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Current concerns

Outside today
Air quality is today's main catch.
Moderate, with fine particles doing the heavy lifting.
- Rain
- 10%peak today
- Wind
- 6 mphgusts to 21
- Air
- 55US AQI · Moderate
How today changes
The next 24 hours
A fairly easy outdoor day: 80° now, with no major weather interruption in sight.
- 85°5% rainGusts 16 mph
- 86°5% rainGusts 18 mph
- 87°4% rainGusts 20 mph
- 87°5% rainGusts 21 mph
- 88°6% rainGusts 20 mph
- 86°8% rainGusts 20 mph
- 84°10% rainGusts 18 mph
- 81°8% rainGusts 18 mph
- 78°5% rainGusts 18 mph
- 77°4% rainGusts 18 mph
- 76°3% rainGusts 17 mph
- 76°2% rainGusts 16 mph
- 75°2% rainGusts 16 mph
- 74°2% rainGusts 15 mph
- 74°3% rainGusts 14 mph
- 74°3% rainGusts 13 mph
- 72°3% rainGusts 13 mph
- 72°3% rainGusts 12 mph
- 72°3% rainGusts 10 mph
- 74°3% rainGusts 12 mph
- 77°3% rainGusts 10 mph
- 80°3% rainGusts 10 mph
- 82°4% rainGusts 12 mph
- 84°4% rainGusts 12 mph
See the full 24 hours
- 85°5% rainGusts 16 mph
- 86°5% rainGusts 18 mph
- 87°4% rainGusts 20 mph
- 87°5% rainGusts 21 mph
- 88°6% rainGusts 20 mph
- 86°8% rainGusts 20 mph
- 84°10% rainGusts 18 mph
- 81°8% rainGusts 18 mph
- 78°5% rainGusts 18 mph
- 77°4% rainGusts 18 mph
- 76°3% rainGusts 17 mph
- 76°2% rainGusts 16 mph
- 75°2% rainGusts 16 mph
- 74°2% rainGusts 15 mph
- 74°3% rainGusts 14 mph
- 74°3% rainGusts 13 mph
- 72°3% rainGusts 13 mph
- 72°3% rainGusts 12 mph
- 72°3% rainGusts 10 mph
- 74°3% rainGusts 12 mph
- 77°3% rainGusts 10 mph
- 80°3% rainGusts 10 mph
- 82°4% rainGusts 12 mph
- 84°4% rainGusts 12 mph
A little farther out
The next five days
Today looks fairly quiet.
- Rain
- 10%
- Wind
- 21 mph
Monday looks fairly quiet.
- Rain
- 5%
- Wind
- 16 mph
Tuesday looks fairly quiet.
- Rain
- 32%
- Wind
- 7 mph
Wednesday carries a thunderstorm chance.
- Rain
- 58%
- Wind
- 12 mph
Thursday carries a thunderstorm chance.
- Rain
- 53%
- Wind
- 14 mph
- 88° / 76°Today looks fairly quiet.10% rain · Wind 21 mph
- 87° / 70°Monday looks fairly quiet.5% rain · Wind 16 mph
- 85° / 64°Tuesday looks fairly quiet.32% rain · Wind 7 mph
- 84° / 65°Wednesday carries a thunderstorm chance.58% rain · Wind 12 mph
- 84° / 66°Thursday carries a thunderstorm chance.53% rain · Wind 14 mph
Environmental watch
Air quality + smoke
Air quality
Rochester Area · Updated Sun 12:00 PMNo fresh outlook yet.
Sky check
Light smoke overhead
Satellite view · Updated Sun 12:39 PMAir near ground55 · Moderate US AQI
See smoke mapHow we know
Air quality describes Rochester Area, about 39 miles from this place.
Smoke comes from a satellite view overhead. It shows smoke in the sky, not how much has reached breathing level.
Sources AirNow · participating air agencies · preliminary real-time US AQI · NOAA Hazard Mapping System · satellite-observed smoke · AirNow · participating air agencies · US AQI · National Weather Service · hourly weather and alerts · NIFC WFIGS · current interagency fire perimeters
Rain, in motion
Owatonna radar
Four recent hours, ending at Sun, 1:20 PM CDT.
The map shows NOAA/NWS base reflectivity around Owatonna for the selected time. Brighter colors indicate stronger radar returns; the timeline above provides the rain outlook without requiring the map.
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