 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
17°
0%
8 AM
17°
0%
9 AM
18°
1%
10 AM
19°
6%
11 AM
20°
10%
12 PM
20°
13%
1 PM
21°
20%
2 PM
20°
31%
3 PM
20°
35%
4 PM
19°
50%
5 PM
19°
63%
6 PM
19°
58%
7 PM
18°
50%
8 PM
18°
45%
9 PM
17°
37%
10 PM
17°
27%
11 PM
17°
31%
12 AM
16°
33%
1 AM
16°
20%
2 AM
16°
11%
3 AM
16°
7%
4 AM
16°
7%
5 AM
16°
7%
6 AM
16°
4%
7-Day Forecast
Today
22° 15°
Overcast with a 50% chance of rain.
Sat
18° 14°
Mostly Cloudy with a 20% chance of rain.
Sun
21° 14°
Overcast with a 75% chance of rain.
Mon
23° 14°
Partly Cloudy with a 91% chance of rain.
Tue
16° 11°
Rain, 75% chance.
Wed
17° 9°
Clear with a 48% chance of rain.
Thu
17° 8°
Partly Cloudy with a 50% chance of rain.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 17° Overcast 0% 5 mph SSE 96%
8 AM 17° Overcast 0% 6 mph SSE 96%
9 AM 18° Overcast 1% 6 mph SSE 95%
10 AM 19° Overcast 6% 7 mph S 94%
11 AM 20° Overcast 10% 8 mph S 92%
12 PM 20° Overcast 13% 9 mph S 88%
1 PM 21° Overcast 20% 10 mph S 85%
2 PM 20° Rain 31% 10 mph S 86%
3 PM 20° Overcast 35% 9 mph SSW 88%
4 PM 19° Overcast 50% 8 mph S 89%
5 PM 19° Overcast 63% 7 mph S 90%
6 PM 19° Overcast 58% 6 mph S 91%
7 PM 18° Rain 50% 5 mph S 93%
8 PM 18° Rain 45% 5 mph S 94%
9 PM 17° Rain 37% 5 mph SSW 94%
10 PM 17° Rain 27% 4 mph SSW 94%
11 PM 17° Rain 31% 4 mph SW 95%
12 AM 16° Rain 33% 4 mph SW 96%
1 AM 16° Rain 20% 4 mph SSW 95%
2 AM 16° Rain 11% 4 mph S 94%
3 AM 16° Rain 7% 4 mph S 94%
4 AM 16° Rain 7% 4 mph SSE 95%
5 AM 16° Rain 7% 4 mph SE 94%
6 AM 16° Rain 4% 5 mph ESE 93%
15-Day Forecast
Today
10/30
Overcast
50%
15°
22°
Sat
10/31
Mostly Cloudy
20%
14°
18°
Sun
11/1
Overcast
75%
14°
21°
Mon
11/2
Partly Cloudy
91%
14°
23°
Tue
11/3
Rain
75%
11°
16°
Wed
11/4
Clear
48%
9°
17°
Thu
11/5
Partly Cloudy
50%
8°
17°
Fri
11/6
Mostly Cloudy
39%
8°
17°
Sat
11/7
Overcast
80%
9°
16°
Sun
11/8
Rain
88%
9°
15°
Mon
11/9
Drizzle
81%
9°
17°
Tue
11/10
Clear
62%
9°
18°
Wed
11/11
Drizzle
70%
9°
17°
Thu
11/12
Drizzle
65%
9°
17°
Fri
11/13
Drizzle
76%
8°
16°
37
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
37 AQI 6.8 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
35 AQI 39 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Sat 37 Good 35 37
Sun 51 Moderate 39 51
Mon 48 Good 40 48
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 Fri Oct 30, 11:00'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
SBCAPE36 J/kg
MLCAPE36 J/kg
MUCAPE58 J/kg
SBCIN-278 J/kg
MLCIN-197 J/kg
Lifted Index0.1
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear12 kt
0–1 km Shear9 kt
Eff. Shear—
0–1 km SRH20
0–3 km SRH1
Eff. SRH—
Storm Motion256° @ 13 kt
0–1 km EHI0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)—
Supercell—
K-Index8.8
Thermo & Levels
PWAT0.80 in
0–3 km LR4.6 °C/km
700–500 LR6.4 °C/km
Total Totals46.2
LCL964 hPa
LFC610 hPa
EL505 hPa
Freezing Lvl11,555 ft