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Ritchie County, West Virginia, United States

Last updated: 1:52 AM CDT  ·  Refresh
23°C
Feels like 26°
Clear
▲ 35°  /  ▼ 20°
Wind
4 mph S
Humidity
82%
Dew Point
21°
Pressure
29.02 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
0%
Sunrise
6:54 AM
Sunset
7:51 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Ritchie County is currently clear at 23°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 2303 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:54AM · Sunset: 7:51PM.

51 AQI · Moderate Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
23°
16%
3 AM
23°
27%
4 AM
23°
19%
5 AM
21°
27%
6 AM
21°
27%
7 AM
22°
27%
8 AM
24°
27%
9 AM
28°
28%
10 AM
29°
28%
11 AM
31°
29%
12 PM
32°
30%
1 PM
34°
30%
2 PM
34°
34%
3 PM
33°
35%
4 PM
32°
35%
5 PM
32°
44%
6 PM
31°
40%
7 PM
30°
41%
8 PM
29°
41%
9 PM
25°
37%
10 PM
24°
35%
11 PM
24°
25%
12 AM
23°
16%
1 AM
24°
9%
7-Day Forecast
Today
35° 20°
Partly Cloudy with a 44% chance of rain.
Fri
34° 20°
Partly Cloudy with a 70% chance of rain.
Sat
29° 17°
Mostly Cloudy with a 84% chance of rain.
Sun
28° 14°
Fog.
Mon
31° 14°
Clear.
Tue
31° 17°
Rain, 64% chance.
Wed
34° 18°
Clear with a 53% chance of rain.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 23° Clear 16% 4 mph S 82%
3 AM 23° Clear 27% 4 mph SSW 82%
4 AM 23° Clear 19% 4 mph SSW 84%
5 AM 21° Clear 27% 4 mph SSW 84%
6 AM 21° Clear 27% 4 mph SSW 86%
7 AM 22° Clear 27% 4 mph SSW 87%
8 AM 24° Clear 27% 4 mph SW 81%
9 AM 28° Clear 28% 5 mph WSW 72%
10 AM 29° Clear 28% 5 mph WSW 65%
11 AM 31° Mostly Clear 29% 5 mph WSW 59%
12 PM 32° Partly Cloudy 30% 5 mph WSW 54%
1 PM 34° Partly Cloudy 30% 6 mph W 49%
2 PM 34° Partly Cloudy 34% 7 mph W 52%
3 PM 33° Partly Cloudy 35% 8 mph W 57%
4 PM 32° Mostly Cloudy 35% 9 mph W 62%
5 PM 32° Partly Cloudy 44% 8 mph W 64%
6 PM 31° Partly Cloudy 40% 6 mph WNW 65%
7 PM 30° Partly Cloudy 41% 4 mph WNW 66%
8 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 41% 4 mph WNW 70%
9 PM 25° Partly Cloudy 37% 4 mph WNW 75%
10 PM 24° Mostly Clear 35% 5 mph WNW 79%
11 PM 24° Mostly Clear 25% 4 mph W 82%
12 AM 23° Mostly Clear 16% 3 mph SSW 84%
1 AM 24° Clear 9% 3 mph SE 87%
15-Day Forecast
Today
9/3
Partly Cloudy
44%
20°
35°
Fri
9/4
Partly Cloudy
70%
20°
34°
Sat
9/5
Mostly Cloudy
84%
17°
29°
Sun
9/6
Fog
10%
14°
28°
Mon
9/7
Clear
8%
14°
31°
Tue
9/8
Rain
64%
17°
31°
Wed
9/9
Clear
53%
18°
34°
Thu
9/10
Rain
69%
18°
34°
Fri
9/11
Rain
68%
17°
32°
Sat
9/12
Drizzle
64%
17°
33°
Sun
9/13
Drizzle
60%
17°
31°
Mon
9/14
Drizzle
60%
17°
31°
Tue
9/15
Clear
60%
16°
29°
Wed
9/16
Drizzle
60%
14°
29°
Thu
9/17
Drizzle
60%
14°
29°
51
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
51 AQI 9.3 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
48 AQI 53 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 51 Moderate 48 51
Fri 53 Moderate 45 53
Sat 44 Good 36 44
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 Thu Sep 3, 05:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE470 J/kg
MLCAPE875 J/kg
MUCAPE1555 J/kg
SBCIN-369 J/kg
MLCIN-166 J/kg
Lifted Index-2.1
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear28 kt
0–1 km Shear20 kt
Eff. Shear31 kt
0–1 km SRH123
0–3 km SRH140
Eff. SRH111
Storm Motion310° @ 22 kt
0–1 km EHI0.4
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.2
STP (eff)0.1
Supercell2.7
K-Index30.0
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.54 in
0–3 km LR4.4 °C/km
700–500 LR6.5 °C/km
Total Totals49.0
LCL950 hPa
LFC627 hPa
EL261 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,314 ft