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 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 Flood Advisory — Buncombe County, NC, Henderson County, NC 1:00 PM

Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States

Last updated: 11:36 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
17°C
Feels like 14°
Overcast
▲ 20°  /  ▼ 13°
Wind
14 mph ESE
Humidity
96%
Dew Point
16°
Pressure
27.36 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
88%
Sunrise
7:33 AM
Sunset
6:59 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Buncombe County is currently overcast at 16°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 90% around 12 AM. Sunrise: 7:33AM · Sunset: 6:59PM.

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
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
Flood Advisory
Buncombe County, NC, Henderson County, NC
Expires 1:00 PM
40 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
17°
90%
1 AM
18°
90%
2 AM
18°
90%
3 AM
18°
84%
4 AM
18°
85%
5 AM
16°
66%
6 AM
16°
63%
7 AM
16°
46%
8 AM
16°
21%
9 AM
16°
22%
10 AM
16°
27%
11 AM
16°
36%
12 PM
16°
36%
1 PM
19°
45%
2 PM
18°
45%
3 PM
18°
48%
4 PM
17°
55%
5 PM
17°
65%
6 PM
17°
77%
7 PM
16°
76%
8 PM
16°
76%
9 PM
15°
76%
10 PM
15°
76%
11 PM
15°
76%
7-Day Forecast
Today
20° 13°
Mostly Cloudy with a 90% chance of rain.
Mon
24° 13°
Partly Cloudy with a 74% chance of rain.
Tue
30° 11°
Clear.
Wed
32° 15°
Mostly Clear.
Thu
30° 14°
Clear.
Fri
28° 11°
Partly Cloudy with a 25% chance of rain.
Sat
19° -1°
Clear with a 21% chance of rain.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 17° Overcast 90% 14 mph ESE 96%
1 AM 18° Rain 90% 12 mph ESE 96%
2 AM 18° Overcast 90% 11 mph SE 96%
3 AM 18° Haze 84% 11 mph SE 97%
4 AM 18° Heavy Rain 85% 10 mph SE 97%
5 AM 16° Rain 66% 9 mph SE 97%
6 AM 16° Rain 63% 9 mph SSE 97%
7 AM 16° Mostly Cloudy 46% 9 mph SSE 96%
8 AM 16° Partly Cloudy 21% 8 mph SSE 91%
9 AM 16° Partly Cloudy 22% 8 mph S 83%
10 AM 16° Partly Cloudy 27% 8 mph S 76%
11 AM 16° Partly Cloudy 36% 7 mph SSW 74%
12 PM 16° Partly Cloudy 36% 6 mph SW 74%
1 PM 19° Mostly Cloudy 45% 6 mph SW 75%
2 PM 18° Mostly Cloudy 45% 6 mph WSW 77%
3 PM 18° Mostly Cloudy 48% 7 mph WNW 79%
4 PM 17° Mostly Cloudy 55% 7 mph WNW 81%
5 PM 17° Mostly Cloudy 65% 8 mph WNW 84%
6 PM 17° Overcast 77% 8 mph NW 88%
7 PM 16° Overcast 76% 8 mph NW 90%
8 PM 16° Overcast 76% 8 mph NW 92%
9 PM 15° Overcast 76% 9 mph NW 93%
10 PM 15° Overcast 76% 9 mph NW 94%
11 PM 15° Overcast 76% 10 mph NW 95%
15-Day Forecast
Today
10/11
Mostly Cloudy
90%
13°
20°
Mon
10/12
Partly Cloudy
74%
13°
24°
Tue
10/13
Clear
14%
11°
30°
Wed
10/14
Mostly Clear
7%
15°
32°
Thu
10/15
Clear
15%
14°
30°
Fri
10/16
Partly Cloudy
25%
11°
28°
Sat
10/17
Clear
21%
-1°
19°
Sun
10/18
Partly Cloudy
34%
-2°
13°
Mon
10/19
Mostly Cloudy
35%
-1°
19°
Tue
10/20
Mostly Cloudy
19%
2°
22°
Wed
10/21
Drizzle
60%
4°
23°
Thu
10/22
Clear
60%
6°
22°
Fri
10/23
Drizzle
60%
5°
21°
Sat
10/24
Drizzle
60%
5°
21°
Sun
10/25
Drizzle
60%
6°
22°
40
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
12 AQI 2.2 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
40 AQI 43 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 40 Good 40 12
Mon 38 Good 38 5
Tue 45 Good 45 32
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 90 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE0 J/kg
MLCAPE13 J/kg
MUCAPE416 J/kg
SBCIN—
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index2.7
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear53 kt
0–1 km Shear32 kt
Eff. Shear18 kt
0–1 km SRH323
0–3 km SRH405
Eff. SRH80
Storm Motion196° @ 33 kt
0–1 km EHI0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index37.8
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.81 in
0–3 km LR3.7 °C/km
700–500 LR6.2 °C/km
Total Totals45.8
LCL916 hPa
LFC—
EL—
Freezing Lvl12,874 ft