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

Richmond County, North Carolina, United States

Last updated: 7:26 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
22°C
Feels like 24°
Thunderstorm
▲ 30°  /  ▼ 19°
Wind
4 mph SE
Humidity
93%
Dew Point
21°
Pressure
29.61 inHg
Visibility
1 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
99%
Sunrise
6:43 AM
Sunset
7:59 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Richmond County is currently thunderstorm at 22°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 87% around 10 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1266 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:43AM · Sunset: 7:59PM.

41 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
22°
74%
9 PM
22°
83%
10 PM
22°
87%
11 PM
22°
65%
12 AM
22°
64%
1 AM
21°
44%
2 AM
21°
24%
3 AM
21°
35%
4 AM
21°
28%
5 AM
19°
37%
6 AM
19°
45%
7 AM
19°
31%
8 AM
20°
24%
9 AM
23°
29%
10 AM
24°
44%
11 AM
24°
44%
12 PM
26°
45%
1 PM
27°
39%
2 PM
28°
33%
3 PM
29°
35%
4 PM
29°
31%
5 PM
28°
31%
6 PM
28°
32%
7 PM
28°
36%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
30° 19°
Thunderstorm, 74% chance.
Sat
31° 19°
Rain, 44% chance.
Sun
32° 20°
Mostly Clear.
Mon
31° 19°
Clear with a 60% chance of rain.
Tue
32° 19°
Partly Cloudy with a 26% chance of rain.
Wed
32° 20°
Rain, 80% chance.
Thu
31° 19°
Heavy Rain, 83% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 22° Thunderstorm 74% 4 mph SE 93%
9 PM 22° Rain 83% 4 mph ESE 93%
10 PM 22° Heavy Rain 87% 3 mph ESE 93%
11 PM 22° Overcast 65% 3 mph SE 94%
12 AM 22° Rain 64% 2 mph ESE 95%
1 AM 21° Rain 44% 2 mph E 96%
2 AM 21° Overcast 24% 2 mph SSE 96%
3 AM 21° Overcast 35% 2 mph W 97%
4 AM 21° Overcast 28% 2 mph NNW 97%
5 AM 19° Overcast 37% 2 mph NNE 96%
6 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 45% 2 mph NE 95%
7 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 31% 2 mph NE 93%
8 AM 20° Mostly Cloudy 24% 2 mph ENE 91%
9 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 29% 2 mph ESE 87%
10 AM 24° Rain 44% 2 mph SW 83%
11 AM 24° Rain 44% 2 mph WSW 80%
12 PM 26° Mostly Cloudy 45% 3 mph WSW 76%
1 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 39% 3 mph W 73%
2 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 33% 4 mph W 69%
3 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 35% 4 mph W 66%
4 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 31% 4 mph W 64%
5 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 31% 4 mph W 63%
6 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 32% 3 mph WSW 65%
7 PM 28° Mostly Clear 36% 3 mph WSW 67%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/21
Thunderstorm
74%
19°
30°
Sat
8/22
Rain
44%
19°
31°
Sun
8/23
Mostly Clear
19%
20°
32°
Mon
8/24
Clear
60%
19°
31°
Tue
8/25
Partly Cloudy
26%
19°
32°
Wed
8/26
Rain
80%
20°
32°
Thu
8/27
Heavy Rain
83%
19°
31°
Fri
8/28
Drizzle
57%
22°
33°
Sat
8/29
Drizzle
54%
21°
33°
Sun
8/30
Drizzle
56%
20°
33°
Mon
8/31
Drizzle
60%
20°
38°
Tue
9/1
Drizzle
60%
22°
36°
Wed
9/2
Drizzle
60%
22°
33°
Thu
9/3
Drizzle
60%
21°
32°
Fri
9/4
Drizzle
60%
21°
32°
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
41 AQI 7.3 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
41 AQI 44 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 41 Good 41 41
Sun 44 Good 44 35
Mon 40 Good 40 34
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, 23:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE75 J/kg
MLCAPE242 J/kg
MUCAPE941 J/kg
SBCIN-155 J/kg
MLCIN-81 J/kg
Lifted Index-0.5
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear16 kt
0–1 km Shear6 kt
Eff. Shear15 kt
0–1 km SRH27
0–3 km SRH76
Eff. SRH73
Storm Motion281° @ 18 kt
0–1 km EHI0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index41.1
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.38 in
0–3 km LR4.4 °C/km
700–500 LR5.6 °C/km
Total Totals48.8
LCL994 hPa
LFC691 hPa
EL470 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,455 ft