Areal Flood Watch 7:00 AM

Botetourt County, Virginia, United States

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23°C
Feels like 26°
Partly Cloudy
▲ 30°  /  ▼ 18°
Wind
5 mph SSW
Humidity
94%
Dew Point
21°
Pressure
28.43 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
59%
Sunrise
6:15 AM
Sunset
8:35 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Botetourt County is currently partly cloudy at 23°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 56% around 2 AM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 786 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:15AM · Sunset: 8:35PM.

Alerts

Areal Flood Watch
Expires 7:00 AM
54 AQI · Moderate Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
23°
55%
3 AM
22°
54%
4 AM
22°
44%
5 AM
22°
14%
6 AM
20°
14%
7 AM
21°
12%
8 AM
21°
16%
9 AM
23°
17%
10 AM
24°
33%
11 AM
25°
50%
12 PM
26°
50%
1 PM
27°
27%
2 PM
29°
35%
3 PM
28°
46%
4 PM
28°
50%
5 PM
28°
38%
6 PM
28°
38%
7 PM
27°
43%
8 PM
26°
43%
9 PM
26°
43%
10 PM
25°
34%
11 PM
24°
34%
12 AM
24°
24%
1 AM
23°
27%
7-Day Forecast
Today
30° 18°
Rain, 55% chance.
Thu
26° 17°
Partly Cloudy.
Fri
27° 16°
Mostly Cloudy with a 72% chance of rain.
Sat
25° 18°
Rain, 67% chance.
Sun
32° 18°
Rain, 70% chance.
Mon
34° 19°
Rain, 70% chance.
Tue
37° 18°
Rain, 63% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 23° Partly Cloudy 55% 5 mph SSW 94%
3 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 54% 5 mph SW 95%
4 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 44% 4 mph SW 94%
5 AM 22° Mostly Clear 14% 3 mph SW 93%
6 AM 20° Mostly Clear 14% 4 mph SW 92%
7 AM 21° Partly Cloudy 12% 3 mph SW 92%
8 AM 21° Partly Cloudy 16% 4 mph SW 89%
9 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 17% 5 mph WSW 81%
10 AM 24° Mostly Cloudy 33% 5 mph WSW 73%
11 AM 25° Rain 50% 6 mph WSW 65%
12 PM 26° Mostly Cloudy 50% 6 mph WSW 60%
1 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 27% 7 mph W 55%
2 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 35% 7 mph WSW 51%
3 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 46% 7 mph WSW 52%
4 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 50% 6 mph WSW 54%
5 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 38% 6 mph WSW 58%
6 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 38% 6 mph WSW 64%
7 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 43% 6 mph WSW 71%
8 PM 26° Rain 43% 6 mph WSW 76%
9 PM 26° Mostly Cloudy 43% 5 mph WSW 77%
10 PM 25° Partly Cloudy 34% 4 mph WSW 78%
11 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 34% 4 mph WSW 79%
12 AM 24° Partly Cloudy 24% 4 mph W 78%
1 AM 23° Overcast 27% 4 mph NNW 77%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/22
Rain
55%
18°
30°
Thu
7/23
Partly Cloudy
19%
17°
26°
Fri
7/24
Mostly Cloudy
72%
16°
27°
Sat
7/25
Rain
67%
18°
25°
Sun
7/26
Rain
70%
18°
32°
Mon
7/27
Rain
70%
19°
34°
Tue
7/28
Rain
63%
18°
37°
Wed
7/29
Drizzle
43%
17°
36°
Thu
7/30
Rain
66%
16°
32°
Fri
7/31
Rain
68%
16°
30°
Sat
8/1
Drizzle
60%
16°
29°
Sun
8/2
Drizzle
60%
17°
30°
Mon
8/3
Drizzle
60%
17°
31°
Tue
8/4
Drizzle
60%
18°
32°
Wed
8/5
Drizzle
60%
18°
32°
54
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
54 AQI 10.7 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
35 AQI 38 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 54 Moderate 35 54
Thu 54 Moderate 38 54
Fri 47 Good 24 47
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 Wed Jul 22, 04:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE738 J/kg
MLCAPE828 J/kg
MUCAPE1185 J/kg
SBCIN-68 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-3.7
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear45 kt
0–1 km Shear35 kt
Eff. Shear46 kt
0–1 km SRH-137
0–3 km SRH-156
Eff. SRH-156
Storm Motion233° @ 40 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.6
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index34.9
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.70 in
0–3 km LR4.9 °C/km
700–500 LR6.1 °C/km
Total Totals47.6
LCL946 hPa
LFC771 hPa
EL201 hPa
Freezing Lvl13,822 ft