Flood Watch 7:00 AM

Watauga County, North Carolina, United States

Last updated: 6:11 AM CDT  ·  Refresh
20°C
Feels like 19°
Mostly Clear
▲ 30°  /  ▼ 18°
Wind
11 mph WNW
Humidity
93%
Dew Point
19°
Pressure
26.76 inHg
Visibility
5 mi
UV Index
2.0
Cloud Cover
28%
Sunrise
6:41 AM
Sunset
8:21 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Watauga County is currently mostly clear at 20°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 2409 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:41AM · Sunset: 8:21PM.

Alerts

Flood Watch
Expires 7:00 AM
30 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
20°
6%
8 AM
19°
23%
9 AM
21°
25%
10 AM
23°
29%
11 AM
24°
42%
12 PM
25°
42%
1 PM
26°
39%
2 PM
27°
35%
3 PM
27°
33%
4 PM
27°
34%
5 PM
27°
34%
6 PM
26°
42%
7 PM
24°
41%
8 PM
23°
40%
9 PM
22°
40%
10 PM
21°
35%
11 PM
20°
22%
12 AM
20°
22%
1 AM
20°
22%
2 AM
20°
10%
3 AM
19°
24%
4 AM
19°
33%
5 AM
19°
34%
6 AM
18°
37%
7-Day Forecast
Today
30° 18°
Mostly Clear with a 41% chance of rain.
Wed
29° 18°
Partly Cloudy with a 51% chance of rain.
Thu
29° 17°
Mostly Cloudy with a 27% chance of rain.
Fri
29° 18°
Mostly Clear with a 65% chance of rain.
Sat
31° 18°
Rain, 80% chance.
Sun
32° 19°
Partly Cloudy with a 33% chance of rain.
Mon
32° 18°
Mostly Clear with a 34% chance of rain.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 20° Mostly Clear 6% 11 mph WNW 93%
8 AM 19° Mostly Clear 23% 10 mph WNW 91%
9 AM 21° Mostly Clear 25% 10 mph WNW 84%
10 AM 23° Mostly Clear 29% 10 mph WNW 77%
11 AM 24° Mostly Clear 42% 10 mph WNW 71%
12 PM 25° Mostly Clear 42% 10 mph WNW 68%
1 PM 26° Mostly Clear 39% 10 mph WNW 66%
2 PM 27° Mostly Clear 35% 9 mph WNW 63%
3 PM 27° Mostly Clear 33% 9 mph WNW 63%
4 PM 27° Mostly Clear 34% 9 mph WNW 62%
5 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 34% 8 mph W 63%
6 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 42% 7 mph W 69%
7 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 41% 6 mph W 76%
8 PM 23° Partly Cloudy 40% 5 mph W 82%
9 PM 22° Mostly Cloudy 40% 6 mph WNW 85%
10 PM 21° Mostly Cloudy 35% 6 mph WNW 88%
11 PM 20° Mostly Cloudy 22% 6 mph WNW 90%
12 AM 20° Mostly Cloudy 22% 7 mph WNW 90%
1 AM 20° Mostly Cloudy 22% 7 mph WNW 90%
2 AM 20° Mostly Cloudy 10% 8 mph WNW 89%
3 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 24% 8 mph WNW 88%
4 AM 19° Partly Cloudy 33% 8 mph WNW 87%
5 AM 19° Partly Cloudy 34% 8 mph WNW 87%
6 AM 18° Mostly Cloudy 37% 8 mph WNW 88%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/11
Mostly Clear
41%
18°
30°
Wed
8/12
Partly Cloudy
51%
18°
29°
Thu
8/13
Mostly Cloudy
27%
17°
29°
Fri
8/14
Mostly Clear
65%
18°
29°
Sat
8/15
Rain
80%
18°
31°
Sun
8/16
Partly Cloudy
33%
19°
32°
Mon
8/17
Mostly Clear
34%
18°
32°
Tue
8/18
Drizzle
47%
17°
31°
Wed
8/19
Clear
39%
17°
31°
Thu
8/20
Drizzle
45%
18°
29°
Fri
8/21
Drizzle
60%
18°
31°
Sat
8/22
Drizzle
60%
18°
31°
Sun
8/23
Drizzle
60%
18°
30°
Mon
8/24
Drizzle
60%
17°
30°
Tue
8/25
Drizzle
60%
17°
28°
30
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
28 AQI 5.1 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
30 AQI 33 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 30 Good 30 28
Wed 43 Good 32 43
Thu 28 Good 28 26
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
SBCAPE986 J/kg
MLCAPE671 J/kg
MUCAPE1063 J/kg
SBCIN-221 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-4.8
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear10 kt
0–1 km Shear10 kt
Eff. Shear10 kt
0–1 km SRH3
0–3 km SRH0
Eff. SRH0
Storm Motion303° @ 28 kt
0–1 km EHI0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index31.2
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.01 in
0–3 km LR5.1 °C/km
700–500 LR7.3 °C/km
Total Totals51.8
LCL893 hPa
LFC668 hPa
EL211 hPa
Freezing Lvl11,818 ft