McDowell County, West Virginia, United States

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23°C

Feels like 26°

Partly Cloudy

▲ 29° / ▼ 18°

Wind

5 mph WNW

Humidity

87%

Dew Point

21°

Pressure

27.70 inHg

Visibility

6 mi

UV Index

0.0

Cloud Cover

55%

Sunrise

6:31 AM

Sunset

8:33 PM

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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: McDowell County is currently partly cloudy at 23°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 88% around 9 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 990 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:31AM · Sunset: 8:33PM.

35 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality

Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours

Now

23°

80%

9 PM

23°

87%

10 PM

22°

86%

11 PM

21°

77%

12 AM

21°

63%

1 AM

20°

57%

2 AM

20°

25%

3 AM

20°

32%

4 AM

19°

40%

5 AM

19°

43%

6 AM

18°

49%

7 AM

18°

49%

8 AM

18°

50%

9 AM

19°

50%

10 AM

22°

55%

11 AM

22°

55%

12 PM

23°

56%

1 PM

23°

52%

2 PM

25°

52%

3 PM

26°

47%

4 PM

26°

47%

5 PM

26°

34%

6 PM

24°

34%

7 PM

23°

24%

7-Day Forecast

Tonight

29° 18°

Partly Cloudy with a 80% chance of rain.

Mon

27° 18°

Rain, 55% chance.

Tue

29° 18°

Partly Cloudy with a 78% chance of rain.

Wed

29° 19°

Rain, 90% chance.

Thu

31° 19°

Drizzle, 50% chance.

Fri

32° 18°

Heavy Rain, 82% chance.

Sat

32° 18°

Rain, 64% chance.

+ Feels like

TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity

Now 23° Partly Cloudy 80% 5 mph WNW 87%

9 PM 23° Thunderstorm 87% 4 mph W 91%

10 PM 22° Heavy Rain 86% 3 mph W 94%

11 PM 21° Overcast 77% 2 mph SW 96%

12 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 63% 2 mph SW 96%

1 AM 20° Mostly Cloudy 57% 3 mph SW 96%

2 AM 20° Overcast 25% 3 mph WSW 96%

3 AM 20° Mostly Cloudy 32% 3 mph W 96%

4 AM 19° Partly Cloudy 40% 3 mph W 96%

5 AM 19° Partly Cloudy 43% 3 mph WNW 96%

6 AM 18° Partly Cloudy 49% 2 mph WNW 96%

7 AM 18° Partly Cloudy 49% 2 mph WNW 97%

8 AM 18° Mostly Cloudy 50% 2 mph WNW 96%

9 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 50% 2 mph NW 93%

10 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 55% 3 mph NW 90%

11 AM 22° Rain 55% 4 mph NW 86%

12 PM 23° Mostly Cloudy 56% 4 mph NNW 83%

1 PM 23° Mostly Cloudy 52% 5 mph NNW 80%

2 PM 25° Mostly Cloudy 52% 5 mph NNW 76%

3 PM 26° Mostly Cloudy 47% 6 mph NNW 73%

4 PM 26° Mostly Cloudy 47% 6 mph NNW 71%

5 PM 26° Mostly Cloudy 34% 6 mph NNW 71%

6 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 34% 6 mph NNW 74%

7 PM 23° Partly Cloudy 24% 5 mph NNW 78%

15-Day Forecast

Today

8/2

Partly Cloudy

80%

18°

29°

Mon

8/3

Rain

55%

18°

27°

Tue

8/4

Partly Cloudy

78%

18°

29°

Wed

8/5

Rain

90%

19°

29°

Thu

8/6

Drizzle

50%

19°

31°

Fri

8/7

Heavy Rain

82%

18°

32°

Sat

8/8

Rain

64%

18°

32°

Sun

8/9

Heavy Rain

82%

18°

32°

Mon

8/10

Rain

69%

19°

31°

Tue

8/11

Rain

90%

19°

31°

Wed

8/12

Rain

68%

18°

29°

Thu

8/13

Drizzle

60%

18°

31°

Fri

8/14

Drizzle

60%

18°

31°

Sat

8/15

Drizzle

60%

18°

31°

Sun

8/16

Drizzle

60%

18°

31°

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

PM_2.5

Fine particulate matter

31 AQI 5.6 µg/m³

O₃

Ground-level ozone

Dominant

35 AQI 38 ppb

3-Day Outlook

DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5

Today 35 Good 35 31

Tue 35 Good 35 25

Wed 35 Good 35 28

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. PM_2.5 (fine particles) is reported in µg/m³ and ozone (O₃) in ppb. Forecast source: NWS NAQFC.

Temp Dewpoint Parcel (SB) CAPE CIN Dry adiabat Moist adiabat Mixing ratio

RAP

Valid Sun Aug 2, 23:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)

Hodograph · kt

0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km

Instability

SBCAPE1286 J/kg

MLCAPE859 J/kg

MUCAPE1286 J/kg

SBCIN0 J/kg

MLCIN0 J/kg

Lifted Index-4.6

Kinematics

0–6 km Shear32 kt

0–1 km Shear8 kt

Eff. Shear31 kt

0–1 km SRH-34

0–3 km SRH-94

Eff. SRH-94

Storm Motion181° @ 23 kt

0–1 km EHI-0.3

Composite Parameters

Sig. Tornado0.0

STP (eff)0.0

Supercell0.0

K-Index40.4

Thermo & Levels

PWAT1.90 in

0–3 km LR5.9 °C/km

700–500 LR5.5 °C/km

Total Totals47.4

LCL907 hPa

LFC938 hPa

EL200 hPa

Freezing Lvl13,360 ft

McDowell County, West Virginia, United States

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