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Lake Lure, North Carolina

Last updated: 7:25 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
15°C
Feels like 13°
Heavy Rain
▲ 17°  /  ▼ 12°
Wind
10 mph NNE
Humidity
98%
Dew Point
14°
Pressure
28.43 inHg
Visibility
2 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
95%
Sunrise
7:30 AM
Sunset
6:59 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Lake Lure is currently heavy rain at 15°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 90% around 8 PM. Sunrise: 7:30AM · Sunset: 6:59PM.

35 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
15°
90%
9 PM
16°
90%
10 PM
16°
90%
11 PM
16°
90%
12 AM
16°
90%
1 AM
16°
90%
2 AM
17°
90%
3 AM
17°
90%
4 AM
18°
90%
5 AM
18°
90%
6 AM
17°
90%
7 AM
16°
82%
8 AM
16°
49%
9 AM
16°
36%
10 AM
17°
17%
11 AM
17°
8%
12 PM
18°
9%
1 PM
18°
9%
2 PM
19°
9%
3 PM
20°
9%
4 PM
20°
9%
5 PM
19°
22%
6 PM
18°
22%
7 PM
17°
22%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
17° 12°
Heavy Rain, 90% chance.
Sun
21° 14°
Partly Cloudy with a 90% chance of rain.
Mon
26° 14°
Mostly Clear.
Tue
30° 13°
Mostly Clear.
Wed
32° 17°
Mostly Clear.
Thu
29° 16°
Clear.
Fri
28° 12°
Clear.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 15° Heavy Rain 90% 10 mph NNE 98%
9 PM 16° Thunderstorm 90% 9 mph NNE 98%
10 PM 16° Heavy Rain 90% 9 mph NNE 98%
11 PM 16° Overcast 90% 8 mph NNE 98%
12 AM 16° Overcast 90% 6 mph NNE 98%
1 AM 16° Overcast 90% 6 mph NE 98%
2 AM 17° Heavy Rain 90% 5 mph ENE 98%
3 AM 17° Heavy Rain 90% 4 mph E 98%
4 AM 18° Overcast 90% 4 mph SE 98%
5 AM 18° Overcast 90% 4 mph S 98%
6 AM 17° Overcast 90% 4 mph S 96%
7 AM 16° Mostly Cloudy 82% 4 mph SSW 95%
8 AM 16° Partly Cloudy 49% 5 mph S 92%
9 AM 16° Partly Cloudy 36% 7 mph SSW 88%
10 AM 17° Mostly Clear 17% 8 mph SSW 82%
11 AM 17° Mostly Clear 8% 8 mph SSW 79%
12 PM 18° Mostly Clear 9% 8 mph SSW 76%
1 PM 18° Partly Cloudy 9% 9 mph SW 74%
2 PM 19° Partly Cloudy 9% 9 mph SW 73%
3 PM 20° Partly Cloudy 9% 8 mph SW 75%
4 PM 20° Partly Cloudy 9% 7 mph SW 76%
5 PM 19° Partly Cloudy 22% 7 mph WSW 78%
6 PM 18° Partly Cloudy 22% 7 mph WSW 80%
7 PM 17° Partly Cloudy 22% 6 mph WSW 82%
15-Day Forecast
Today
10/10
Heavy Rain
90%
12°
17°
Sun
10/11
Partly Cloudy
90%
14°
21°
Mon
10/12
Mostly Clear
19%
14°
26°
Tue
10/13
Mostly Clear
3%
13°
30°
Wed
10/14
Mostly Clear
3%
17°
32°
Thu
10/15
Clear
17%
16°
29°
Fri
10/16
Clear
17%
12°
28°
Sat
10/17
Clear
17%
1°
18°
Sun
10/18
Drizzle
44%
-2°
16°
Mon
10/19
Clear
44%
-1°
17°
Tue
10/20
Clear
12%
1°
20°
Wed
10/21
Drizzle
60%
6°
22°
Thu
10/22
Clear
60%
8°
22°
Fri
10/23
Drizzle
60%
8°
21°
Sat
10/24
Drizzle
60%
8°
21°
35
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
19 AQI 3.6 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
35 AQI 39 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 35 Good 35 19
Mon 40 Good 40 7
Tue 44 Good 44 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 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
MLCAPE19 J/kg
MUCAPE320 J/kg
SBCIN0 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index8.6
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear56 kt
0–1 km Shear40 kt
Eff. Shear35 kt
0–1 km SRH476
0–3 km SRH835
Eff. SRH175
Storm Motion189° @ 29 kt
0–1 km EHI0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell1.0
K-Index34.6
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.99 in
0–3 km LR2.4 °C/km
700–500 LR5.8 °C/km
Total Totals41.4
LCL954 hPa
LFC963 hPa
EL963 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,209 ft