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

Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States

Last updated: 9:35 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
16°C
Feels like 12°
Rain
▲ 17°  /  ▼ 11°
Wind
14 mph E
Humidity
94%
Dew Point
14°
Pressure
27.39 inHg
Visibility
6 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
92%
Sunrise
7:32 AM
Sunset
7:01 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Buncombe County is currently rain at 16°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 90% around 10 PM. Sunrise: 7:32AM · Sunset: 7:01PM.

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
Areal 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
16°
90%
11 PM
17°
90%
12 AM
17°
90%
1 AM
17°
90%
2 AM
18°
90%
3 AM
18°
84%
4 AM
18°
85%
5 AM
16°
65%
6 AM
16°
56%
7 AM
15°
34%
8 AM
14°
13%
9 AM
14°
13%
10 AM
15°
22%
11 AM
16°
31%
12 PM
16°
32%
1 PM
18°
47%
2 PM
18°
44%
3 PM
17°
51%
4 PM
17°
58%
5 PM
17°
58%
6 PM
16°
66%
7 PM
16°
66%
8 PM
16°
66%
9 PM
16°
71%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
17° 11°
Rain, 90% chance.
Sun
19° 13°
Partly Cloudy with a 90% chance of rain.
Mon
25° 13°
Partly Cloudy with a 63% chance of rain.
Tue
30° 11°
Mostly Clear.
Wed
32° 16°
Clear.
Thu
30° 14°
Clear.
Fri
29° 11°
Clear.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 16° Rain 90% 14 mph E 94%
11 PM 17° Overcast 90% 14 mph ESE 94%
12 AM 17° Overcast 90% 13 mph ESE 95%
1 AM 17° Overcast 90% 13 mph ESE 96%
2 AM 18° Overcast 90% 12 mph ESE 97%
3 AM 18° Heavy Rain 84% 11 mph SE 97%
4 AM 18° Heavy Rain 85% 10 mph SE 97%
5 AM 16° Rain 65% 8 mph SSE 97%
6 AM 16° Partly Cloudy 56% 8 mph SSE 95%
7 AM 15° Partly Cloudy 34% 8 mph SSE 94%
8 AM 14° Partly Cloudy 13% 7 mph SSE 90%
9 AM 14° Partly Cloudy 13% 7 mph S 83%
10 AM 15° Mostly Clear 22% 7 mph SSW 77%
11 AM 16° Partly Cloudy 31% 6 mph SSW 74%
12 PM 16° Partly Cloudy 32% 6 mph SW 74%
1 PM 18° Mostly Cloudy 47% 7 mph WSW 76%
2 PM 18° Mostly Cloudy 44% 7 mph W 78%
3 PM 17° Mostly Cloudy 51% 6 mph W 82%
4 PM 17° Mostly Cloudy 58% 6 mph WNW 85%
5 PM 17° Overcast 58% 7 mph WNW 87%
6 PM 16° Overcast 66% 7 mph WNW 88%
7 PM 16° Rain 66% 6 mph WNW 89%
8 PM 16° Mostly Cloudy 66% 8 mph WNW 91%
9 PM 16° Mostly Cloudy 71% 8 mph WNW 92%
15-Day Forecast
Today
10/10
Rain
90%
11°
17°
Sun
10/11
Partly Cloudy
90%
13°
19°
Mon
10/12
Partly Cloudy
63%
13°
25°
Tue
10/13
Mostly Clear
16%
11°
30°
Wed
10/14
Clear
8%
16°
32°
Thu
10/15
Clear
16%
14°
30°
Fri
10/16
Clear
17%
11°
29°
Sat
10/17
Clear
17%
-1°
19°
Sun
10/18
Drizzle
44%
-3°
13°
Mon
10/19
Clear
44%
-2°
19°
Tue
10/20
Clear
21%
1°
22°
Wed
10/21
Drizzle
60%
4°
23°
Thu
10/22
Clear
25%
6°
22°
Fri
10/23
Drizzle
60%
5°
21°
Sat
10/24
Drizzle
60%
5°
21°
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, 01:00'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
MLCAPE16 J/kg
MUCAPE306 J/kg
SBCIN—
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index5.2
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear52 kt
0–1 km Shear33 kt
Eff. Shear27 kt
0–1 km SRH397
0–3 km SRH570
Eff. SRH118
Storm Motion192° @ 29 kt
0–1 km EHI0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.5
K-Index35.9
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.80 in
0–3 km LR3.4 °C/km
700–500 LR5.9 °C/km
Total Totals43.3
LCL914 hPa
LFC—
EL—
Freezing Lvl12,913 ft