Areal Flood Advisory — Essex County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, King William County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Richmond County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA 1:45 AM Flash Flood Warning — Essex County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, King William County, VA, Lancaster County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Richmond County, VA 2:15 AM 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: 1:12 AM CDT  ·  Refresh
23°C
Feels like 26°
Rain
▲ 30°  /  ▼ 19°
Wind
5 mph SSW
Humidity
98%
Dew Point
22°
Pressure
29.65 inHg
Visibility
9 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
91%
Sunrise
6:02 AM
Sunset
8:25 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Essex County is currently rain at 23°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 86% around 7 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1695 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:02AM · Sunset: 8:25PM.

Alerts

Areal Flood Advisory
Essex County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, King William County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Richmond County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA
Expires 1:45 AM
Flash Flood Warning
Essex County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, King William County, VA, Lancaster County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Richmond County, VA
Expires 2:15 AM
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%
3 AM
23°
77%
4 AM
23°
69%
5 AM
22°
38%
6 AM
22°
44%
7 AM
23°
38%
8 AM
23°
39%
9 AM
25°
46%
10 AM
26°
50%
11 AM
27°
50%
12 PM
28°
55%
1 PM
28°
55%
2 PM
28°
61%
3 PM
28°
61%
4 PM
28°
65%
5 PM
27°
85%
6 PM
26°
85%
7 PM
25°
86%
8 PM
24°
78%
9 PM
24°
79%
10 PM
23°
76%
11 PM
23°
66%
12 AM
23°
66%
1 AM
22°
53%
7-Day Forecast
Today
30° 19°
Partly Cloudy with a 85% chance of rain.
Thu
27° 18°
Partly Cloudy with a 53% chance of rain.
Fri
27° 17°
Mostly Cloudy with a 36% chance of rain.
Sat
26° 18°
Mostly Cloudy with a 45% chance of rain.
Sun
31° 18°
Rain, 77% chance.
Mon
33° 19°
Rain, 63% chance.
Tue
34° 20°
Rain, 71% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 23° Rain 83% 5 mph SSW 98%
3 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 77% 7 mph SSW 97%
4 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 69% 7 mph SSW 95%
5 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 38% 9 mph SSW 94%
6 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 44% 9 mph SSW 92%
7 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 38% 10 mph SW 91%
8 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 39% 10 mph SW 88%
9 AM 25° Partly Cloudy 46% 10 mph SW 83%
10 AM 26° Partly Cloudy 50% 10 mph SW 78%
11 AM 27° Mostly Cloudy 50% 10 mph SW 72%
12 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 55% 10 mph SW 67%
1 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 55% 10 mph SW 63%
2 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 61% 9 mph SW 61%
3 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 61% 8 mph SW 65%
4 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 65% 8 mph SSW 69%
5 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 85% 8 mph SSW 73%
6 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 85% 7 mph SSW 79%
7 PM 25° Partly Cloudy 86% 6 mph SSW 85%
8 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 78% 5 mph SW 90%
9 PM 24° Mostly Cloudy 79% 4 mph SW 92%
10 PM 23° Rain 76% 4 mph SW 94%
11 PM 23° Rain 66% 5 mph SW 96%
12 AM 23° Rain 66% 6 mph WSW 95%
1 AM 22° Rain 53% 6 mph NNW 94%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/22
Partly Cloudy
85%
19°
30°
Thu
7/23
Partly Cloudy
53%
18°
27°
Fri
7/24
Mostly Cloudy
36%
17°
27°
Sat
7/25
Mostly Cloudy
45%
18°
26°
Sun
7/26
Rain
77%
18°
31°
Mon
7/27
Rain
63%
19°
33°
Tue
7/28
Rain
71%
20°
34°
Wed
7/29
Drizzle
69%
19°
33°
Thu
7/30
Drizzle
44%
19°
29°
Fri
7/31
Drizzle
51%
18°
29°
Sat
8/1
Drizzle
60%
19°
29°
Sun
8/2
Drizzle
60%
19°
28°
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, 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
SBCAPE278 J/kg
MLCAPE614 J/kg
MUCAPE989 J/kg
SBCIN-62 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-1.3
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear47 kt
0–1 km Shear26 kt
Eff. Shear48 kt
0–1 km SRH-92
0–3 km SRH-130
Eff. SRH-130
Storm Motion223° @ 40 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.2
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index37.0
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.40 in
0–3 km LR4.7 °C/km
700–500 LR5.2 °C/km
Total Totals46.8
LCL997 hPa
LFC804 hPa
EL250 hPa
Freezing Lvl15,361 ft