Flash Flood Warning — Henderson County, NC, Polk County, NC, Transylvania County, NC 4:15 AM Flood Advisory — Henderson County, NC, Polk County, NC 7:00 AM Flood Advisory — Polk County, NC 7:30 AM Flood Watch 1:00 PM

Polk County, North Carolina, United States

Last updated: 11:36 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
17°C
Feels like 17°
Rain
▲ 21°  /  ▼ 15°
Wind
7 mph N
Humidity
98%
Dew Point
17°
Pressure
28.68 inHg
Visibility
1 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
97%
Sunrise
7:31 AM
Sunset
6:58 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Polk County is currently rain at 17°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 90% around 12 AM. Sunrise: 7:31AM · Sunset: 6:58PM.

Alerts

Flash Flood Warning
Henderson County, NC, Polk County, NC, Transylvania County, NC
Expires 4:15 AM
Flood Advisory
Henderson County, NC, Polk County, NC
Expires 7:00 AM
Flood Advisory
Polk County, NC
Expires 7:30 AM
Flood Watch
Expires 1:00 PM
31 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
17°
90%
1 AM
17°
90%
2 AM
18°
90%
3 AM
18°
90%
4 AM
19°
90%
5 AM
18°
82%
6 AM
17°
75%
7 AM
17°
58%
8 AM
17°
27%
9 AM
18°
18%
10 AM
18°
19%
11 AM
18°
14%
12 PM
18°
15%
1 PM
19°
22%
2 PM
19°
10%
3 PM
19°
10%
4 PM
19°
8%
5 PM
19°
6%
6 PM
19°
3%
7 PM
18°
3%
8 PM
18°
3%
9 PM
17°
3%
10 PM
17°
3%
11 PM
17°
3%
7-Day Forecast
Today
21° 15°
Partly Cloudy with a 90% chance of rain.
Mon
27° 16°
Clear.
Tue
31° 13°
Clear.
Wed
33° 17°
Mostly Clear.
Thu
29° 16°
Clear.
Fri
28° 14°
Mostly Cloudy.
Sat
21° 2°
Clear.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 17° Rain 90% 7 mph N 98%
1 AM 17° Thunderstorm 90% 4 mph NE 98%
2 AM 18° Heavy Rain 90% 4 mph ESE 98%
3 AM 18° Heavy Rain 90% 5 mph SE 98%
4 AM 19° Heavy Rain 90% 6 mph SSE 98%
5 AM 18° Heavy Rain 82% 6 mph SSE 98%
6 AM 17° Mostly Cloudy 75% 6 mph S 97%
7 AM 17° Partly Cloudy 58% 6 mph SSW 96%
8 AM 17° Partly Cloudy 27% 7 mph SSW 92%
9 AM 18° Partly Cloudy 18% 9 mph SSW 85%
10 AM 18° Mostly Clear 19% 10 mph SSW 78%
11 AM 18° Mostly Clear 14% 11 mph SSW 75%
12 PM 18° Mostly Clear 15% 11 mph SW 75%
1 PM 19° Partly Cloudy 22% 12 mph SW 76%
2 PM 19° Partly Cloudy 10% 12 mph SW 76%
3 PM 19° Partly Cloudy 10% 11 mph SW 76%
4 PM 19° Partly Cloudy 8% 10 mph SW 75%
5 PM 19° Partly Cloudy 6% 9 mph SW 76%
6 PM 19° Partly Cloudy 3% 8 mph SW 79%
7 PM 18° Partly Cloudy 3% 7 mph SW 81%
8 PM 18° Partly Cloudy 3% 6 mph SW 81%
9 PM 17° Partly Cloudy 3% 7 mph WSW 81%
10 PM 17° Mostly Clear 3% 7 mph WSW 80%
11 PM 17° Mostly Clear 3% 7 mph WSW 80%
15-Day Forecast
Today
10/11
Partly Cloudy
90%
15°
21°
Mon
10/12
Clear
3%
16°
27°
Tue
10/13
Clear
3%
13°
31°
Wed
10/14
Mostly Clear
7%
17°
33°
Thu
10/15
Clear
15%
16°
29°
Fri
10/16
Mostly Cloudy
15%
14°
28°
Sat
10/17
Clear
15%
2°
21°
Sun
10/18
Mostly Clear
34%
1°
16°
Mon
10/19
Mostly Cloudy
35%
1°
17°
Tue
10/20
Overcast
19%
3°
20°
Wed
10/21
Drizzle
60%
7°
22°
Thu
10/22
Clear
60%
8°
22°
Fri
10/23
Drizzle
60%
8°
22°
Sat
10/24
Drizzle
60%
8°
22°
Sun
10/25
Drizzle
60%
8°
22°
31
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
22 AQI 3.9 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
31 AQI 34 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 31 Good 31 22
Mon 37 Good 37 8
Tue 43 Good 43 31
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, 03:00'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
MLCAPE29 J/kg
MUCAPE560 J/kg
SBCIN—
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index5.6
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear49 kt
0–1 km Shear35 kt
Eff. Shear25 kt
0–1 km SRH323
0–3 km SRH408
Eff. SRH112
Storm Motion203° @ 34 kt
0–1 km EHI0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.8
K-Index40.0
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.06 in
0–3 km LR3.1 °C/km
700–500 LR5.7 °C/km
Total Totals46.7
LCL968 hPa
LFC—
EL—
Freezing Lvl13,760 ft