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Yancey County, North Carolina, United States

Last updated: 7:25 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
14°C
Feels like 11°
Rain
▲ 19°  /  ▼ 10°
Wind
15 mph ESE
Humidity
95%
Dew Point
13°
Pressure
26.85 inHg
Visibility
2 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
88%
Sunrise
7:31 AM
Sunset
7:00 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Yancey County is currently rain at 14°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 90% around 8 PM. Sunrise: 7:31AM · Sunset: 7:00PM.

43 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
14°
90%
9 PM
17°
90%
10 PM
16°
90%
11 PM
16°
90%
12 AM
17°
90%
1 AM
17°
90%
2 AM
17°
90%
3 AM
17°
90%
4 AM
17°
90%
5 AM
18°
90%
6 AM
16°
90%
7 AM
16°
63%
8 AM
16°
33%
9 AM
16°
22%
10 AM
17°
27%
11 AM
17°
27%
12 PM
17°
31%
1 PM
17°
34%
2 PM
19°
46%
3 PM
19°
58%
4 PM
18°
58%
5 PM
17°
68%
6 PM
16°
68%
7 PM
16°
68%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
19° 10°
Rain, 90% chance.
Sun
21° 13°
Partly Cloudy with a 90% chance of rain.
Mon
23° 12°
Haze with a 52% chance of rain.
Tue
28° 12°
Partly Cloudy.
Wed
30° 15°
Mostly Cloudy.
Thu
29° 14°
Clear.
Fri
27° 10°
Clear with a 28% chance of rain.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 14° Rain 90% 15 mph ESE 95%
9 PM 17° Rain 90% 16 mph ESE 96%
10 PM 16° Heavy Rain 90% 16 mph ESE 95%
11 PM 16° Overcast 90% 14 mph ESE 96%
12 AM 17° Overcast 90% 13 mph ESE 96%
1 AM 17° Overcast 90% 11 mph ESE 96%
2 AM 17° Mostly Cloudy 90% 10 mph ESE 97%
3 AM 17° Overcast 90% 8 mph ESE 97%
4 AM 17° Overcast 90% 7 mph ESE 97%
5 AM 18° Overcast 90% 6 mph SE 97%
6 AM 16° Mostly Cloudy 90% 6 mph SE 96%
7 AM 16° Partly Cloudy 63% 6 mph SSE 94%
8 AM 16° Partly Cloudy 33% 6 mph SSE 91%
9 AM 16° Mostly Clear 22% 7 mph S 86%
10 AM 17° Mostly Clear 27% 8 mph SSW 80%
11 AM 17° Mostly Clear 27% 7 mph SSW 78%
12 PM 17° Mostly Clear 31% 7 mph SW 77%
1 PM 17° Partly Cloudy 34% 7 mph WSW 77%
2 PM 19° Partly Cloudy 46% 7 mph WSW 79%
3 PM 19° Partly Cloudy 58% 7 mph WSW 85%
4 PM 18° Partly Cloudy 58% 7 mph WSW 91%
5 PM 17° Partly Cloudy 68% 7 mph WSW 94%
6 PM 16° Partly Cloudy 68% 7 mph WSW 95%
7 PM 16° Partly Cloudy 68% 8 mph WSW 96%
15-Day Forecast
Today
10/10
Rain
90%
10°
19°
Sun
10/11
Partly Cloudy
90%
13°
21°
Mon
10/12
Haze
52%
12°
23°
Tue
10/13
Partly Cloudy
16%
12°
28°
Wed
10/14
Mostly Cloudy
16%
15°
30°
Thu
10/15
Clear
17%
14°
29°
Fri
10/16
Clear
28%
10°
27°
Sat
10/17
Snow
28%
-2°
17°
Sun
10/18
Drizzle
69%
-4°
13°
Mon
10/19
Drizzle
44%
-3°
18°
Tue
10/20
Clear
12%
0°
20°
Wed
10/21
Clear
60%
5°
22°
Thu
10/22
Clear
60%
6°
22°
Fri
10/23
Drizzle
60%
7°
21°
Sat
10/24
Drizzle
60%
6°
20°
43
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
13 AQI 2.4 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
43 AQI 47 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 43 Good 43 13
Mon 43 Good 43 6
Tue 45 Good 45 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 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
MLCAPE20 J/kg
MUCAPE241 J/kg
SBCIN—
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index6.5
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear55 kt
0–1 km Shear35 kt
Eff. Shear29 kt
0–1 km SRH457
0–3 km SRH620
Eff. SRH99
Storm Motion190° @ 31 kt
0–1 km EHI0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.4
K-Index34.1
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.60 in
0–3 km LR3.1 °C/km
700–500 LR5.9 °C/km
Total Totals41.5
LCL896 hPa
LFC—
EL—
Freezing Lvl12,382 ft