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Cullowhee, North Carolina

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18°C
Feels like 18°
Partly Cloudy
▲ 22°  /  ▼ 4°
Wind
7 mph NW
Humidity
86%
Dew Point
14°
Pressure
27.16 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
59%
Sunrise
7:39 AM
Sunset
6:56 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Cullowhee is currently partly cloudy at 18°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Sunrise: 7:39AM · Sunset: 6:56PM.

51 AQI · Moderate Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
18°
44%
8 PM
17°
17%
9 PM
14°
17%
10 PM
12°
11%
11 PM
11°
17%
12 AM
8°
17%
1 AM
7°
17%
2 AM
7°
11%
3 AM
6°
24%
4 AM
6°
20%
5 AM
4°
20%
6 AM
4°
11%
7 AM
5°
11%
8 AM
6°
15%
9 AM
5°
5%
10 AM
6°
5%
11 AM
6°
5%
12 PM
7°
5%
1 PM
11°
3%
2 PM
11°
3%
3 PM
11°
3%
4 PM
11°
3%
5 PM
9°
3%
6 PM
8°
3%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
22° 4°
Partly Cloudy with a 44% chance of rain.
Sat
16° 1°
Partly Cloudy with a 20% chance of rain.
Sun
18° 0°
Clear.
Mon
21° 3°
Clear.
Tue
23° 7°
Clear.
Wed
23° 7°
Clear.
Thu
23° 7°
Clear.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 18° Partly Cloudy 44% 7 mph NW 86%
8 PM 17° Mostly Cloudy 17% 8 mph NW 86%
9 PM 14° Mostly Cloudy 17% 8 mph NW 86%
10 PM 12° Overcast 11% 10 mph NW 86%
11 PM 11° Overcast 17% 10 mph NW 86%
12 AM 8° Mostly Cloudy 17% 10 mph NW 86%
1 AM 7° Mostly Cloudy 17% 10 mph NW 86%
2 AM 7° Mostly Cloudy 11% 10 mph NW 86%
3 AM 6° Mostly Cloudy 24% 9 mph NW 86%
4 AM 6° Partly Cloudy 20% 10 mph NW 85%
5 AM 4° Partly Cloudy 20% 9 mph NW 85%
6 AM 4° Partly Cloudy 11% 9 mph NNW 83%
7 AM 5° Mostly Cloudy 11% 9 mph NNW 81%
8 AM 6° Partly Cloudy 15% 10 mph NNW 80%
9 AM 5° Partly Cloudy 5% 11 mph NNW 78%
10 AM 6° Partly Cloudy 5% 12 mph N 77%
11 AM 6° Partly Cloudy 5% 12 mph N 73%
12 PM 7° Partly Cloudy 5% 12 mph N 68%
1 PM 11° Partly Cloudy 3% 12 mph N 63%
2 PM 11° Partly Cloudy 3% 12 mph N 61%
3 PM 11° Mostly Clear 3% 12 mph N 60%
4 PM 11° Mostly Clear 3% 12 mph N 60%
5 PM 9° Clear 3% 11 mph N 63%
6 PM 8° Clear 3% 10 mph N 67%
15-Day Forecast
Today
10/16
Partly Cloudy
44%
4°
22°
Sat
10/17
Partly Cloudy
20%
1°
16°
Sun
10/18
Clear
3%
0°
18°
Mon
10/19
Clear
3%
3°
21°
Tue
10/20
Clear
3%
7°
23°
Wed
10/21
Clear
3%
7°
23°
Thu
10/22
Clear
3%
7°
23°
Fri
10/23
Clear
3%
7°
23°
Sat
10/24
Clear
18%
7°
23°
Sun
10/25
Drizzle
44%
7°
23°
Mon
10/26
Drizzle
51%
8°
23°
Tue
10/27
Drizzle
60%
8°
21°
Wed
10/28
Drizzle
60%
7°
20°
Thu
10/29
Drizzle
60%
7°
19°
Fri
10/30
Clear
60%
7°
20°
51
Moderate
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: PM2.5
50 100 150 200

Air quality is acceptable. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
Dominant
51 AQI 9.3 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
44 AQI 48 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Sat 51 Moderate 44 51
Sun 30 Good 30 21
Mon 35 Good 35 12
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
SBCAPE3 J/kg
MLCAPE32 J/kg
MUCAPE85 J/kg
SBCIN-39 J/kg
MLCIN-5 J/kg
Lifted Index3.8
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear54 kt
0–1 km Shear13 kt
Eff. Shear—
0–1 km SRH-78
0–3 km SRH21
Eff. SRH—
Storm Motion260° @ 37 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)—
Supercell—
K-Index30.7
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.11 in
0–3 km LR5.7 °C/km
700–500 LR4.3 °C/km
Total Totals40.3
LCL868 hPa
LFC735 hPa
EL650 hPa
Freezing Lvl10,482 ft