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: 10:33 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
18°C
Feels like 18°
Rain
▲ 20°  /  ▼ 13°
Wind
8 mph ESE
Humidity
95%
Dew Point
17°
Pressure
27.99 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
86%
Sunrise
7:38 AM
Sunset
7:07 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Cherokee County is currently rain at 18°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 88% around 11 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°
87%
12 AM
18°
75%
1 AM
18°
58%
2 AM
18°
46%
3 AM
17°
61%
4 AM
16°
46%
5 AM
16°
48%
6 AM
14°
50%
7 AM
13°
39%
8 AM
13°
53%
9 AM
13°
62%
10 AM
13°
74%
11 AM
13°
64%
12 PM
13°
60%
1 PM
13°
64%
2 PM
16°
64%
3 PM
16°
64%
4 PM
16°
73%
5 PM
16°
72%
6 PM
16°
65%
7 PM
16°
65%
8 PM
16°
59%
9 PM
16°
63%
10 PM
15°
53%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
20° 13°
Rain, 87% chance.
Sun
18° 13°
Overcast with a 72% chance of rain.
Mon
26° 12°
Mostly Clear.
Tue
29° 12°
Mostly Clear.
Wed
31° 14°
Clear.
Thu
31° 14°
Clear.
Fri
27° 11°
Partly Cloudy with a 28% chance of rain.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 18° Rain 87% 8 mph ESE 95%
12 AM 18° Overcast 75% 6 mph SE 97%
1 AM 18° Mostly Cloudy 58% 6 mph SE 97%
2 AM 18° Mostly Cloudy 46% 6 mph SSE 97%
3 AM 17° Mostly Cloudy 61% 7 mph SSE 96%
4 AM 16° Mostly Cloudy 46% 7 mph SSE 95%
5 AM 16° Mostly Cloudy 48% 6 mph S 94%
6 AM 14° Mostly Cloudy 50% 5 mph S 95%
7 AM 13° Overcast 39% 4 mph S 94%
8 AM 13° Overcast 53% 4 mph S 94%
9 AM 13° Overcast 62% 4 mph SSW 95%
10 AM 13° Overcast 74% 5 mph SSW 96%
11 AM 13° Overcast 64% 5 mph SW 95%
12 PM 13° Overcast 60% 6 mph WSW 95%
1 PM 13° Overcast 64% 7 mph WSW 95%
2 PM 16° Overcast 64% 8 mph WSW 96%
3 PM 16° Overcast 64% 8 mph W 96%
4 PM 16° Overcast 73% 8 mph W 97%
5 PM 16° Overcast 72% 8 mph W 97%
6 PM 16° Overcast 65% 8 mph W 98%
7 PM 16° Overcast 65% 8 mph W 97%
8 PM 16° Overcast 59% 7 mph W 97%
9 PM 16° Overcast 63% 7 mph W 97%
10 PM 15° Overcast 53% 7 mph W 97%
15-Day Forecast
Today
10/10
Rain
87%
13°
20°
Sun
10/11
Overcast
72%
13°
18°
Mon
10/12
Mostly Clear
7%
12°
26°
Tue
10/13
Mostly Clear
14%
12°
29°
Wed
10/14
Clear
7%
14°
31°
Thu
10/15
Clear
15%
14°
31°
Fri
10/16
Partly Cloudy
28%
11°
27°
Sat
10/17
Mostly Clear
25%
0°
17°
Sun
10/18
Mostly Clear
15%
-1°
14°
Mon
10/19
Partly Cloudy
15%
1°
19°
Tue
10/20
Partly Cloudy
19%
3°
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 Sun Oct 11, 02:00'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
MLCAPE42 J/kg
MUCAPE284 J/kg
SBCIN—
MLCIN-38 J/kg
Lifted Index1.2
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear63 kt
0–1 km Shear30 kt
Eff. Shear28 kt
0–1 km SRH232
0–3 km SRH275
Eff. SRH87
Storm Motion198° @ 43 kt
0–1 km EHI0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.4
K-Index38.6
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.45 in
0–3 km LR4.6 °C/km
700–500 LR5.4 °C/km
Total Totals47.6
LCL937 hPa
LFC—
EL—
Freezing Lvl13,425 ft