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

Yancey County, North Carolina, United States

Last updated: 12:36 AM CDT  ·  Refresh
16°C
Feels like 15°
Mostly Cloudy
▲ 22°  /  ▼ 12°
Wind
9 mph ESE
Humidity
96%
Dew Point
15°
Pressure
26.82 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
80%
Sunrise
7:32 AM
Sunset
6:58 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Yancey County is currently mostly cloudy at 16°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 90% around 1 AM. Sunrise: 7:32AM · Sunset: 6:58PM.

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
43 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
16°
90%
2 AM
18°
77%
3 AM
18°
77%
4 AM
18°
77%
5 AM
18°
77%
6 AM
16°
74%
7 AM
16°
70%
8 AM
16°
57%
9 AM
17°
44%
10 AM
18°
36%
11 AM
18°
37%
12 PM
18°
38%
1 PM
18°
46%
2 PM
20°
57%
3 PM
19°
58%
4 PM
18°
65%
5 PM
18°
59%
6 PM
17°
59%
7 PM
16°
63%
8 PM
16°
64%
9 PM
16°
64%
10 PM
15°
64%
11 PM
15°
58%
12 AM
15°
58%
7-Day Forecast
Today
22° 12°
Mostly Cloudy with a 90% chance of rain.
Mon
22° 12°
Mostly Cloudy with a 64% chance of rain.
Tue
28° 11°
Clear.
Wed
30° 14°
Mostly Cloudy.
Thu
28° 14°
Partly Cloudy with a 33% chance of rain.
Fri
27° 10°
Partly Cloudy with a 35% chance of rain.
Sat
17° -1°
Clear with a 31% chance of rain.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 16° Mostly Cloudy 90% 9 mph ESE 96%
2 AM 18° Overcast 77% 7 mph SE 97%
3 AM 18° Mostly Cloudy 77% 6 mph SE 97%
4 AM 18° Rain 77% 5 mph SE 98%
5 AM 18° Rain 77% 5 mph SE 97%
6 AM 16° Mostly Cloudy 74% 5 mph SE 97%
7 AM 16° Partly Cloudy 70% 5 mph SSE 96%
8 AM 16° Partly Cloudy 57% 6 mph SSE 93%
9 AM 17° Partly Cloudy 44% 6 mph S 86%
10 AM 18° Partly Cloudy 36% 8 mph SSW 80%
11 AM 18° Partly Cloudy 37% 7 mph SSW 75%
12 PM 18° Partly Cloudy 38% 6 mph SW 75%
1 PM 18° Mostly Cloudy 46% 7 mph WSW 75%
2 PM 20° Mostly Cloudy 57% 7 mph WSW 77%
3 PM 19° Overcast 58% 8 mph W 82%
4 PM 18° Overcast 65% 8 mph W 88%
5 PM 18° Overcast 59% 9 mph W 92%
6 PM 17° Overcast 59% 10 mph W 93%
7 PM 16° Overcast 63% 10 mph W 95%
8 PM 16° Rain 64% 10 mph W 96%
9 PM 16° Rain 64% 10 mph W 96%
10 PM 15° Overcast 64% 11 mph W 97%
11 PM 15° Mostly Cloudy 58% 11 mph WNW 97%
12 AM 15° Mostly Cloudy 58% 11 mph WNW 97%
15-Day Forecast
Today
10/11
Mostly Cloudy
90%
12°
22°
Mon
10/12
Mostly Cloudy
64%
12°
22°
Tue
10/13
Clear
14%
11°
28°
Wed
10/14
Mostly Cloudy
15%
14°
30°
Thu
10/15
Partly Cloudy
33%
14°
28°
Fri
10/16
Partly Cloudy
35%
10°
27°
Sat
10/17
Clear
31%
-1°
17°
Sun
10/18
Mostly Clear
35%
-2°
11°
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°
21°
Fri
10/23
Drizzle
60%
5°
21°
Sat
10/24
Drizzle
60%
5°
20°
Sun
10/25
Clear
60%
6°
21°
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 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
MLCAPE17 J/kg
MUCAPE337 J/kg
SBCIN—
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index3.6
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear55 kt
0–1 km Shear36 kt
Eff. Shear19 kt
0–1 km SRH385
0–3 km SRH459
Eff. SRH66
Storm Motion199° @ 37 kt
0–1 km EHI0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index36.2
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.64 in
0–3 km LR3.9 °C/km
700–500 LR5.8 °C/km
Total Totals43.0
LCL896 hPa
LFC—
EL—
Freezing Lvl11,759 ft