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MINNESOTA · GOODHUE COUNTY

Welch

848 people, 1,020 ft above sea level in Goodhue County.

1,020 ftElevation, city center
848People, 2024 estimate
39 sq miLand area
Sunny 63°
Sunny now Dew point 61° · SSE 10 mph · high 65°
City of Welch River Interstate 2 miles
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The Welch plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in Welch

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 3:00 PM CDT
RIGHT NOW Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (KMSP) · 3:19 PM
Sunny
63° Sunny Feels like 63° · high of 65° near 3 PM
WindSSE 10 mphno gusts
Humidity93%rising to 100% by morning
Pressure29.78 in →steady
Visibility2 mifog or heavy haze
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 61° · Sticky36° by Friday: drier air arrives
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Rain
Today, about 4 PMin about 1 hours · 69% chance · rain
LIKELY AMOUNT—amounts come within 3 days
LAST RAINSept. 270.13 in · 2 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Goodhue County
NWS Twin Cities/Chanhassen and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 3:51 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 7:06 AM6:56 PM ↓
11 h 50 m of daylight, 3 minutes less than yesterday
Waning gibbous, 89% lit. The Harvest Moon was full Saturday.
AIR & POLLEN
34
GOODAir quality index · fine particles
Tomorrow: 33, good. No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
TUESDAY, SEPT. 29
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 30
THURSDAY, OCT. 1
FRIDAY, OCT. 2
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TEMPERATURE °F
65°
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CHANCE OF RAIN
69% · 0.20 in Tuesday evening 50%
WIND, MPH
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Sticky: dew points 57 to 63° ↑ The front passes Drier: 36° by Friday

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 67° / 48°
TUE Sept. 29 Showers likely Showers likely
65° 62°
70% rain — S 14 A
WED Sept. 30 Partly cloudy; warmer Partly cloudy; warmer
77° 58°
10% rain — WSW 6 B
THU Oct. 1 Partly cloudy; cooler Partly cloudy; cooler
65° 47°
10% rain — N 11 B
FRI Oct. 2 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
62° 50°
0% rain — WNW 3 A
SAT Oct. 3 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
63° 50°
20% rain — SW 10 C
SUN Oct. 4 Sunny Sunny
62° 44°
0% rain — NW 8 C
MON Oct. 5 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
60° 50°
0% rain — SSE 9 C
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over Welch about 5,000 feet above the ground was over a point about 310 miles to the south three days ago, about 770 miles back along its path. Most of the nine paths traced from around the city agree. Near the ground the air came from the Ohio Valley; at 10,000 feet, from the southern Plains. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses, nine paths at each of three heights.

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St. Paul MN · 29 MI 29 miles northwest Minneapolis MN · 36 MI 36 miles northwest Rochester MN · 43 MI 43 miles south Plymouth MN · 46 MI 46 miles northwest Brooklyn Park MN · 46 MI 46 miles northwest Madison WI · 196 MI 196 miles southeast
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MINNESOTA · GOODHUE

Welch

848 people, 1,020 ft above sea level in Goodhue County.

1,020 ftElevation
848People
39 sq miLand
Sunny 63°
SunnyDew point 61°
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Today in Welch

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now mostly cloudy day 65° 0%
6p rain 64° 69%
9p mostly cloudy night 64° 12%
12a mostly cloudy night 64° 8%
3a partly cloudy night 64° 0%
6a fog 63° 0%
Rain
NEXT RAINToday about 4 PM · 69%
→
Tue70%
Showers likely Showers likely
62
65
A
Wed10%
Partly cloudy; warmer Partly cloudy; warmer
58
77
B
Thu10%
Partly cloudy; cooler Partly cloudy; cooler
47
65
B
Fri0%
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
50
62
A
Sat20%
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
50
63
C
Sun0%
Sunny Sunny
44
62
C
Mon0%
Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
50
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C
Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
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