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Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States

Last updated: 6:53 AM CDT  ·  Refresh
24°C
Feels like 29°
Mostly Clear
▲ 36°  /  ▼ 23°
Wind
3 mph NNE
Humidity
90%
Dew Point
23°
Pressure
29.36 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
3.7
Cloud Cover
15%
Sunrise
6:43 AM
Sunset
8:10 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Mecklenburg County is currently mostly clear at 24°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1914 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:43AM · Sunset: 8:10PM.

46 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
24°
13%
8 AM
24°
31%
9 AM
28°
24%
10 AM
29°
16%
11 AM
31°
28%
12 PM
32°
26%
1 PM
34°
26%
2 PM
34°
31%
3 PM
33°
33%
4 PM
32°
18%
5 PM
31°
18%
6 PM
31°
13%
7 PM
29°
13%
8 PM
28°
14%
9 PM
27°
14%
10 PM
27°
14%
11 PM
26°
5%
12 AM
26°
11%
1 AM
26°
11%
2 AM
25°
11%
3 AM
24°
11%
4 AM
24°
11%
5 AM
23°
8%
6 AM
23°
8%
7-Day Forecast
Today
36° 23°
Mostly Clear with a 26% chance of rain.
Mon
39° 23°
Mostly Clear with a 53% chance of rain.
Tue
38° 22°
Partly Cloudy with a 28% chance of rain.
Wed
35° 21°
Mostly Clear.
Thu
37° 23°
Rain, 71% chance.
Fri
32° 20°
Heavy Rain, 90% chance.
Sat
32° 18°
Rain, 90% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 24° Mostly Clear 13% 3 mph NNE 90%
8 AM 24° Clear 31% 2 mph NE 82%
9 AM 28° Clear 24% 1 mph ENE 72%
10 AM 29° Mostly Clear 16% 2 mph S 64%
11 AM 31° Mostly Clear 28% 2 mph SW 59%
12 PM 32° Mostly Clear 26% 3 mph WSW 55%
1 PM 34° Mostly Clear 26% 3 mph WSW 50%
2 PM 34° Mostly Clear 31% 4 mph W 52%
3 PM 33° Mostly Clear 33% 4 mph WNW 54%
4 PM 32° Mostly Clear 18% 5 mph WNW 56%
5 PM 31° Partly Cloudy 18% 4 mph WSW 58%
6 PM 31° Partly Cloudy 13% 4 mph SSW 60%
7 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 13% 4 mph S 63%
8 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 14% 5 mph S 68%
9 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 14% 5 mph S 73%
10 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 14% 6 mph S 78%
11 PM 26° Mostly Clear 5% 5 mph SSW 80%
12 AM 26° Mostly Clear 11% 5 mph SSW 82%
1 AM 26° Mostly Clear 11% 5 mph SSW 84%
2 AM 25° Mostly Clear 11% 5 mph SW 85%
3 AM 24° Clear 11% 5 mph SW 86%
4 AM 24° Clear 11% 5 mph SW 87%
5 AM 23° Clear 8% 5 mph SW 86%
6 AM 23° Clear 8% 5 mph SW 85%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/16
Mostly Clear
26%
23°
36°
Mon
8/17
Mostly Clear
53%
23°
39°
Tue
8/18
Partly Cloudy
28%
22°
38°
Wed
8/19
Mostly Clear
7%
21°
35°
Thu
8/20
Rain
71%
23°
37°
Fri
8/21
Heavy Rain
90%
20°
32°
Sat
8/22
Rain
90%
18°
32°
Sun
8/23
Rain
68%
19°
32°
Mon
8/24
Drizzle
68%
19°
32°
Tue
8/25
Drizzle
63%
21°
34°
Wed
8/26
Drizzle
60%
21°
33°
Thu
8/27
Drizzle
60%
21°
33°
Fri
8/28
Drizzle
60%
20°
31°
Sat
8/29
Drizzle
60%
19°
30°
Sun
8/30
Drizzle
60%
19°
31°
46
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
46 AQI 8.3 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
43 AQI 46 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Mon 46 Good 43 46
Tue 52 Moderate 40 52
Wed 64 Moderate 64 48
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 Sun Aug 16, 10:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE716 J/kg
MLCAPE315 J/kg
MUCAPE763 J/kg
SBCIN-104 J/kg
MLCIN-100 J/kg
Lifted Index-2.5
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear12 kt
0–1 km Shear4 kt
Eff. Shear12 kt
0–1 km SRH24
0–3 km SRH32
Eff. SRH32
Storm Motion342° @ 18 kt
0–1 km EHI0.1
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index36.8
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.03 in
0–3 km LR4.8 °C/km
700–500 LR5.5 °C/km
Total Totals45.6
LCL972 hPa
LFC762 hPa
EL200 hPa
Freezing Lvl15,482 ft