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: 2:28 AM CDT  ·  Refresh
23°C
Feels like 26°
Fog
▲ 30°  /  ▼ 19°
Wind
6 mph SSW
Humidity
96%
Dew Point
22°
Pressure
29.64 inHg
Visibility
1 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
66%
Sunrise
6:02 AM
Sunset
8:25 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Essex County is currently fog at 23°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 86% around 7 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1731 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°
83%
4 AM
24°
43%
5 AM
22°
47%
6 AM
22°
36%
7 AM
23°
31%
8 AM
24°
35%
9 AM
26°
54%
10 AM
27°
57%
11 AM
28°
50%
12 PM
28°
50%
1 PM
29°
55%
2 PM
29°
60%
3 PM
28°
60%
4 PM
28°
65%
5 PM
27°
82%
6 PM
26°
81%
7 PM
24°
86%
8 PM
24°
78%
9 PM
24°
75%
10 PM
23°
75%
11 PM
23°
57%
12 AM
22°
57%
1 AM
23°
57%
2 AM
22°
57%
7-Day Forecast
Today
30° 19°
Partly Cloudy with a 83% chance of rain.
Thu
27° 18°
Partly Cloudy with a 48% 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° Fog 83% 6 mph SSW 96%
4 AM 24° Mostly Cloudy 43% 8 mph SSW 95%
5 AM 22° Overcast 47% 9 mph SSW 93%
6 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 36% 9 mph SW 92%
7 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 31% 9 mph SW 90%
8 AM 24° Partly Cloudy 35% 10 mph SW 87%
9 AM 26° Partly Cloudy 54% 10 mph SW 81%
10 AM 27° Partly Cloudy 57% 10 mph SW 76%
11 AM 28° Mostly Cloudy 50% 10 mph SW 71%
12 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 50% 10 mph SW 66%
1 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 55% 10 mph SW 62%
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 65% 8 mph SSW 69%
5 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 82% 8 mph SSW 74%
6 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 81% 7 mph SSW 80%
7 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 86% 6 mph SW 87%
8 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 78% 6 mph SW 91%
9 PM 24° Mostly Cloudy 75% 5 mph SW 93%
10 PM 23° Rain 75% 4 mph SW 94%
11 PM 23° Rain 57% 5 mph SW 95%
12 AM 22° Rain 57% 6 mph W 94%
1 AM 23° Overcast 57% 7 mph WNW 94%
2 AM 22° Overcast 57% 8 mph NW 91%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/22
Partly Cloudy
83%
19°
30°
Thu
7/23
Partly Cloudy
48%
18°
27°
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°
28°
Sat
8/1
Drizzle
60%
20°
31°
Sun
8/2
Drizzle
60%
20°
31°
Mon
8/3
Rain
90%
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, 06:00'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
SBCAPE271 J/kg
MLCAPE818 J/kg
MUCAPE1428 J/kg
SBCIN-87 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-1.1
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear48 kt
0–1 km Shear31 kt
Eff. Shear48 kt
0–1 km SRH-56
0–3 km SRH-101
Eff. SRH-101
Storm Motion232° @ 42 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.1
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index38.5
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.39 in
0–3 km LR4.8 °C/km
700–500 LR5.1 °C/km
Total Totals47.2
LCL993 hPa
LFC787 hPa
EL273 hPa
Freezing Lvl15,486 ft