Areal Flood Advisory — Buncombe County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Rutherford County, NC 6:30 AM Wind Advisory — Madison, NC, Yancey, NC, Mitchell, NC, Swain, NC, Haywood, NC, Buncombe, NC, Graham, NC, Northern Jackson, NC, Macon, NC, Southern Jackson, NC, Transylvania, NC 7:00 AM High Wind Warning — Madison, NC, Yancey, NC, Mitchell, NC, Swain, NC, Haywood, NC, Buncombe, NC, Graham, NC, Northern Jackson, NC, Macon, NC, Southern Jackson, NC, Transylvania, NC, Avery, NC, Henderson, NC, Caldwell Mountains, NC, Burke Mountains, NC, McDowell Mountains, NC, Rutherford Mountains, NC, Polk Mountains, NC 7:00 AM Areal Flood Watch 1:00 PM Flood Advisory — Buncombe County, NC, Henderson County, NC 1:00 PM

Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States

Last updated: 7:25 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
15°C
Feels like 11°
Rain
▲ 17°  /  ▼ 11°
Wind
15 mph E
Humidity
93%
Dew Point
14°
Pressure
27.38 inHg
Visibility
3 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
91%
Sunrise
7:32 AM
Sunset
7:01 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Buncombe County is currently rain at 15°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 90% around 8 PM. Sunrise: 7:32AM · Sunset: 7:01PM.

Alerts

Areal Flood Advisory
Buncombe County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Rutherford County, NC
Expires 6:30 AM
Wind Advisory
Madison, NC, Yancey, NC, Mitchell, NC, Swain, NC, Haywood, NC, Buncombe, NC, Graham, NC, Northern Jackson, NC, Macon, NC, Southern Jackson, NC, Transylvania, NC
Expires 7:00 AM
High Wind Warning
Madison, NC, Yancey, NC, Mitchell, NC, Swain, NC, Haywood, NC, Buncombe, NC, Graham, NC, Northern Jackson, NC, Macon, NC, Southern Jackson, NC, Transylvania, NC, Avery, NC, Henderson, NC, Caldwell Mountains, NC, Burke Mountains, NC, McDowell Mountains, NC, Rutherford Mountains, NC, Polk Mountains, NC
Expires 7:00 AM
Areal Flood Watch
Expires 1:00 PM
Flood Advisory
Buncombe County, NC, Henderson County, NC
Expires 1:00 PM
40 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
15°
90%
9 PM
16°
90%
10 PM
16°
84%
11 PM
16°
90%
12 AM
17°
90%
1 AM
17°
90%
2 AM
17°
90%
3 AM
18°
90%
4 AM
18°
90%
5 AM
18°
81%
6 AM
16°
73%
7 AM
15°
54%
8 AM
14°
26%
9 AM
14°
14%
10 AM
15°
23%
11 AM
15°
32%
12 PM
16°
33%
1 PM
16°
33%
2 PM
18°
37%
3 PM
18°
42%
4 PM
18°
46%
5 PM
18°
51%
6 PM
17°
51%
7 PM
16°
52%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
17° 11°
Rain, 90% chance.
Sun
20° 14°
Partly Cloudy with a 90% chance of rain.
Mon
25° 13°
Partly Cloudy with a 73% chance of rain.
Tue
30° 11°
Partly Cloudy.
Wed
32° 16°
Partly Cloudy.
Thu
31° 14°
Clear.
Fri
29° 10°
Clear.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 15° Rain 90% 15 mph E 93%
9 PM 16° Rain 90% 14 mph E 94%
10 PM 16° Heavy Rain 84% 15 mph E 94%
11 PM 16° Heavy Rain 90% 13 mph E 95%
12 AM 17° Overcast 90% 13 mph ESE 95%
1 AM 17° Overcast 90% 12 mph ESE 96%
2 AM 17° Overcast 90% 11 mph ESE 97%
3 AM 18° Haze 90% 10 mph SE 97%
4 AM 18° Haze 90% 10 mph SE 97%
5 AM 18° Overcast 81% 10 mph SE 97%
6 AM 16° Mostly Cloudy 73% 9 mph SE 96%
7 AM 15° Mostly Cloudy 54% 8 mph SSE 94%
8 AM 14° Partly Cloudy 26% 8 mph SSE 91%
9 AM 14° Partly Cloudy 14% 8 mph S 87%
10 AM 15° Mostly Clear 23% 8 mph S 82%
11 AM 15° Mostly Clear 32% 7 mph S 79%
12 PM 16° Partly Cloudy 33% 7 mph SW 77%
1 PM 16° Partly Cloudy 33% 7 mph SW 76%
2 PM 18° Mostly Cloudy 37% 6 mph WSW 78%
3 PM 18° Mostly Cloudy 42% 5 mph WSW 82%
4 PM 18° Mostly Cloudy 46% 5 mph W 86%
5 PM 18° Mostly Cloudy 51% 6 mph WNW 88%
6 PM 17° Mostly Cloudy 51% 6 mph W 90%
7 PM 16° Mostly Cloudy 52% 6 mph W 91%
15-Day Forecast
Today
10/10
Rain
90%
11°
17°
Sun
10/11
Partly Cloudy
90%
14°
20°
Mon
10/12
Partly Cloudy
73%
13°
25°
Tue
10/13
Partly Cloudy
16%
11°
30°
Wed
10/14
Partly Cloudy
16%
16°
32°
Thu
10/15
Clear
17%
14°
31°
Fri
10/16
Clear
17%
10°
29°
Sat
10/17
Clear
17%
0°
18°
Sun
10/18
Drizzle
44%
-3°
14°
Mon
10/19
Drizzle
44%
-2°
19°
Tue
10/20
Clear
12%
1°
21°
Wed
10/21
Drizzle
60%
5°
22°
Thu
10/22
Clear
60%
7°
23°
Fri
10/23
Drizzle
60%
7°
22°
Sat
10/24
Drizzle
60%
6°
21°
40
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
12 AQI 2.2 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
40 AQI 43 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 40 Good 40 12
Mon 38 Good 38 5
Tue 45 Good 45 32
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 LCL0°C Temperature (°C) Pressure (hPa)
Temp Dewpoint Parcel (SB) CAPE CIN Dry adiabat Moist adiabat Mixing ratio
RAP
Valid Sat Oct 10, 23:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE0 J/kg
MLCAPE13 J/kg
MUCAPE285 J/kg
SBCIN—
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index6.7
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear56 kt
0–1 km Shear31 kt
Eff. Shear25 kt
0–1 km SRH393
0–3 km SRH570
Eff. SRH78
Storm Motion187° @ 31 kt
0–1 km EHI0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.3
K-Index34.7
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.72 in
0–3 km LR3.1 °C/km
700–500 LR5.8 °C/km
Total Totals41.8
LCL912 hPa
LFC—
EL—
Freezing Lvl12,874 ft