Severe Thunderstorm Watch 8:00 PM Severe Thunderstorm Watch 8:00 PM Areal Flood Advisory — Cabarrus County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Union County, NC 7:15 PM

Cabarrus County, North Carolina, United States

Last updated: 6:33 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
22°C
Feels like 25°
Overcast
▲ 30°  /  ▼ 19°
Wind
5 mph ESE
Humidity
93%
Dew Point
22°
Pressure
29.30 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.5
Cloud Cover
98%
Sunrise
6:46 AM
Sunset
8:03 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Cabarrus County is currently overcast at 22°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 71% around 8 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1252 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:46AM · Sunset: 8:03PM.

44 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
22°
60%
8 PM
24°
70%
9 PM
22°
70%
10 PM
21°
64%
11 PM
21°
46%
12 AM
21°
41%
1 AM
21°
38%
2 AM
21°
45%
3 AM
21°
49%
4 AM
21°
36%
5 AM
19°
49%
6 AM
19°
32%
7 AM
19°
20%
8 AM
19°
9%
9 AM
21°
12%
10 AM
22°
11%
11 AM
23°
18%
12 PM
24°
18%
1 PM
26°
18%
2 PM
27°
10%
3 PM
27°
21%
4 PM
28°
21%
5 PM
28°
32%
6 PM
28°
36%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
30° 19°
Overcast with a 64% chance of rain.
Sat
30° 19°
Mostly Cloudy with a 38% chance of rain.
Sun
30° 19°
Mostly Clear.
Mon
30° 17°
Clear with a 39% chance of rain.
Tue
30° 16°
Partly Cloudy.
Wed
30° 18°
Heavy Rain, 80% chance.
Thu
29° 19°
Rain, 83% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 22° Overcast 60% 5 mph ESE 93%
8 PM 24° Overcast 70% 6 mph ESE 96%
9 PM 22° Overcast 70% 5 mph ESE 97%
10 PM 21° Overcast 64% 4 mph SE 97%
11 PM 21° Overcast 46% 3 mph SE 97%
12 AM 21° Overcast 41% 3 mph ESE 97%
1 AM 21° Overcast 38% 3 mph ENE 97%
2 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 45% 3 mph NW 97%
3 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 49% 2 mph WNW 97%
4 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 36% 2 mph WNW 97%
5 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 49% 2 mph NNW 96%
6 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 32% 2 mph NE 96%
7 AM 19° Overcast 20% 3 mph ENE 96%
8 AM 19° Overcast 9% 3 mph ENE 94%
9 AM 21° Overcast 12% 2 mph N 91%
10 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 11% 2 mph NW 87%
11 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 18% 2 mph WNW 82%
12 PM 24° Mostly Cloudy 18% 2 mph WNW 76%
1 PM 26° Mostly Cloudy 18% 2 mph W 70%
2 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 10% 2 mph WSW 66%
3 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 21% 3 mph SW 63%
4 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 21% 3 mph SSW 61%
5 PM 28° Mostly Clear 32% 3 mph SSW 62%
6 PM 28° Clear 36% 3 mph SSW 65%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/21
Overcast
64%
19°
30°
Sat
8/22
Mostly Cloudy
38%
19°
30°
Sun
8/23
Mostly Clear
9%
19°
30°
Mon
8/24
Clear
39%
17°
30°
Tue
8/25
Partly Cloudy
19%
16°
30°
Wed
8/26
Heavy Rain
80%
18°
30°
Thu
8/27
Rain
83%
19°
29°
Fri
8/28
Rain
63%
21°
32°
Sat
8/29
Rain
66%
19°
32°
Sun
8/30
Drizzle
72%
19°
32°
Mon
8/31
Drizzle
56%
19°
37°
Tue
9/1
Drizzle
60%
21°
35°
Wed
9/2
Drizzle
60%
21°
31°
Thu
9/3
Drizzle
60%
20°
31°
Fri
9/4
Drizzle
60%
20°
31°
44
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
39 AQI 7.0 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
44 AQI 48 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Sat 44 Good 44 39
Sun 50 Good 50 33
Mon 40 Good 40 38
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 Fri Aug 21, 22:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE358 J/kg
MLCAPE422 J/kg
MUCAPE769 J/kg
SBCIN-70 J/kg
MLCIN-48 J/kg
Lifted Index-1.6
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear25 kt
0–1 km Shear6 kt
Eff. Shear22 kt
0–1 km SRH29
0–3 km SRH151
Eff. SRH151
Storm Motion289° @ 19 kt
0–1 km EHI0.1
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell1.3
K-Index34.6
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.02 in
0–3 km LR5.1 °C/km
700–500 LR5.1 °C/km
Total Totals45.0
LCL981 hPa
LFC784 hPa
EL355 hPa
Freezing Lvl13,960 ft