Freeze Watch 8:00 AM

Macon County, North Carolina, United States

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18°C
Feels like 18°
Partly Cloudy
▲ 22°  /  ▼ 5°
Wind
9 mph NW
Humidity
87%
Dew Point
14°
Pressure
27.40 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
35%
Sunrise
7:40 AM
Sunset
6:57 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Macon County is currently partly cloudy at 18°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Sunrise: 7:40AM · Sunset: 6:57PM.

48 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
18°
27%
8 PM
17°
27%
9 PM
14°
17%
10 PM
12°
11%
11 PM
11°
11%
12 AM
9°
11%
1 AM
8°
11%
2 AM
7°
11%
3 AM
6°
11%
4 AM
6°
8%
5 AM
5°
8%
6 AM
5°
8%
7 AM
5°
8%
8 AM
6°
8%
9 AM
6°
5%
10 AM
7°
5%
11 AM
8°
5%
12 PM
8°
5%
1 PM
12°
3%
2 PM
13°
3%
3 PM
13°
3%
4 PM
12°
3%
5 PM
10°
3%
6 PM
9°
3%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
22° 5°
Partly Cloudy with a 27% chance of rain.
Sat
17° 1°
Partly Cloudy.
Sun
19° 1°
Clear.
Mon
22° 3°
Clear.
Tue
24° 7°
Clear.
Wed
24° 8°
Clear.
Thu
23° 7°
Clear.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 18° Partly Cloudy 27% 9 mph NW 87%
8 PM 17° Partly Cloudy 27% 8 mph NW 88%
9 PM 14° Mostly Cloudy 17% 9 mph NNW 87%
10 PM 12° Mostly Cloudy 11% 10 mph NNW 86%
11 PM 11° Overcast 11% 12 mph NNW 86%
12 AM 9° Mostly Cloudy 11% 12 mph NNW 85%
1 AM 8° Mostly Cloudy 11% 12 mph NNW 85%
2 AM 7° Overcast 11% 12 mph NNW 85%
3 AM 6° Mostly Cloudy 11% 11 mph NNW 85%
4 AM 6° Partly Cloudy 8% 12 mph NNW 85%
5 AM 5° Partly Cloudy 8% 12 mph NNW 84%
6 AM 5° Partly Cloudy 8% 12 mph NNW 82%
7 AM 5° Partly Cloudy 8% 12 mph NNW 80%
8 AM 6° Partly Cloudy 8% 13 mph NNW 78%
9 AM 6° Partly Cloudy 5% 13 mph NNW 75%
10 AM 7° Partly Cloudy 5% 14 mph N 71%
11 AM 8° Partly Cloudy 5% 15 mph N 67%
12 PM 8° Partly Cloudy 5% 14 mph N 63%
1 PM 12° Partly Cloudy 3% 14 mph N 59%
2 PM 13° Mostly Clear 3% 14 mph N 57%
3 PM 13° Mostly Clear 3% 14 mph N 57%
4 PM 12° Mostly Clear 3% 13 mph N 56%
5 PM 10° Mostly Clear 3% 12 mph N 60%
6 PM 9° Mostly Clear 3% 11 mph N 64%
15-Day Forecast
Today
10/16
Partly Cloudy
27%
5°
22°
Sat
10/17
Partly Cloudy
11%
1°
17°
Sun
10/18
Clear
3%
1°
19°
Mon
10/19
Clear
3%
3°
22°
Tue
10/20
Clear
3%
7°
24°
Wed
10/21
Clear
3%
8°
24°
Thu
10/22
Clear
8%
7°
23°
Fri
10/23
Clear
3%
7°
24°
Sat
10/24
Clear
18%
7°
23°
Sun
10/25
Drizzle
44%
7°
23°
Mon
10/26
Drizzle
51%
8°
23°
Tue
10/27
Clear
25%
8°
22°
Wed
10/28
Drizzle
60%
8°
21°
Thu
10/29
Drizzle
60%
7°
20°
Fri
10/30
Clear
60%
8°
20°
48
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
48 AQI 8.7 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
41 AQI 45 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Sat 48 Good 41 48
Sun 29 Good 29 18
Mon 24 Good 24 7
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 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE5 J/kg
MLCAPE53 J/kg
MUCAPE131 J/kg
SBCIN-33 J/kg
MLCIN-2 J/kg
Lifted Index3.7
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear53 kt
0–1 km Shear11 kt
Eff. Shear16 kt
0–1 km SRH-69
0–3 km SRH31
Eff. SRH39
Storm Motion261° @ 37 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index30.7
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.16 in
0–3 km LR5.8 °C/km
700–500 LR4.3 °C/km
Total Totals40.2
LCL871 hPa
LFC739 hPa
EL646 hPa
Freezing Lvl10,719 ft