Areal Flood Watch 7:00 AM

Ritchie County, West Virginia, United States

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21°C
Feels like 24°
Mostly Cloudy
▲ 28°  /  ▼ 19°
Wind
3 mph S
Humidity
94%
Dew Point
20°
Pressure
29.03 inHg
Visibility
7 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
85%
Sunrise
6:33 AM
Sunset
8:24 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Ritchie County is currently mostly cloudy at 21°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 77% around 6 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 2588 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:33AM · Sunset: 8:24PM.

53 AQI · Moderate Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
21°
62%
7 AM
21°
72%
8 AM
21°
51%
9 AM
22°
53%
10 AM
23°
52%
11 AM
24°
59%
12 PM
24°
60%
1 PM
26°
64%
2 PM
24°
61%
3 PM
24°
65%
4 PM
23°
65%
5 PM
23°
69%
6 PM
24°
77%
7 PM
23°
77%
8 PM
22°
69%
9 PM
22°
66%
10 PM
20°
70%
11 PM
19°
66%
12 AM
19°
66%
1 AM
19°
73%
2 AM
19°
73%
3 AM
19°
73%
4 AM
19°
68%
5 AM
19°
60%
7-Day Forecast
Today
28° 19°
Mostly Cloudy with a 77% chance of rain.
Wed
27° 19°
Mostly Cloudy with a 66% chance of rain.
Thu
28° 19°
Mostly Cloudy with a 79% chance of rain.
Fri
27° 15°
Mostly Cloudy with a 69% chance of rain.
Sat
27° 14°
Mostly Cloudy with a 25% chance of rain.
Sun
31° 18°
Rain, 73% chance.
Mon
26° 17°
Drizzle, 73% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 21° Mostly Cloudy 62% 3 mph S 94%
7 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 72% 5 mph SSW 94%
8 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 51% 5 mph SW 93%
9 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 53% 5 mph SW 92%
10 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 52% 5 mph SW 89%
11 AM 24° Mostly Cloudy 59% 5 mph SW 86%
12 PM 24° Mostly Cloudy 60% 6 mph WSW 82%
1 PM 26° Overcast 64% 7 mph WSW 78%
2 PM 24° Overcast 61% 7 mph WSW 76%
3 PM 24° Rain 65% 8 mph W 78%
4 PM 23° Overcast 65% 8 mph W 78%
5 PM 23° Mostly Cloudy 69% 8 mph W 79%
6 PM 24° Overcast 77% 8 mph W 82%
7 PM 23° Overcast 77% 9 mph W 84%
8 PM 22° Rain 69% 9 mph WSW 84%
9 PM 22° Rain 66% 8 mph WSW 88%
10 PM 20° Overcast 70% 6 mph SW 91%
11 PM 19° Overcast 66% 6 mph SW 94%
12 AM 19° Overcast 66% 6 mph SW 95%
1 AM 19° Overcast 73% 5 mph SW 95%
2 AM 19° Overcast 73% 5 mph SW 96%
3 AM 19° Overcast 73% 5 mph SW 97%
4 AM 19° Rain 68% 6 mph SW 97%
5 AM 19° Rain 60% 6 mph SW 98%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/11
Mostly Cloudy
77%
19°
28°
Wed
8/12
Mostly Cloudy
66%
19°
27°
Thu
8/13
Mostly Cloudy
79%
19°
28°
Fri
8/14
Mostly Cloudy
69%
15°
27°
Sat
8/15
Mostly Cloudy
25%
14°
27°
Sun
8/16
Rain
73%
18°
31°
Mon
8/17
Drizzle
73%
17°
26°
Tue
8/18
Mostly Clear
34%
16°
27°
Wed
8/19
Mostly Cloudy
35%
17°
29°
Thu
8/20
Drizzle
45%
19°
27°
Fri
8/21
Drizzle
60%
17°
28°
Sat
8/22
Drizzle
60%
17°
28°
Sun
8/23
Drizzle
60%
17°
28°
Mon
8/24
Drizzle
60%
16°
26°
Tue
8/25
Drizzle
60%
16°
26°
53
Moderate
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: PM2.5
50 100 150 200

Air quality is acceptable. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
Dominant
53 AQI 10.0 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
38 AQI 41 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 53 Moderate 38 53
Wed 43 Good 41 43
Thu 41 Good 41 31
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 Tue Aug 11, 09:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 50 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE517 J/kg
MLCAPE584 J/kg
MUCAPE1469 J/kg
SBCIN0 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-3.1
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear37 kt
0–1 km Shear27 kt
Eff. Shear37 kt
0–1 km SRH188
0–3 km SRH220
Eff. SRH220
Storm Motion326° @ 31 kt
0–1 km EHI0.6
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.4
STP (eff)0.5
Supercell6.2
K-Index30.4
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.65 in
0–3 km LR4.8 °C/km
700–500 LR6.2 °C/km
Total Totals44.6
LCL974 hPa
LFC983 hPa
EL258 hPa
Freezing Lvl13,064 ft