Flood Advisory — Avery County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Yancey County, NC 4:00 AM High Wind Warning — Madison, NC, Yancey, NC, Mitchell, NC, Swain, NC, Haywood, NC, Buncombe, NC, Graham, NC, Northern Jackson, NC, Macon, NC, Southern Jackson, NC, Transylvania, NC 7:00 AM Flood Watch 1:00 PM

Mitchell County, North Carolina, United States

Last updated: 12:33 AM CDT  ·  Refresh
16°C
Feels like 14°
Rain
▲ 19°  /  ▼ 11°
Wind
11 mph ESE
Humidity
97%
Dew Point
16°
Pressure
26.95 inHg
Visibility
5 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
84%
Sunrise
7:31 AM
Sunset
6:57 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Mitchell County is currently rain at 16°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 90% around 1 AM. Sunrise: 7:31AM · Sunset: 6:57PM.

Alerts

Flood Advisory
Avery County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Yancey County, NC
Expires 4:00 AM
High Wind Warning
Madison, NC, Yancey, NC, Mitchell, NC, Swain, NC, Haywood, NC, Buncombe, NC, Graham, NC, Northern Jackson, NC, Macon, NC, Southern Jackson, NC, Transylvania, NC
Expires 7:00 AM
Flood Watch
Expires 1:00 PM
39 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
16°
90%
2 AM
17°
84%
3 AM
17°
84%
4 AM
17°
84%
5 AM
15°
84%
6 AM
14°
81%
7 AM
15°
77%
8 AM
15°
46%
9 AM
16°
47%
10 AM
16°
43%
11 AM
16°
41%
12 PM
16°
43%
1 PM
18°
56%
2 PM
18°
55%
3 PM
17°
65%
4 PM
16°
69%
5 PM
16°
69%
6 PM
15°
77%
7 PM
14°
84%
8 PM
14°
84%
9 PM
13°
84%
10 PM
13°
73%
11 PM
13°
73%
12 AM
13°
72%
7-Day Forecast
Today
19° 11°
Mostly Cloudy with a 90% chance of rain.
Mon
22° 11°
Rain, 71% chance.
Tue
29° 11°
Haze.
Wed
30° 14°
Mostly Cloudy.
Thu
28° 14°
Partly Cloudy with a 33% chance of rain.
Fri
27° 9°
Partly Cloudy with a 35% chance of rain.
Sat
18° -1°
Clear with a 31% chance of rain.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 16° Rain 90% 11 mph ESE 97%
2 AM 17° Rain 84% 10 mph ESE 97%
3 AM 17° Rain 84% 10 mph ESE 98%
4 AM 17° Rain 84% 9 mph SE 98%
5 AM 15° Rain 84% 8 mph SE 98%
6 AM 14° Mostly Cloudy 81% 7 mph SE 98%
7 AM 15° Mostly Cloudy 77% 7 mph SE 98%
8 AM 15° Partly Cloudy 46% 7 mph SE 95%
9 AM 16° Partly Cloudy 47% 7 mph SSE 90%
10 AM 16° Partly Cloudy 43% 7 mph S 84%
11 AM 16° Partly Cloudy 41% 7 mph S 79%
12 PM 16° Mostly Cloudy 43% 6 mph SSW 77%
1 PM 18° Mostly Cloudy 56% 6 mph WSW 77%
2 PM 18° Mostly Cloudy 55% 6 mph W 79%
3 PM 17° Overcast 65% 7 mph W 84%
4 PM 16° Overcast 69% 7 mph W 89%
5 PM 16° Overcast 69% 8 mph W 93%
6 PM 15° Overcast 77% 8 mph WNW 94%
7 PM 14° Rain 84% 8 mph WNW 96%
8 PM 14° Rain 84% 9 mph WNW 97%
9 PM 13° Rain 84% 10 mph WNW 97%
10 PM 13° Rain 73% 11 mph WNW 97%
11 PM 13° Rain 73% 11 mph WNW 97%
12 AM 13° Rain 72% 11 mph WNW 97%
15-Day Forecast
Today
10/11
Mostly Cloudy
90%
11°
19°
Mon
10/12
Rain
71%
11°
22°
Tue
10/13
Haze
3%
11°
29°
Wed
10/14
Mostly Cloudy
15%
14°
30°
Thu
10/15
Partly Cloudy
33%
14°
28°
Fri
10/16
Partly Cloudy
35%
9°
27°
Sat
10/17
Clear
31%
-1°
18°
Sun
10/18
Mostly Clear
35%
-2°
12°
Mon
10/19
Partly Cloudy
35%
-2°
18°
Tue
10/20
Mostly Cloudy
19%
2°
21°
Wed
10/21
Clear
60%
4°
22°
Thu
10/22
Clear
60%
6°
22°
Fri
10/23
Drizzle
60%
5°
21°
Sat
10/24
Drizzle
60%
4°
21°
Sun
10/25
Clear
60%
6°
21°
39
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
39 AQI 43 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 39 Good 39 13
Mon 38 Good 38 7
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 LCLLFCEL0°C Temperature (°C) Pressure (hPa)
Temp Dewpoint Parcel (SB) CAPE CIN Dry adiabat Moist adiabat Mixing ratio
RAP
Valid Sun Oct 11, 04:00'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
MLCAPE21 J/kg
MUCAPE278 J/kg
SBCIN0 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index3.3
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear54 kt
0–1 km Shear37 kt
Eff. Shear20 kt
0–1 km SRH403
0–3 km SRH536
Eff. SRH70
Storm Motion199° @ 36 kt
0–1 km EHI0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.2
K-Index35.4
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.67 in
0–3 km LR3.9 °C/km
700–500 LR5.8 °C/km
Total Totals42.0
LCL904 hPa
LFC913 hPa
EL913 hPa
Freezing Lvl12,047 ft