Flash Flood Warning — Buncombe County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Rutherford County, NC 3:15 AM Areal Flood Advisory — Buncombe County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Rutherford County, NC 6:30 AM Areal Flood Advisory — Rutherford County, NC 7:45 AM Areal Flood Watch 1:00 PM

Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States

Last updated: 9:34 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
17°C
Feels like 18°
Heavy Rain
▲ 19°  /  ▼ 13°
Wind
6 mph NE
Humidity
98%
Dew Point
17°
Pressure
28.95 inHg
Visibility
1 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
97%
Sunrise
7:29 AM
Sunset
6:58 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Rutherford County is currently heavy rain at 17°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 90% around 10 PM. Sunrise: 7:29AM · Sunset: 6:58PM.

Alerts

Flash Flood Warning
Buncombe County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Rutherford County, NC
Expires 3:15 AM
Areal Flood Advisory
Buncombe County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Rutherford County, NC
Expires 6:30 AM
Areal Flood Advisory
Rutherford County, NC
Expires 7:45 AM
Areal Flood Watch
Expires 1:00 PM
29 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
17°
90%
11 PM
18°
90%
12 AM
19°
90%
1 AM
19°
90%
2 AM
20°
90%
3 AM
20°
90%
4 AM
20°
90%
5 AM
19°
90%
6 AM
18°
90%
7 AM
18°
76%
8 AM
17°
41%
9 AM
18°
41%
10 AM
18°
41%
11 AM
18°
16%
12 PM
18°
14%
1 PM
19°
8%
2 PM
19°
9%
3 PM
19°
9%
4 PM
19°
9%
5 PM
19°
5%
6 PM
18°
5%
7 PM
18°
5%
8 PM
18°
5%
9 PM
18°
5%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
19° 13°
Heavy Rain, 90% chance.
Sun
21° 16°
Partly Cloudy with a 90% chance of rain.
Mon
28° 16°
Clear.
Tue
31° 13°
Clear.
Wed
33° 17°
Clear.
Thu
31° 16°
Clear.
Fri
29° 15°
Clear.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 17° Heavy Rain 90% 6 mph NE 98%
11 PM 18° Rain 90% 5 mph ENE 98%
12 AM 19° Haze 90% 5 mph E 98%
1 AM 19° Heavy Rain 90% 6 mph ESE 98%
2 AM 20° Heavy Rain 90% 7 mph ESE 98%
3 AM 20° Overcast 90% 7 mph SE 98%
4 AM 20° Heavy Rain 90% 7 mph SE 98%
5 AM 19° Heavy Rain 90% 6 mph SE 97%
6 AM 18° Fog 90% 6 mph SSE 95%
7 AM 18° Mostly Cloudy 76% 5 mph SSW 94%
8 AM 17° Partly Cloudy 41% 7 mph SSW 91%
9 AM 18° Partly Cloudy 41% 9 mph SSW 86%
10 AM 18° Partly Cloudy 41% 10 mph SSW 80%
11 AM 18° Mostly Clear 16% 11 mph SSW 77%
12 PM 18° Mostly Clear 14% 11 mph SSW 75%
1 PM 19° Partly Cloudy 8% 12 mph SSW 74%
2 PM 19° Partly Cloudy 9% 12 mph SSW 74%
3 PM 19° Partly Cloudy 9% 11 mph SW 76%
4 PM 19° Mostly Cloudy 9% 10 mph SW 76%
5 PM 19° Mostly Cloudy 5% 9 mph SW 78%
6 PM 18° Mostly Cloudy 5% 8 mph SW 81%
7 PM 18° Mostly Cloudy 5% 8 mph SW 83%
8 PM 18° Partly Cloudy 5% 7 mph SW 82%
9 PM 18° Partly Cloudy 5% 7 mph SW 82%
15-Day Forecast
Today
10/10
Heavy Rain
90%
13°
19°
Sun
10/11
Partly Cloudy
90%
16°
21°
Mon
10/12
Clear
3%
16°
28°
Tue
10/13
Clear
3%
13°
31°
Wed
10/14
Clear
8%
17°
33°
Thu
10/15
Clear
16%
16°
31°
Fri
10/16
Clear
17%
15°
29°
Sat
10/17
Clear
17%
3°
21°
Sun
10/18
Clear
44%
0°
16°
Mon
10/19
Drizzle
44%
0°
18°
Tue
10/20
Clear
21%
1°
21°
Wed
10/21
Drizzle
60%
7°
22°
Thu
10/22
Clear
60%
8°
22°
Fri
10/23
Drizzle
60%
7°
22°
Sat
10/24
Drizzle
60%
7°
22°
29
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
24 AQI 4.4 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
29 AQI 32 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 29 Good 29 24
Mon 37 Good 37 8
Tue 43 Good 43 26
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 Sun Oct 11, 01:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE0 J/kg
MLCAPE12 J/kg
MUCAPE298 J/kg
SBCIN—
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index5.9
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear45 kt
0–1 km Shear36 kt
Eff. Shear39 kt
0–1 km SRH383
0–3 km SRH723
Eff. SRH225
Storm Motion196° @ 28 kt
0–1 km EHI0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell1.4
K-Index36.4
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.14 in
0–3 km LR3.0 °C/km
700–500 LR5.8 °C/km
Total Totals43.0
LCL976 hPa
LFC—
EL—
Freezing Lvl14,311 ft