Severe Thunderstorm Watch 8:00 PM Severe Thunderstorm Watch 8:00 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 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: 6:26 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
23°C
Feels like 27°
Thunderstorm
▲ 30°  /  ▼ 19°
Wind
5 mph E
Humidity
90%
Dew Point
22°
Pressure
29.61 inHg
Visibility
1 mi
UV Index
0.6
Cloud Cover
97%
Sunrise
6:43 AM
Sunset
7:59 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Richmond County is currently thunderstorm at 24°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 86% around 10 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1283 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:43AM · Sunset: 7:59PM.

Alerts

Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 8:00 PM
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 8:00 PM
Areal Flood Advisory
Anson County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Richmond County, NC
Expires 7:15 PM
Flash Flood Warning
Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Stanly County, NC
Expires 7:30 PM
Flash Flood Warning
Anson County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Stanly County, NC
Expires 7:30 PM
Areal Flood Watch
Expires 7:00 AM
41 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
23°
74%
8 PM
25°
83%
9 PM
22°
81%
10 PM
22°
85%
11 PM
22°
77%
12 AM
22°
61%
1 AM
22°
41%
2 AM
22°
35%
3 AM
22°
32%
4 AM
22°
36%
5 AM
19°
45%
6 AM
19°
45%
7 AM
20°
41%
8 AM
21°
32%
9 AM
23°
32%
10 AM
24°
44%
11 AM
25°
45%
12 PM
26°
45%
1 PM
27°
39%
2 PM
29°
43%
3 PM
29°
44%
4 PM
29°
40%
5 PM
29°
41%
6 PM
29°
46%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
30° 19°
Thunderstorm, 85% chance.
Sat
31° 19°
Mostly Cloudy with a 46% chance of rain.
Sun
32° 20°
Mostly Clear.
Mon
32° 19°
Clear with a 53% chance of rain.
Tue
32° 17°
Partly Cloudy with a 45% chance of rain.
Wed
32° 20°
Heavy Rain, 80% chance.
Thu
31° 19°
Heavy Rain, 83% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 23° Thunderstorm 74% 5 mph E 90%
8 PM 25° Thunderstorm 83% 5 mph ENE 91%
9 PM 22° Heavy Rain 81% 5 mph E 92%
10 PM 22° Heavy Rain 85% 5 mph ESE 93%
11 PM 22° Overcast 77% 4 mph SE 94%
12 AM 22° Overcast 61% 3 mph ESE 95%
1 AM 22° Overcast 41% 3 mph ESE 95%
2 AM 22° Overcast 35% 2 mph ESE 96%
3 AM 22° Overcast 32% 2 mph SSW 96%
4 AM 22° Overcast 36% 2 mph S 96%
5 AM 19° Overcast 45% 3 mph SSE 96%
6 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 45% 2 mph ESE 94%
7 AM 20° Mostly Cloudy 41% 3 mph E 93%
8 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 32% 3 mph ESE 91%
9 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 32% 3 mph SE 86%
10 AM 24° Rain 44% 3 mph SSW 82%
11 AM 25° Rain 45% 3 mph SW 77%
12 PM 26° Mostly Cloudy 45% 3 mph WSW 73%
1 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 39% 4 mph W 70%
2 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 43% 4 mph W 68%
3 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 44% 4 mph W 66%
4 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 40% 5 mph W 64%
5 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 41% 4 mph W 64%
6 PM 29° Mostly Clear 46% 4 mph W 66%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/21
Thunderstorm
85%
19°
30°
Sat
8/22
Mostly Cloudy
46%
19°
31°
Sun
8/23
Mostly Clear
19%
20°
32°
Mon
8/24
Clear
53%
19°
32°
Tue
8/25
Partly Cloudy
45%
17°
32°
Wed
8/26
Heavy Rain
80%
20°
32°
Thu
8/27
Heavy Rain
83%
19°
31°
Fri
8/28
Drizzle
57%
21°
33°
Sat
8/29
Drizzle
54%
21°
33°
Sun
8/30
Drizzle
54%
20°
33°
Mon
8/31
Drizzle
56%
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
Sat 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, 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
SBCAPE494 J/kg
MLCAPE653 J/kg
MUCAPE1298 J/kg
SBCIN-90 J/kg
MLCIN-62 J/kg
Lifted Index-3.2
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear21 kt
0–1 km Shear8 kt
Eff. Shear20 kt
0–1 km SRH36
0–3 km SRH53
Eff. SRH53
Storm Motion281° @ 16 kt
0–1 km EHI0.1
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.7
K-Index41.7
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.43 in
0–3 km LR4.9 °C/km
700–500 LR5.8 °C/km
Total Totals49.9
LCL982 hPa
LFC741 hPa
EL315 hPa
Freezing Lvl13,914 ft