Freeze Watch 8:00 AM

Swain County, North Carolina, United States

Last updated: 6:42 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
17°C
Feels like 17°
Partly Cloudy
▲ 22°  /  ▼ 4°
Wind
7 mph WNW
Humidity
89%
Dew Point
13°
Pressure
27.35 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
50%
Sunrise
7:41 AM
Sunset
6:57 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Swain County is currently partly cloudy at 17°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 52% around 8 AM. Sunrise: 7:41AM · Sunset: 6:57PM.

44 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
17°
26%
8 PM
16°
21%
9 PM
13°
29%
10 PM
11°
30%
11 PM
10°
31%
12 AM
8°
37%
1 AM
7°
38%
2 AM
6°
38%
3 AM
6°
27%
4 AM
5°
24%
5 AM
4°
28%
6 AM
4°
28%
7 AM
5°
28%
8 AM
6°
52%
9 AM
5°
51%
10 AM
6°
36%
11 AM
6°
27%
12 PM
7°
8%
1 PM
10°
5%
2 PM
11°
5%
3 PM
11°
5%
4 PM
11°
5%
5 PM
9°
3%
6 PM
8°
3%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
22° 4°
Overcast with a 30% chance of rain.
Sat
15° 1°
Mostly Cloudy with a 38% chance of rain.
Sun
19° 1°
Clear.
Mon
21° 3°
Clear.
Tue
23° 7°
Clear.
Wed
23° 7°
Clear.
Thu
22° 7°
Clear.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 17° Partly Cloudy 26% 7 mph WNW 89%
8 PM 16° Mostly Cloudy 21% 6 mph NW 89%
9 PM 13° Mostly Cloudy 29% 6 mph NW 88%
10 PM 11° Overcast 30% 8 mph NW 87%
11 PM 10° Overcast 31% 8 mph NW 86%
12 AM 8° Mostly Cloudy 37% 7 mph NW 87%
1 AM 7° Overcast 38% 7 mph NNW 88%
2 AM 6° Overcast 38% 8 mph NNW 89%
3 AM 6° Mostly Cloudy 27% 7 mph NW 89%
4 AM 5° Partly Cloudy 24% 7 mph NW 90%
5 AM 4° Partly Cloudy 28% 7 mph NW 89%
6 AM 4° Mostly Cloudy 28% 6 mph NW 89%
7 AM 5° Mostly Cloudy 28% 6 mph NNW 88%
8 AM 6° Mostly Cloudy 52% 7 mph NNW 87%
9 AM 5° Mostly Cloudy 51% 9 mph N 85%
10 AM 6° Partly Cloudy 36% 10 mph N 84%
11 AM 6° Partly Cloudy 27% 10 mph N 79%
12 PM 7° Partly Cloudy 8% 10 mph N 74%
1 PM 10° Partly Cloudy 5% 10 mph N 68%
2 PM 11° Partly Cloudy 5% 10 mph N 65%
3 PM 11° Mostly Clear 5% 10 mph N 64%
4 PM 11° Mostly Clear 5% 10 mph N 62%
5 PM 9° Mostly Clear 3% 9 mph N 64%
6 PM 8° Mostly Clear 3% 9 mph NNE 69%
15-Day Forecast
Today
10/16
Overcast
30%
4°
22°
Sat
10/17
Mostly Cloudy
38%
1°
15°
Sun
10/18
Clear
3%
1°
19°
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°
22°
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
Clear
60%
8°
21°
Wed
10/28
Drizzle
60%
7°
20°
Thu
10/29
Drizzle
60%
7°
19°
Fri
10/30
Clear
60%
7°
20°
44
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
44 AQI 8.0 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
44 AQI 47 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Sat 44 Good 44 44
Sun 27 Good 27 22
Mon 31 Good 31 11
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
SBCAPE1 J/kg
MLCAPE7 J/kg
MUCAPE5 J/kg
SBCIN0 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index5.3
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear56 kt
0–1 km Shear13 kt
Eff. Shear—
0–1 km SRH-110
0–3 km SRH10
Eff. SRH—
Storm Motion260° @ 38 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)—
Supercell—
K-Index27.6
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.04 in
0–3 km LR5.6 °C/km
700–500 LR4.1 °C/km
Total Totals37.8
LCL872 hPa
LFC926 hPa
EL891 hPa
Freezing Lvl10,066 ft