Areal Flood Watch 7:00 AM High Wind Warning — Cherokee, NC, Clay, NC, Johnson, TN, Cocke Smoky Mountains, TN, Southeast Greene, TN, Unicoi, TN, Southeast Carter, TN, Blount Smoky Mountains, TN, Sevier Smoky Mountains, TN, Southeast Monroe, TN, East Polk, TN, Russell, VA, Washington, VA 7:00 AM

Cherokee County, North Carolina, United States

Last updated: 8:30 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
18°C
Feels like 17°
Mostly Cloudy
▲ 20°  /  ▼ 13°
Wind
10 mph ESE
Humidity
90%
Dew Point
17°
Pressure
27.99 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
67%
Sunrise
7:38 AM
Sunset
7:07 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Cherokee County is currently mostly cloudy at 18°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 83% around 9 PM. Sunrise: 7:38AM · Sunset: 7:07PM.

Alerts

Areal Flood Watch
Expires 7:00 AM
High Wind Warning
Cherokee, NC, Clay, NC, Johnson, TN, Cocke Smoky Mountains, TN, Southeast Greene, TN, Unicoi, TN, Southeast Carter, TN, Blount Smoky Mountains, TN, Sevier Smoky Mountains, TN, Southeast Monroe, TN, East Polk, TN, Russell, VA, Washington, VA
Expires 7:00 AM
41 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
18°
83%
10 PM
18°
77%
11 PM
18°
75%
12 AM
18°
75%
1 AM
18°
69%
2 AM
17°
55%
3 AM
17°
54%
4 AM
16°
54%
5 AM
16°
40%
6 AM
14°
47%
7 AM
13°
47%
8 AM
13°
66%
9 AM
13°
54%
10 AM
13°
60%
11 AM
13°
60%
12 PM
13°
62%
1 PM
13°
62%
2 PM
16°
61%
3 PM
16°
61%
4 PM
17°
49%
5 PM
17°
53%
6 PM
16°
54%
7 PM
16°
54%
8 PM
16°
55%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
20° 13°
Mostly Cloudy with a 83% chance of rain.
Sun
18° 13°
Overcast with a 75% chance of rain.
Mon
26° 12°
Haze.
Tue
29° 11°
Haze.
Wed
31° 15°
Mostly Cloudy.
Thu
31° 14°
Clear.
Fri
28° 11°
Rain, 28% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 18° Mostly Cloudy 83% 10 mph ESE 90%
10 PM 18° Overcast 77% 10 mph ESE 92%
11 PM 18° Rain 75% 10 mph ESE 94%
12 AM 18° Mostly Cloudy 75% 8 mph ESE 95%
1 AM 18° Mostly Cloudy 69% 7 mph SE 96%
2 AM 17° Overcast 55% 7 mph SE 97%
3 AM 17° Overcast 54% 6 mph SSE 96%
4 AM 16° Mostly Cloudy 54% 6 mph SSE 95%
5 AM 16° Mostly Cloudy 40% 6 mph SSE 94%
6 AM 14° Overcast 47% 6 mph S 94%
7 AM 13° Overcast 47% 5 mph SSE 94%
8 AM 13° Overcast 66% 5 mph S 95%
9 AM 13° Overcast 54% 5 mph S 96%
10 AM 13° Overcast 60% 5 mph SSW 96%
11 AM 13° Rain 60% 4 mph SW 96%
12 PM 13° Overcast 62% 5 mph WSW 95%
1 PM 13° Overcast 62% 6 mph WSW 96%
2 PM 16° Overcast 61% 7 mph WSW 96%
3 PM 16° Overcast 61% 7 mph W 96%
4 PM 17° Overcast 49% 8 mph W 95%
5 PM 17° Overcast 53% 8 mph W 96%
6 PM 16° Overcast 54% 8 mph W 96%
7 PM 16° Overcast 54% 7 mph W 96%
8 PM 16° Overcast 55% 7 mph W 97%
15-Day Forecast
Today
10/10
Mostly Cloudy
83%
13°
20°
Sun
10/11
Overcast
75%
13°
18°
Mon
10/12
Haze
3%
12°
26°
Tue
10/13
Haze
15%
11°
29°
Wed
10/14
Mostly Cloudy
8%
15°
31°
Thu
10/15
Clear
16%
14°
31°
Fri
10/16
Rain
28%
11°
28°
Sat
10/17
Snow
27%
-1°
18°
Sun
10/18
Drizzle
43%
-4°
14°
Mon
10/19
Clear
19%
-2°
19°
Tue
10/20
Clear
25%
1°
22°
Wed
10/21
Drizzle
60%
6°
23°
Thu
10/22
Clear
25%
7°
22°
Fri
10/23
Drizzle
60%
6°
21°
Sat
10/24
Drizzle
60%
6°
21°
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
8 AQI 1.4 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
41 AQI 44 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 41 Good 41 8
Mon 31 Good 31 8
Tue 44 Good 44 38
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 Sat Oct 10, 23:00'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
MLCAPE54 J/kg
MUCAPE254 J/kg
SBCIN—
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index2.5
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear61 kt
0–1 km Shear25 kt
Eff. Shear37 kt
0–1 km SRH225
0–3 km SRH292
Eff. SRH109
Storm Motion197° @ 41 kt
0–1 km EHI0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.5
K-Index37.3
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.42 in
0–3 km LR4.7 °C/km
700–500 LR5.2 °C/km
Total Totals46.5
LCL926 hPa
LFC—
EL—
Freezing Lvl13,238 ft