Areal Flood Advisory — Chesterfield County, VA, Essex County, VA, Gloucester County, VA, Hanover County, VA, Henrico County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, King William County, VA, Lancaster County, VA, Middlesex County, VA, New Kent County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, City of Richmond County, VA 3:45 AM Areal Flood Watch 11:00 PM

Richmond, Virginia

Last updated: 1:07 AM CDT  ·  Refresh
23°C
Feels like 28°
Mostly Cloudy
▲ 29°  /  ▼ 19°
Wind
4 mph SSW
Humidity
97%
Dew Point
23°
Pressure
29.65 inHg
Visibility
8 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
69%
Sunrise
6:05 AM
Sunset
8:26 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Richmond is currently mostly cloudy at 23°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 86% around 10 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1673 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:05AM · Sunset: 8:26PM.

Alerts

Areal Flood Advisory
Chesterfield County, VA, Essex County, VA, Gloucester County, VA, Hanover County, VA, Henrico County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, King William County, VA, Lancaster County, VA, Middlesex County, VA, New Kent County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, City of Richmond County, VA
Expires 3:45 AM
Areal Flood Watch
Expires 11:00 PM
51 AQI · Moderate Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
23°
69%
3 AM
24°
71%
4 AM
24°
66%
5 AM
24°
48%
6 AM
22°
50%
7 AM
23°
63%
8 AM
23°
41%
9 AM
24°
50%
10 AM
26°
61%
11 AM
27°
73%
12 PM
27°
73%
1 PM
28°
77%
2 PM
28°
77%
3 PM
27°
77%
4 PM
27°
68%
5 PM
26°
76%
6 PM
27°
81%
7 PM
26°
78%
8 PM
26°
81%
9 PM
24°
86%
10 PM
24°
86%
11 PM
23°
76%
12 AM
23°
76%
1 AM
23°
70%
7-Day Forecast
Today
29° 19°
Mostly Cloudy with a 81% chance of rain.
Thu
27° 19°
Partly Cloudy with a 63% chance of rain.
Fri
28° 18°
Overcast with a 51% chance of rain.
Sat
26° 19°
Drizzle, 60% chance.
Sun
31° 21°
Rain, 70% chance.
Mon
34° 21°
Rain, 70% chance.
Tue
35° 22°
Rain, 63% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 23° Mostly Cloudy 69% 4 mph SSW 97%
3 AM 24° Mostly Cloudy 71% 6 mph SW 95%
4 AM 24° Mostly Cloudy 66% 8 mph SW 92%
5 AM 24° Mostly Cloudy 48% 10 mph SW 90%
6 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 50% 11 mph SW 89%
7 AM 23° Rain 63% 10 mph SW 88%
8 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 41% 10 mph SW 87%
9 AM 24° Partly Cloudy 50% 10 mph SW 82%
10 AM 26° Rain 61% 10 mph SW 78%
11 AM 27° Mostly Cloudy 73% 10 mph SW 74%
12 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 73% 10 mph SW 71%
1 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 77% 10 mph SW 67%
2 PM 28° Rain 77% 10 mph SW 65%
3 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 77% 10 mph SW 68%
4 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 68% 10 mph SSW 72%
5 PM 26° Mostly Cloudy 76% 10 mph SSW 74%
6 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 81% 9 mph SSW 77%
7 PM 26° Mostly Cloudy 78% 7 mph SSW 79%
8 PM 26° Mostly Cloudy 81% 6 mph SSW 80%
9 PM 24° Heavy Rain 86% 5 mph SSW 84%
10 PM 24° Heavy Rain 86% 4 mph SSW 89%
11 PM 23° Rain 76% 4 mph SSW 93%
12 AM 23° Rain 76% 4 mph SW 94%
1 AM 23° Rain 70% 4 mph NW 95%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/22
Mostly Cloudy
81%
19°
29°
Thu
7/23
Partly Cloudy
63%
19°
27°
Fri
7/24
Overcast
51%
18°
28°
Sat
7/25
Drizzle
60%
19°
26°
Sun
7/26
Rain
70%
21°
31°
Mon
7/27
Rain
70%
21°
34°
Tue
7/28
Rain
63%
22°
35°
Wed
7/29
Rain
69%
21°
33°
Thu
7/30
Drizzle
44%
21°
30°
Fri
7/31
Rain
68%
20°
30°
Sat
8/1
Drizzle
60%
21°
29°
Sun
8/2
Drizzle
60%
21°
29°
Mon
8/3
Drizzle
60%
21°
32°
Tue
8/4
Drizzle
60%
22°
33°
Wed
8/5
Drizzle
60%
23°
32°
51
Moderate
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: PM2.5
50 100 150 200

Air quality is acceptable. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
Dominant
51 AQI 9.3 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
35 AQI 39 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 51 Moderate 35 51
Thu 54 Moderate 36 54
Fri 28 Good 28 13
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 Jul 22, 04:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE577 J/kg
MLCAPE759 J/kg
MUCAPE917 J/kg
SBCIN-44 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-2.0
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear43 kt
0–1 km Shear29 kt
Eff. Shear43 kt
0–1 km SRH-106
0–3 km SRH-121
Eff. SRH-121
Storm Motion225° @ 39 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.4
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index37.0
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.45 in
0–3 km LR4.8 °C/km
700–500 LR5.3 °C/km
Total Totals46.8
LCL995 hPa
LFC814 hPa
EL218 hPa
Freezing Lvl15,558 ft