Freeze Watch 8:00 AM

Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States

Last updated: 6:43 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
18°C
Feels like 16°
Mostly Cloudy
▲ 24°  /  ▼ 4°
Wind
14 mph NW
Humidity
90%
Dew Point
14°
Pressure
27.34 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
62%
Sunrise
7:37 AM
Sunset
6:53 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Buncombe County is currently mostly cloudy at 18°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 76% around 11 PM. Sunrise: 7:37AM · Sunset: 6:53PM.

Alerts

Freeze Watch
Expires 8:00 AM
50 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
18°
44%
8 PM
16°
42%
9 PM
13°
29%
10 PM
11°
43%
11 PM
10°
75%
12 AM
8°
53%
1 AM
7°
54%
2 AM
7°
54%
3 AM
6°
45%
4 AM
6°
43%
5 AM
4°
48%
6 AM
4°
53%
7 AM
5°
27%
8 AM
5°
47%
9 AM
5°
34%
10 AM
6°
8%
11 AM
7°
5%
12 PM
7°
5%
1 PM
11°
5%
2 PM
12°
5%
3 PM
12°
5%
4 PM
12°
5%
5 PM
10°
3%
6 PM
9°
3%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
24° 4°
Mostly Cloudy with a 44% chance of rain.
Sat
17° 1°
Partly Cloudy with a 54% chance of rain.
Sun
18° 0°
Clear.
Mon
22° 3°
Clear.
Tue
25° 5°
Clear.
Wed
26° 7°
Clear.
Thu
24° 6°
Clear.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 18° Mostly Cloudy 44% 13 mph NW 88%
8 PM 16° Mostly Cloudy 42% 14 mph NW 91%
9 PM 13° Mostly Cloudy 29% 15 mph NW 90%
10 PM 11° Overcast 43% 16 mph NW 90%
11 PM 10° Overcast 75% 16 mph NW 90%
12 AM 8° Overcast 53% 16 mph NW 90%
1 AM 7° Overcast 54% 16 mph NW 89%
2 AM 7° Mostly Cloudy 54% 16 mph NW 89%
3 AM 6° Overcast 45% 15 mph NW 90%
4 AM 6° Overcast 43% 15 mph NW 91%
5 AM 4° Overcast 48% 15 mph NW 92%
6 AM 4° Overcast 53% 14 mph NW 92%
7 AM 5° Overcast 27% 14 mph NW 90%
8 AM 5° Mostly Cloudy 47% 14 mph NW 90%
9 AM 5° Mostly Cloudy 34% 14 mph NNW 87%
10 AM 6° Mostly Cloudy 8% 15 mph NNW 84%
11 AM 7° Partly Cloudy 5% 15 mph NNW 79%
12 PM 7° Partly Cloudy 5% 15 mph NNW 72%
1 PM 11° Partly Cloudy 5% 15 mph NNW 66%
2 PM 12° Partly Cloudy 5% 15 mph NNW 61%
3 PM 12° Mostly Clear 5% 15 mph NNW 59%
4 PM 12° Mostly Clear 5% 14 mph NNW 56%
5 PM 10° Clear 3% 14 mph NNW 58%
6 PM 9° Clear 3% 13 mph NNW 61%
15-Day Forecast
Today
10/16
Mostly Cloudy
44%
4°
24°
Sat
10/17
Partly Cloudy
54%
1°
17°
Sun
10/18
Clear
3%
0°
18°
Mon
10/19
Clear
3%
3°
22°
Tue
10/20
Clear
3%
5°
25°
Wed
10/21
Clear
3%
7°
26°
Thu
10/22
Clear
3%
6°
24°
Fri
10/23
Clear
3%
6°
25°
Sat
10/24
Clear
18%
7°
24°
Sun
10/25
Drizzle
44%
6°
23°
Mon
10/26
Drizzle
51%
7°
24°
Tue
10/27
Clear
25%
7°
22°
Wed
10/28
Drizzle
60%
7°
21°
Thu
10/29
Drizzle
60%
6°
21°
Fri
10/30
Clear
60%
7°
21°
50
Good
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: PM2.5
50 100 150 200

Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no health risk.

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
Dominant
50 AQI 9.0 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
42 AQI 46 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Sat 50 Good 42 50
Sun 28 Good 28 15
Mon 30 Good 30 9
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 Fri Oct 16, 22:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE3 J/kg
MLCAPE51 J/kg
MUCAPE114 J/kg
SBCIN-102 J/kg
MLCIN-34 J/kg
Lifted Index3.3
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear57 kt
0–1 km Shear10 kt
Eff. Shear16 kt
0–1 km SRH-39
0–3 km SRH75
Eff. SRH122
Storm Motion259° @ 38 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index30.7
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.09 in
0–3 km LR5.6 °C/km
700–500 LR4.5 °C/km
Total Totals42.2
LCL876 hPa
LFC734 hPa
EL685 hPa
Freezing Lvl10,902 ft