Severe Thunderstorm Watch 8:00 PM Severe Thunderstorm Watch 8:00 PM

Gaston County, North Carolina, United States

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24°C
Feels like 27°
Mostly Cloudy
▲ 29°  /  ▼ 19°
Wind
8 mph ENE
Humidity
88%
Dew Point
22°
Pressure
29.16 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
1.0
Cloud Cover
82%
Sunrise
6:49 AM
Sunset
8:06 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Gaston County is currently mostly cloudy at 25°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 71% around 8 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1290 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:49AM · Sunset: 8:06PM.

Alerts

Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 8:00 PM
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 8:00 PM
61 AQI · Moderate Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
24°
61%
8 PM
24°
70%
9 PM
22°
70%
10 PM
21°
67%
11 PM
21°
60%
12 AM
21°
50%
1 AM
21°
47%
2 AM
21°
36%
3 AM
21°
27%
4 AM
21°
38%
5 AM
19°
27%
6 AM
19°
27%
7 AM
19°
9%
8 AM
19°
9%
9 AM
21°
9%
10 AM
22°
9%
11 AM
23°
7%
12 PM
24°
7%
1 PM
27°
7%
2 PM
29°
8%
3 PM
29°
10%
4 PM
29°
13%
5 PM
29°
11%
6 PM
29°
16%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
29° 19°
Mostly Cloudy with a 67% chance of rain.
Sat
31° 19°
Partly Cloudy with a 47% chance of rain.
Sun
31° 19°
Mostly Clear.
Mon
31° 17°
Clear with a 39% chance of rain.
Tue
31° 17°
Clear.
Wed
32° 19°
Heavy Rain, 80% chance.
Thu
29° 19°
Rain, 83% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 24° Mostly Cloudy 61% 8 mph ENE 88%
8 PM 24° Mostly Cloudy 70% 7 mph ENE 94%
9 PM 22° Overcast 70% 4 mph E 96%
10 PM 21° Overcast 67% 4 mph ESE 97%
11 PM 21° Rain 60% 4 mph ESE 97%
12 AM 21° Overcast 50% 2 mph ESE 97%
1 AM 21° Rain 47% 3 mph W 98%
2 AM 21° Rain 36% 3 mph W 98%
3 AM 21° Rain 27% 2 mph WSW 97%
4 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 38% 3 mph N 97%
5 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 27% 2 mph NNE 96%
6 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 27% 2 mph NE 96%
7 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 9% 2 mph NE 96%
8 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 9% 2 mph NE 92%
9 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 9% 2 mph NE 87%
10 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 9% 2 mph E 81%
11 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 7% 2 mph W 74%
12 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 7% 1 mph WNW 67%
1 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 7% 2 mph WNW 60%
2 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 8% 2 mph W 57%
3 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 10% 2 mph WSW 55%
4 PM 29° Mostly Clear 13% 3 mph SW 53%
5 PM 29° Mostly Clear 11% 3 mph SW 55%
6 PM 29° Mostly Clear 16% 3 mph WSW 60%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/21
Mostly Cloudy
67%
19°
29°
Sat
8/22
Partly Cloudy
47%
19°
31°
Sun
8/23
Mostly Clear
6%
19°
31°
Mon
8/24
Clear
39%
17°
31°
Tue
8/25
Clear
19%
17°
31°
Wed
8/26
Heavy Rain
80%
19°
32°
Thu
8/27
Rain
83%
19°
29°
Fri
8/28
Rain
63%
21°
33°
Sat
8/29
Rain
73%
19°
33°
Sun
8/30
Drizzle
54%
19°
33°
Mon
8/31
Overcast
36%
19°
37°
Tue
9/1
Drizzle
60%
21°
34°
Wed
9/2
Drizzle
60%
21°
32°
Thu
9/3
Drizzle
60%
21°
32°
Fri
9/4
Drizzle
60%
20°
32°
61
Moderate
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: O3
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
34 AQI 6.2 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
61 AQI 59 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Sat 61 Moderate 61 34
Sun 42 Good 42 29
Mon 35 Good 33 35
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 Aug 21, 22:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE940 J/kg
MLCAPE1147 J/kg
MUCAPE1808 J/kg
SBCIN-52 J/kg
MLCIN-27 J/kg
Lifted Index-3.7
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear21 kt
0–1 km Shear6 kt
Eff. Shear21 kt
0–1 km SRH32
0–3 km SRH158
Eff. SRH158
Storm Motion290° @ 20 kt
0–1 km EHI0.2
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell3.1
K-Index32.3
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.83 in
0–3 km LR5.7 °C/km
700–500 LR5.4 °C/km
Total Totals48.4
LCL952 hPa
LFC800 hPa
EL202 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,419 ft