Areal Flood Watch 7:00 AM

Botetourt County, Virginia, United States

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22°C
Feels like 24°
Mostly Cloudy
▲ 32°  /  ▼ 19°
Wind
3 mph W
Humidity
84%
Dew Point
19°
Pressure
28.64 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
60%
Sunrise
6:31 AM
Sunset
8:16 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Botetourt County is currently mostly cloudy at 22°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 69% around 9 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 2120 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:31AM · Sunset: 8:16PM.

44 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
22°
4%
7 AM
20°
15%
8 AM
21°
15%
9 AM
23°
15%
10 AM
26°
18%
11 AM
28°
18%
12 PM
28°
18%
1 PM
29°
19%
2 PM
30°
22%
3 PM
31°
34%
4 PM
31°
45%
5 PM
31°
53%
6 PM
28°
53%
7 PM
26°
57%
8 PM
24°
61%
9 PM
23°
68%
10 PM
22°
60%
11 PM
21°
49%
12 AM
21°
48%
1 AM
20°
37%
2 AM
21°
31%
3 AM
21°
35%
4 AM
21°
35%
5 AM
21°
33%
7-Day Forecast
Today
32° 19°
Partly Cloudy with a 68% chance of rain.
Wed
32° 19°
Mostly Cloudy with a 48% chance of rain.
Thu
32° 18°
Mostly Cloudy with a 29% chance of rain.
Fri
32° 18°
Partly Cloudy with a 29% chance of rain.
Sat
31° 17°
Mostly Cloudy with a 22% chance of rain.
Sun
34° 18°
Partly Cloudy with a 25% chance of rain.
Mon
33° 18°
Mostly Cloudy with a 21% chance of rain.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 22° Mostly Cloudy 4% 3 mph W 84%
7 AM 20° Partly Cloudy 15% 4 mph WSW 81%
8 AM 21° Partly Cloudy 15% 3 mph WSW 80%
9 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 15% 5 mph WNW 73%
10 AM 26° Partly Cloudy 18% 7 mph WNW 65%
11 AM 28° Partly Cloudy 18% 8 mph WNW 60%
12 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 18% 8 mph WNW 57%
1 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 19% 8 mph WNW 54%
2 PM 30° Partly Cloudy 22% 8 mph WNW 50%
3 PM 31° Partly Cloudy 34% 8 mph WNW 49%
4 PM 31° Partly Cloudy 45% 8 mph W 48%
5 PM 31° Partly Cloudy 53% 8 mph W 51%
6 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 53% 8 mph WNW 60%
7 PM 26° Mostly Cloudy 57% 7 mph W 68%
8 PM 24° Mostly Cloudy 61% 6 mph WNW 75%
9 PM 23° Mostly Cloudy 68% 6 mph WNW 78%
10 PM 22° Overcast 60% 8 mph WNW 80%
11 PM 21° Overcast 49% 7 mph WNW 83%
12 AM 21° Drizzle 48% 7 mph WNW 84%
1 AM 20° Overcast 37% 6 mph W 86%
2 AM 21° Overcast 31% 6 mph W 87%
3 AM 21° Overcast 35% 6 mph WNW 88%
4 AM 21° Overcast 35% 5 mph WNW 88%
5 AM 21° Overcast 33% 6 mph NW 89%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/11
Partly Cloudy
68%
19°
32°
Wed
8/12
Mostly Cloudy
48%
19°
32°
Thu
8/13
Mostly Cloudy
29%
18°
32°
Fri
8/14
Partly Cloudy
29%
18°
32°
Sat
8/15
Mostly Cloudy
22%
17°
31°
Sun
8/16
Partly Cloudy
25%
18°
34°
Mon
8/17
Mostly Cloudy
21%
18°
33°
Tue
8/18
Drizzle
34%
18°
31°
Wed
8/19
Clear
35%
17°
32°
Thu
8/20
Drizzle
45%
18°
31°
Fri
8/21
Drizzle
60%
17°
31°
Sat
8/22
Drizzle
60%
17°
31°
Sun
8/23
Drizzle
60%
18°
30°
Mon
8/24
Drizzle
60%
17°
29°
Tue
8/25
Drizzle
60%
16°
28°
44
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
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
Dominant
44 AQI 7.9 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
33 AQI 36 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 44 Good 33 44
Wed 46 Good 35 46
Thu 35 Good 32 35
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 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE220 J/kg
MLCAPE946 J/kg
MUCAPE1358 J/kg
SBCIN-296 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-2.2
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear27 kt
0–1 km Shear29 kt
Eff. Shear21 kt
0–1 km SRH-27
0–3 km SRH-26
Eff. SRH-13
Storm Motion301° @ 36 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index37.4
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.69 in
0–3 km LR4.7 °C/km
700–500 LR6.6 °C/km
Total Totals52.2
LCL935 hPa
LFC631 hPa
EL339 hPa
Freezing Lvl13,648 ft