High Wind Warning — Madison, NC, Yancey, NC, Mitchell, NC, Swain, NC, Haywood, NC, Buncombe, NC, Graham, NC, Northern Jackson, NC, Macon, NC, Southern Jackson, NC, Transylvania, NC 7:00 AM Areal Flood Watch 1:00 PM

Macon County, North Carolina, United States

Last updated: 9:34 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
17°C
Feels like 18°
Overcast
▲ 18°  /  ▼ 12°
Wind
4 mph ESE
Humidity
97%
Dew Point
16°
Pressure
27.39 inHg
Visibility
9 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
88%
Sunrise
7:35 AM
Sunset
7:04 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Macon County is currently overcast at 17°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 90% around 10 PM. Sunrise: 7:35AM · Sunset: 7:04PM.

Alerts

High Wind Warning
Madison, NC, Yancey, NC, Mitchell, NC, Swain, NC, Haywood, NC, Buncombe, NC, Graham, NC, Northern Jackson, NC, Macon, NC, Southern Jackson, NC, Transylvania, NC
Expires 7:00 AM
Areal Flood Watch
Expires 1:00 PM
36 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
17°
90%
11 PM
18°
90%
12 AM
19°
90%
1 AM
18°
90%
2 AM
18°
87%
3 AM
18°
78%
4 AM
17°
78%
5 AM
15°
57%
6 AM
14°
55%
7 AM
13°
53%
8 AM
13°
40%
9 AM
12°
21%
10 AM
13°
35%
11 AM
13°
47%
12 PM
13°
35%
1 PM
16°
25%
2 PM
17°
25%
3 PM
17°
25%
4 PM
17°
22%
5 PM
16°
31%
6 PM
16°
31%
7 PM
16°
31%
8 PM
16°
31%
9 PM
15°
41%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
18° 12°
Overcast with a 90% chance of rain.
Sun
19° 12°
Mostly Cloudy with a 90% chance of rain.
Mon
25° 13°
Mostly Clear.
Tue
28° 10°
Mostly Clear.
Wed
30° 15°
Clear.
Thu
28° 16°
Clear.
Fri
26° 12°
Clear with a 28% chance of rain.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 17° Overcast 90% 4 mph ESE 97%
11 PM 18° Rain 90% 6 mph SE 97%
12 AM 19° Heavy Rain 90% 7 mph SSE 97%
1 AM 18° Thunderstorm 90% 8 mph SSE 97%
2 AM 18° Thunderstorm 87% 8 mph SSE 97%
3 AM 18° Mostly Cloudy 78% 8 mph SSE 96%
4 AM 17° Partly Cloudy 78% 9 mph SSE 96%
5 AM 15° Partly Cloudy 57% 8 mph SSE 95%
6 AM 14° Mostly Cloudy 55% 7 mph SSE 94%
7 AM 13° Partly Cloudy 53% 6 mph SSE 95%
8 AM 13° Mostly Cloudy 40% 6 mph S 94%
9 AM 12° Mostly Cloudy 21% 5 mph S 93%
10 AM 13° Overcast 35% 5 mph SSW 91%
11 AM 13° Overcast 47% 5 mph SW 91%
12 PM 13° Overcast 35% 6 mph WSW 91%
1 PM 16° Overcast 25% 6 mph WSW 89%
2 PM 17° Overcast 25% 5 mph W 88%
3 PM 17° Mostly Cloudy 25% 6 mph W 88%
4 PM 17° Mostly Cloudy 22% 6 mph W 88%
5 PM 16° Mostly Cloudy 31% 6 mph W 89%
6 PM 16° Mostly Cloudy 31% 5 mph WNW 90%
7 PM 16° Mostly Cloudy 31% 5 mph WNW 92%
8 PM 16° Mostly Cloudy 31% 6 mph WNW 94%
9 PM 15° Overcast 41% 6 mph WNW 94%
15-Day Forecast
Today
10/10
Overcast
90%
12°
18°
Sun
10/11
Mostly Cloudy
90%
12°
19°
Mon
10/12
Mostly Clear
6%
13°
25°
Tue
10/13
Mostly Clear
16%
10°
28°
Wed
10/14
Clear
8%
15°
30°
Thu
10/15
Clear
16%
16°
28°
Fri
10/16
Clear
28%
12°
26°
Sat
10/17
Clear
28%
-1°
18°
Sun
10/18
Drizzle
43%
-3°
14°
Mon
10/19
Clear
19%
-1°
18°
Tue
10/20
Drizzle
27%
1°
20°
Wed
10/21
Drizzle
60%
6°
22°
Thu
10/22
Clear
25%
7°
21°
Fri
10/23
Drizzle
60%
7°
21°
Sat
10/24
Drizzle
60%
7°
20°
36
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
16 AQI 2.8 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
36 AQI 39 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 36 Good 36 16
Mon 23 Good 23 9
Tue 39 Good 33 39
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 LCL0°C Temperature (°C) Pressure (hPa)
Temp Dewpoint Parcel (SB) CAPE CIN Dry adiabat Moist adiabat Mixing ratio
RAP
Valid Sun Oct 11, 01:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE0 J/kg
MLCAPE15 J/kg
MUCAPE332 J/kg
SBCIN—
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index2.5
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear57 kt
0–1 km Shear32 kt
Eff. Shear25 kt
0–1 km SRH268
0–3 km SRH316
Eff. SRH92
Storm Motion196° @ 39 kt
0–1 km EHI0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.4
K-Index38.5
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.64 in
0–3 km LR4.2 °C/km
700–500 LR5.6 °C/km
Total Totals46.0
LCL922 hPa
LFC—
EL—
Freezing Lvl12,329 ft