Freeze Watch 8:00 AM

Yancey County, North Carolina, United States

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17°C
Feels like 16°
Mostly Cloudy
▲ 24°  /  ▼ 4°
Wind
9 mph NW
Humidity
94%
Dew Point
14°
Pressure
26.79 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
76%
Sunrise
7:36 AM
Sunset
6:52 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Yancey County is currently mostly cloudy at 17°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 76% around 5 AM. Sunrise: 7:36AM · Sunset: 6:52PM.

41 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
17°
47%
8 PM
17°
44%
9 PM
12°
44%
10 PM
11°
49%
11 PM
9°
72%
12 AM
8°
60%
1 AM
6°
56%
2 AM
6°
54%
3 AM
5°
50%
4 AM
4°
51%
5 AM
4°
76%
6 AM
4°
75%
7 AM
4°
67%
8 AM
4°
61%
9 AM
6°
61%
10 AM
6°
36%
11 AM
6°
22%
12 PM
7°
8%
1 PM
11°
5%
2 PM
11°
5%
3 PM
11°
5%
4 PM
11°
5%
5 PM
8°
3%
6 PM
7°
3%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
24° 4°
Overcast with a 49% chance of rain.
Sat
18° 1°
Fog with a 67% chance of rain.
Sun
17° -1°
Clear.
Mon
21° 2°
Clear.
Tue
24° 5°
Clear.
Wed
24° 6°
Clear.
Thu
23° 5°
Clear.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 17° Mostly Cloudy 47% 9 mph NW 94%
8 PM 17° Overcast 44% 9 mph NW 95%
9 PM 12° Overcast 44% 10 mph NW 94%
10 PM 11° Overcast 49% 10 mph NW 93%
11 PM 9° Overcast 72% 11 mph NW 94%
12 AM 8° Overcast 60% 11 mph NW 93%
1 AM 6° Overcast 56% 12 mph NW 92%
2 AM 6° Overcast 54% 11 mph NW 92%
3 AM 5° Overcast 50% 11 mph NW 93%
4 AM 4° Overcast 51% 10 mph NW 94%
5 AM 4° Overcast 76% 10 mph NW 95%
6 AM 4° Overcast 75% 11 mph NW 95%
7 AM 4° Fog 67% 11 mph NW 95%
8 AM 4° Haze 61% 11 mph NNW 95%
9 AM 6° Overcast 61% 12 mph NNW 93%
10 AM 6° Mostly Cloudy 36% 12 mph NNW 91%
11 AM 6° Mostly Cloudy 22% 12 mph NNW 87%
12 PM 7° Mostly Cloudy 8% 13 mph NNW 81%
1 PM 11° Mostly Cloudy 5% 13 mph NNW 76%
2 PM 11° Mostly Cloudy 5% 13 mph NNW 71%
3 PM 11° Partly Cloudy 5% 13 mph NNW 67%
4 PM 11° Partly Cloudy 5% 13 mph NNW 63%
5 PM 8° Partly Cloudy 3% 12 mph NNW 65%
6 PM 7° Partly Cloudy 3% 11 mph NNW 69%
15-Day Forecast
Today
10/16
Overcast
49%
4°
24°
Sat
10/17
Fog
67%
1°
18°
Sun
10/18
Clear
3%
-1°
17°
Mon
10/19
Clear
3%
2°
21°
Tue
10/20
Clear
3%
5°
24°
Wed
10/21
Clear
3%
6°
24°
Thu
10/22
Clear
3%
5°
23°
Fri
10/23
Clear
3%
5°
24°
Sat
10/24
Clear
18%
5°
23°
Sun
10/25
Drizzle
44%
5°
22°
Mon
10/26
Drizzle
51%
7°
23°
Tue
10/27
Drizzle
60%
7°
21°
Wed
10/28
Drizzle
60%
7°
21°
Thu
10/29
Drizzle
60%
6°
20°
Fri
10/30
Clear
60%
7°
20°
41
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
41 AQI 7.4 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
41 AQI 45 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Sat 41 Good 41 41
Sun 32 Good 32 16
Mon 31 Good 31 6
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
SBCAPE2 J/kg
MLCAPE38 J/kg
MUCAPE99 J/kg
SBCIN-51 J/kg
MLCIN-11 J/kg
Lifted Index3.1
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear59 kt
0–1 km Shear12 kt
Eff. Shear—
0–1 km SRH-73
0–3 km SRH45
Eff. SRH—
Storm Motion257° @ 39 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)—
Supercell—
K-Index31.1
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.04 in
0–3 km LR5.5 °C/km
700–500 LR4.6 °C/km
Total Totals41.9
LCL870 hPa
LFC728 hPa
EL669 hPa
Freezing Lvl9,977 ft