McDowell County, West Virginia, United States

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22°C

Feels like 24°

Partly Cloudy

▲ 32° / ▼ 18°

Wind

4 mph SSW

Humidity

89%

Dew Point

20°

Pressure

28.04 inHg

Visibility

10 mi

UV Index

2.2

Cloud Cover

44%

Sunrise

6:39 AM

Sunset

8:23 PM

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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: McDowell County is currently partly cloudy at 22°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 90% around 11 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 2590 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:39AM · Sunset: 8:23PM.

40 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality

Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours

Now

22°

19%

8 AM

21°

35%

9 AM

23°

39%

10 AM

26°

36%

11 AM

27°

40%

12 PM

28°

40%

1 PM

28°

39%

2 PM

30°

48%

3 PM

31°

57%

4 PM

31°

49%

5 PM

31°

62%

6 PM

29°

69%

7 PM

27°

74%

8 PM

24°

74%

9 PM

24°

74%

10 PM

22°

79%

11 PM

21°

90%

12 AM

21°

85%

1 AM

21°

73%

2 AM

19°

66%

3 AM

19°

71%

4 AM

19°

72%

5 AM

20°

62%

6 AM

19°

62%

7-Day Forecast

Today

32° 18°

Partly Cloudy with a 79% chance of rain.

Wed

32° 18°

Mostly Cloudy with a 90% chance of rain.

Thu

30° 18°

Mostly Cloudy with a 75% chance of rain.

Fri

30° 18°

Partly Cloudy with a 80% chance of rain.

Sat

33° 18°

Mostly Cloudy with a 25% chance of rain.

Sun

34° 19°

Rain, 65% chance.

Mon

32° 18°

Rain, 77% chance.

+ Feels like

TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity

Now 22° Partly Cloudy 19% 4 mph SSW 89%

8 AM 21° Mostly Clear 35% 4 mph SSW 85%

9 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 39% 5 mph WSW 78%

10 AM 26° Partly Cloudy 36% 7 mph W 72%

11 AM 27° Partly Cloudy 40% 8 mph W 67%

12 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 40% 8 mph W 64%

1 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 39% 8 mph W 62%

2 PM 30° Mostly Cloudy 48% 8 mph W 59%

3 PM 31° Mostly Cloudy 57% 7 mph W 57%

4 PM 31° Mostly Cloudy 49% 8 mph WSW 55%

5 PM 31° Mostly Cloudy 62% 8 mph W 56%

6 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 69% 7 mph W 66%

7 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 74% 7 mph WNW 76%

8 PM 24° Mostly Cloudy 74% 8 mph WNW 84%

9 PM 24° Overcast 74% 5 mph WNW 88%

10 PM 22° Overcast 79% 5 mph WNW 91%

11 PM 21° Overcast 90% 8 mph W 93%

12 AM 21° Overcast 85% 7 mph WSW 93%

1 AM 21° Overcast 73% 7 mph SW 94%

2 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 66% 8 mph SW 94%

3 AM 19° Overcast 71% 7 mph SW 93%

4 AM 19° Overcast 72% 7 mph WSW 91%

5 AM 20° Overcast 62% 8 mph WSW 91%

6 AM 19° Overcast 62% 8 mph WSW 92%

15-Day Forecast

Today

8/11

Partly Cloudy

79%

18°

32°

Wed

8/12

Mostly Cloudy

90%

18°

32°

Thu

8/13

Mostly Cloudy

75%

18°

30°

Fri

8/14

Partly Cloudy

80%

18°

30°

Sat

8/15

Mostly Cloudy

25%

18°

33°

Sun

8/16

Rain

65%

19°

34°

Mon

8/17

Rain

77%

18°

32°

Tue

8/18

Drizzle

46%

17°

32°

Wed

8/19

Drizzle

39%

17°

32°

Thu

8/20

Drizzle

45%

16°

29°

Fri

8/21

Drizzle

60%

16°

32°

Sat

8/22

Drizzle

60%

17°

32°

Sun

8/23

Drizzle

60%

17°

31°

Mon

8/24

Drizzle

60%

17°

30°

Tue

8/25

Drizzle

60%

16°

29°

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

PM_2.5

Fine particulate matter

Dominant

40 AQI 7.2 µg/m³

O₃

Ground-level ozone

35 AQI 38 ppb

3-Day Outlook

DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5

Today 40 Good 35 40

Wed 41 Good 33 41

Thu 36 Good 36 27

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 Tue Aug 11, 10:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)

Hodograph · kt

0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km

Instability

SBCAPE966 J/kg

MLCAPE840 J/kg

MUCAPE1563 J/kg

SBCIN-183 J/kg

MLCIN0 J/kg

Lifted Index-4.3

Kinematics

0–6 km Shear24 kt

0–1 km Shear17 kt

Eff. Shear23 kt

0–1 km SRH93

0–3 km SRH120

Eff. SRH120

Storm Motion316° @ 25 kt

0–1 km EHI0.6

Composite Parameters

Sig. Tornado0.0

STP (eff)0.0

Supercell2.2

K-Index22.6

Thermo & Levels

PWAT1.29 in

0–3 km LR4.8 °C/km

700–500 LR7.0 °C/km

Total Totals48.6

LCL926 hPa

LFC676 hPa

EL214 hPa

Freezing Lvl12,756 ft

McDowell County, West Virginia, United States

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