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

Essex County, Virginia, United States

Last updated: 3:39 AM CDT  ·  Refresh
23°C
Feels like 25°
Mostly Cloudy
▲ 30°  /  ▼ 19°
Wind
9 mph SSW
Humidity
94%
Dew Point
22°
Pressure
29.63 inHg
Visibility
6 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
61%
Sunrise
6:02 AM
Sunset
8:25 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Essex County is currently mostly cloudy at 23°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 86% around 7 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1717 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:02AM · Sunset: 8:25PM.

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
38 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
23°
54%
5 AM
22°
28%
6 AM
22°
35%
7 AM
23°
31%
8 AM
24°
57%
9 AM
26°
59%
10 AM
27°
49%
11 AM
28°
41%
12 PM
28°
54%
1 PM
29°
54%
2 PM
29°
60%
3 PM
28°
60%
4 PM
28°
64%
5 PM
27°
70%
6 PM
26°
73%
7 PM
24°
85%
8 PM
24°
78%
9 PM
24°
75%
10 PM
24°
75%
11 PM
23°
57%
12 AM
22°
57%
1 AM
22°
57%
2 AM
22°
57%
3 AM
22°
43%
7-Day Forecast
Today
30° 19°
Partly Cloudy with a 85% chance of rain.
Thu
26° 18°
Partly Cloudy with a 38% chance of rain.
Fri
28° 17°
Partly Cloudy.
Sat
25° 18°
Mostly Cloudy with a 37% chance of rain.
Sun
31° 18°
Drizzle, 70% chance.
Mon
33° 19°
Rain, 70% chance.
Tue
34° 21°
Rain, 63% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 23° Mostly Cloudy 54% 9 mph SSW 94%
5 AM 22° Overcast 28% 9 mph SSW 93%
6 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 35% 9 mph SW 92%
7 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 31% 9 mph SW 90%
8 AM 24° Partly Cloudy 57% 9 mph SW 86%
9 AM 26° Partly Cloudy 59% 10 mph SW 80%
10 AM 27° Partly Cloudy 49% 10 mph SW 75%
11 AM 28° Mostly Cloudy 41% 10 mph SW 70%
12 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 54% 10 mph SW 65%
1 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 54% 10 mph SW 61%
2 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 60% 9 mph SW 62%
3 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 60% 8 mph SW 66%
4 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 64% 8 mph SSW 70%
5 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 70% 8 mph SSW 75%
6 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 73% 6 mph SSW 82%
7 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 85% 6 mph SW 88%
8 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 78% 5 mph SW 91%
9 PM 24° Mostly Cloudy 75% 4 mph SW 93%
10 PM 24° Rain 75% 4 mph SW 95%
11 PM 23° Rain 57% 4 mph WSW 95%
12 AM 22° Rain 57% 5 mph WNW 94%
1 AM 22° Overcast 57% 6 mph NW 94%
2 AM 22° Overcast 57% 7 mph NNW 90%
3 AM 22° Overcast 43% 7 mph NNW 85%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/22
Partly Cloudy
85%
19°
30°
Thu
7/23
Partly Cloudy
38%
18°
26°
Fri
7/24
Partly Cloudy
14%
17°
28°
Sat
7/25
Mostly Cloudy
37%
18°
25°
Sun
7/26
Drizzle
70%
18°
31°
Mon
7/27
Rain
70%
19°
33°
Tue
7/28
Rain
63%
21°
34°
Wed
7/29
Drizzle
69%
20°
33°
Thu
7/30
Rain
66%
20°
30°
Fri
7/31
Drizzle
51%
19°
29°
Sat
8/1
Drizzle
60%
20°
31°
Sun
8/2
Drizzle
60%
20°
31°
Mon
8/3
Drizzle
60%
20°
31°
Tue
8/4
Drizzle
60%
21°
32°
Wed
8/5
Drizzle
60%
21°
32°
38
Good
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: O3
50 100 150 200

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

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
31 AQI 5.7 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
38 AQI 41 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 38 Good 38 31
Thu 39 Good 39 33
Fri 32 Good 32 27
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, 07:00'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
SBCAPE266 J/kg
MLCAPE610 J/kg
MUCAPE1092 J/kg
SBCIN-110 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-1.4
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear49 kt
0–1 km Shear34 kt
Eff. Shear49 kt
0–1 km SRH-32
0–3 km SRH-61
Eff. SRH-61
Storm Motion234° @ 47 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.1
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index37.5
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.99 in
0–3 km LR4.8 °C/km
700–500 LR5.3 °C/km
Total Totals47.3
LCL987 hPa
LFC778 hPa
EL308 hPa
Freezing Lvl15,118 ft