Severe Thunderstorm Watch 8:00 PM Severe Thunderstorm Watch 8:00 PM Areal Flood Advisory — Montgomery County, NC, Stanly County, NC 7:00 PM Areal Flood Advisory — Anson County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Richmond County, NC 7:15 PM Flash Flood Warning — Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Stanly County, NC 7:30 PM Areal Flood Watch 7:00 AM

Montgomery County, North Carolina, United States

Last updated: 6:35 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
23°C
Feels like 26°
Thunderstorm
▲ 30°  /  ▼ 19°
Wind
6 mph ENE
Humidity
93%
Dew Point
22°
Pressure
29.44 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.4
Cloud Cover
100%
Sunrise
6:43 AM
Sunset
8:01 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Montgomery County is currently thunderstorm at 23°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 84% around 10 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1200 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:43AM · Sunset: 8:01PM.

42 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
23°
70%
8 PM
24°
82%
9 PM
22°
80%
10 PM
22°
83%
11 PM
22°
74%
12 AM
21°
58%
1 AM
21°
46%
2 AM
21°
32%
3 AM
21°
32%
4 AM
21°
41%
5 AM
19°
36%
6 AM
19°
40%
7 AM
19°
44%
8 AM
20°
27%
9 AM
23°
27%
10 AM
24°
30%
11 AM
24°
22%
12 PM
26°
22%
1 PM
27°
13%
2 PM
28°
14%
3 PM
29°
21%
4 PM
29°
21%
5 PM
28°
21%
6 PM
28°
24%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
30° 19°
Thunderstorm, 83% chance.
Sat
31° 19°
Mostly Cloudy with a 46% chance of rain.
Sun
31° 19°
Mostly Clear.
Mon
31° 17°
Clear with a 53% chance of rain.
Tue
32° 16°
Drizzle, 45% chance.
Wed
32° 19°
Heavy Rain, 83% chance.
Thu
31° 19°
Rain, 83% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 23° Thunderstorm 70% 6 mph ENE 93%
8 PM 24° Rain 82% 5 mph ENE 95%
9 PM 22° Heavy Rain 80% 4 mph SE 96%
10 PM 22° Heavy Rain 83% 5 mph SE 96%
11 PM 22° Overcast 74% 4 mph SE 96%
12 AM 21° Overcast 58% 3 mph SSE 96%
1 AM 21° Overcast 46% 3 mph S 97%
2 AM 21° Overcast 32% 3 mph S 97%
3 AM 21° Overcast 32% 2 mph SSE 96%
4 AM 21° Overcast 41% 2 mph SE 96%
5 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 36% 2 mph SE 96%
6 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 40% 2 mph SSE 96%
7 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 44% 3 mph ESE 95%
8 AM 20° Overcast 27% 2 mph SE 92%
9 AM 23° Overcast 27% 2 mph SSW 87%
10 AM 24° Overcast 30% 3 mph SW 83%
11 AM 24° Overcast 22% 3 mph WSW 79%
12 PM 26° Mostly Cloudy 22% 3 mph WSW 74%
1 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 13% 3 mph WSW 70%
2 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 14% 4 mph WSW 67%
3 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 21% 4 mph SW 65%
4 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 21% 4 mph SW 63%
5 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 21% 4 mph SW 63%
6 PM 28° Mostly Clear 24% 4 mph SW 66%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/21
Thunderstorm
83%
19°
30°
Sat
8/22
Mostly Cloudy
46%
19°
31°
Sun
8/23
Mostly Clear
15%
19°
31°
Mon
8/24
Clear
53%
17°
31°
Tue
8/25
Drizzle
45%
16°
32°
Wed
8/26
Heavy Rain
83%
19°
32°
Thu
8/27
Rain
83%
19°
31°
Fri
8/28
Rain
63%
21°
33°
Sat
8/29
Rain
73%
19°
33°
Sun
8/30
Drizzle
72%
19°
33°
Mon
8/31
Drizzle
56%
19°
38°
Tue
9/1
Drizzle
60%
21°
35°
Wed
9/2
Drizzle
60%
21°
32°
Thu
9/3
Drizzle
60%
21°
32°
Fri
9/4
Drizzle
60%
20°
32°
42
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
42 AQI 7.5 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
40 AQI 43 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Sat 42 Good 40 42
Sun 44 Good 44 31
Mon 37 Good 37 33
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
SBCAPE381 J/kg
MLCAPE492 J/kg
MUCAPE1076 J/kg
SBCIN-100 J/kg
MLCIN-59 J/kg
Lifted Index-2.2
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear24 kt
0–1 km Shear9 kt
Eff. Shear23 kt
0–1 km SRH40
0–3 km SRH71
Eff. SRH71
Storm Motion287° @ 17 kt
0–1 km EHI0.1
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.9
K-Index34.8
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.21 in
0–3 km LR5.1 °C/km
700–500 LR5.5 °C/km
Total Totals44.3
LCL975 hPa
LFC741 hPa
EL380 hPa
Freezing Lvl13,445 ft