Areal Flood Watch 7:00 AM

Watauga County, North Carolina, United States

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21°C
Feels like 22°
Overcast
▲ 25°  /  ▼ 17°
Wind
6 mph WSW
Humidity
89%
Dew Point
19°
Pressure
26.56 inHg
Visibility
9 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
93%
Sunrise
6:26 AM
Sunset
8:40 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Watauga County is currently overcast at 21°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 90% around 2 AM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1233 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:26AM · Sunset: 8:40PM.

Alerts

Areal Flood Watch
Expires 7:00 AM
34 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
21°
90%
3 AM
21°
84%
4 AM
21°
63%
5 AM
21°
68%
6 AM
19°
84%
7 AM
19°
90%
8 AM
19°
90%
9 AM
20°
90%
10 AM
21°
90%
11 AM
22°
85%
12 PM
22°
90%
1 PM
21°
85%
2 PM
23°
77%
3 PM
23°
77%
4 PM
23°
77%
5 PM
23°
82%
6 PM
23°
78%
7 PM
23°
70%
8 PM
22°
64%
9 PM
22°
67%
10 PM
21°
67%
11 PM
21°
67%
12 AM
20°
67%
1 AM
19°
67%
7-Day Forecast
Today
25° 17°
Mostly Cloudy with a 90% chance of rain.
Thu
25° 16°
Partly Cloudy with a 62% chance of rain.
Fri
23° 15°
Mostly Cloudy with a 66% chance of rain.
Sat
26° 16°
Overcast with a 82% chance of rain.
Sun
30° 18°
Rain, 64% chance.
Mon
31° 18°
Rain, 70% chance.
Tue
33° 18°
Rain, 63% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 21° Overcast 90% 6 mph WSW 89%
3 AM 21° Overcast 84% 7 mph W 90%
4 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 63% 8 mph W 94%
5 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 68% 7 mph W 97%
6 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 84% 8 mph W 97%
7 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 90% 8 mph W 97%
8 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 90% 8 mph WSW 97%
9 AM 20° Mostly Cloudy 90% 8 mph WSW 95%
10 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 90% 8 mph WSW 94%
11 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 85% 9 mph WSW 92%
12 PM 22° Heavy Rain 90% 8 mph WSW 91%
1 PM 21° Thunderstorm 85% 7 mph WSW 91%
2 PM 23° Rain 77% 8 mph W 90%
3 PM 23° Rain 77% 8 mph W 87%
4 PM 23° Rain 77% 8 mph W 85%
5 PM 23° Rain 82% 9 mph W 83%
6 PM 23° Rain 78% 8 mph W 86%
7 PM 23° Rain 70% 7 mph W 88%
8 PM 22° Rain 64% 6 mph W 92%
9 PM 22° Rain 67% 6 mph WNW 92%
10 PM 21° Rain 67% 6 mph WNW 94%
11 PM 21° Mostly Cloudy 67% 6 mph WNW 94%
12 AM 20° Mostly Cloudy 67% 6 mph WNW 95%
1 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 67% 4 mph WNW 95%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/22
Mostly Cloudy
90%
17°
25°
Thu
7/23
Partly Cloudy
62%
16°
25°
Fri
7/24
Mostly Cloudy
66%
15°
23°
Sat
7/25
Overcast
82%
16°
26°
Sun
7/26
Rain
64%
18°
30°
Mon
7/27
Rain
70%
18°
31°
Tue
7/28
Rain
63%
18°
33°
Wed
7/29
Drizzle
43%
17°
32°
Thu
7/30
Rain
68%
17°
29°
Fri
7/31
Rain
68%
16°
28°
Sat
8/1
Drizzle
60%
16°
28°
Sun
8/2
Drizzle
60%
17°
29°
Mon
8/3
Drizzle
60%
17°
30°
Tue
8/4
Drizzle
60%
18°
31°
Wed
8/5
Drizzle
60%
18°
31°
34
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
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
34 AQI 6.3 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
34 AQI 37 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 34 Good 34 34
Thu 29 Good 26 29
Fri 27 Good 23 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. 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 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE519 J/kg
MLCAPE411 J/kg
MUCAPE596 J/kg
SBCIN-60 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-2.4
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear35 kt
0–1 km Shear27 kt
Eff. Shear33 kt
0–1 km SRH-9
0–3 km SRH-23
Eff. SRH-23
Storm Motion236° @ 40 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index31.0
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.57 in
0–3 km LR5.1 °C/km
700–500 LR6.0 °C/km
Total Totals46.4
LCL878 hPa
LFC686 hPa
EL224 hPa
Freezing Lvl12,641 ft