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

Macon County, North Carolina, United States

Last updated: 7:24 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
17°C
Feels like 17°
Overcast
▲ 18°  /  ▼ 12°
Wind
5 mph SE
Humidity
95%
Dew Point
16°
Pressure
27.40 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
92%
Sunrise
7:35 AM
Sunset
7:04 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Macon County is currently overcast at 16°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 90% around 9 PM. Sunrise: 7:35AM · Sunset: 7:04PM.

Alerts

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
36 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
17°
82%
9 PM
18°
90%
10 PM
18°
90%
11 PM
18°
90%
12 AM
18°
90%
1 AM
18°
90%
2 AM
18°
90%
3 AM
17°
90%
4 AM
17°
80%
5 AM
17°
57%
6 AM
14°
46%
7 AM
13°
46%
8 AM
13°
40%
9 AM
13°
41%
10 AM
12°
32%
11 AM
12°
46%
12 PM
13°
35%
1 PM
13°
25%
2 PM
16°
35%
3 PM
16°
35%
4 PM
16°
35%
5 PM
16°
31%
6 PM
16°
31%
7 PM
16°
31%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
18° 12°
Overcast with a 90% chance of rain.
Sun
18° 12°
Mostly Cloudy with a 90% chance of rain.
Mon
25° 13°
Partly Cloudy with a 22% chance of rain.
Tue
28° 10°
Partly Cloudy.
Wed
30° 15°
Mostly Clear.
Thu
29° 16°
Clear.
Fri
27° 12°
Clear with a 28% chance of rain.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 17° Overcast 82% 5 mph SE 95%
9 PM 18° Rain 90% 4 mph SE 95%
10 PM 18° Heavy Rain 90% 4 mph SE 96%
11 PM 18° Overcast 90% 5 mph SE 96%
12 AM 18° Heavy Rain 90% 5 mph SE 97%
1 AM 18° Rain 90% 6 mph SE 97%
2 AM 18° Mostly Cloudy 90% 8 mph SSE 96%
3 AM 17° Mostly Cloudy 90% 8 mph SSE 96%
4 AM 17° Mostly Cloudy 80% 8 mph SSE 96%
5 AM 17° Mostly Cloudy 57% 8 mph S 94%
6 AM 14° Partly Cloudy 46% 7 mph S 95%
7 AM 13° Partly Cloudy 46% 7 mph S 96%
8 AM 13° Mostly Cloudy 40% 6 mph S 96%
9 AM 13° Overcast 41% 6 mph S 95%
10 AM 12° Overcast 32% 6 mph S 94%
11 AM 12° Overcast 46% 5 mph SSW 93%
12 PM 13° Overcast 35% 5 mph SW 92%
1 PM 13° Overcast 25% 5 mph SW 90%
2 PM 16° Mostly Cloudy 35% 6 mph WSW 90%
3 PM 16° Overcast 35% 6 mph WSW 91%
4 PM 16° Overcast 35% 6 mph WSW 92%
5 PM 16° Overcast 31% 6 mph W 93%
6 PM 16° Overcast 31% 6 mph W 93%
7 PM 16° Mostly Cloudy 31% 6 mph W 94%
15-Day Forecast
Today
10/10
Overcast
90%
12°
18°
Sun
10/11
Mostly Cloudy
90%
12°
18°
Mon
10/12
Partly Cloudy
22%
13°
25°
Tue
10/13
Partly Cloudy
16%
10°
28°
Wed
10/14
Mostly Clear
8%
15°
30°
Thu
10/15
Clear
17%
16°
29°
Fri
10/16
Clear
28%
12°
27°
Sat
10/17
Clear
28%
-1°
17°
Sun
10/18
Drizzle
44%
-3°
14°
Mon
10/19
Clear
19%
-2°
18°
Tue
10/20
Clear
25%
1°
20°
Wed
10/21
Drizzle
60%
7°
22°
Thu
10/22
Clear
60%
8°
22°
Fri
10/23
Drizzle
60%
8°
20°
Sat
10/24
Drizzle
60%
7°
19°
36
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
16 AQI 2.8 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
36 AQI 39 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 36 Good 36 16
Mon 23 Good 23 9
Tue 39 Good 33 39
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
MUCAPE195 J/kg
SBCIN—
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index4.5
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear56 kt
0–1 km Shear29 kt
Eff. Shear38 kt
0–1 km SRH354
0–3 km SRH449
Eff. SRH129
Storm Motion196° @ 39 kt
0–1 km EHI0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.5
K-Index36.8
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.48 in
0–3 km LR4.2 °C/km
700–500 LR5.1 °C/km
Total Totals43.9
LCL917 hPa
LFC—
EL—
Freezing Lvl12,641 ft