Areal Flood Advisory — Ashe County, NC, Watauga County, NC 9:00 PM

Watauga County, North Carolina, United States

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62°F
Feels like 63°
Rain
▲ 71°  /  ▼ 52°
Wind
5 mph E
Humidity
98%
Dew Point
61°
Pressure
26.74 inHg
Visibility
2 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
99%
Sunrise
7:14 AM
Sunset
7:23 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Watauga County is currently rain at 62°F. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 82% around 11 PM. Sunrise: 7:14AM · Sunset: 7:23PM.

Alerts

Areal Flood Advisory
Ashe County, NC, Watauga County, NC
Expires 9:00 PM
32 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
62°
80%
10 PM
62°
81%
11 PM
61°
81%
12 AM
60°
73%
1 AM
59°
74%
2 AM
58°
74%
3 AM
57°
72%
4 AM
57°
72%
5 AM
53°
72%
6 AM
53°
71%
7 AM
53°
71%
8 AM
52°
71%
9 AM
53°
71%
10 AM
53°
70%
11 AM
53°
69%
12 PM
53°
65%
1 PM
57°
66%
2 PM
57°
73%
3 PM
57°
77%
4 PM
59°
72%
5 PM
57°
77%
6 PM
57°
73%
7 PM
56°
76%
8 PM
56°
76%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
71° 52°
Rain, 80% chance.
Wed
64° 52°
Overcast with a 79% chance of rain.
Thu
63° 48°
Overcast with a 82% chance of rain.
Fri
72° 41°
Mostly Clear.
Sat
76° 45°
Clear.
Sun
76° 44°
Clear.
Mon
72° 49°
Clear.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 62° Rain 80% 5 mph E 98%
10 PM 62° Rain 81% 7 mph E 99%
11 PM 61° Heavy Rain 81% 7 mph E 99%
12 AM 60° Fog 73% 8 mph E 99%
1 AM 59° Fog 74% 7 mph E 99%
2 AM 58° Fog 74% 8 mph E 100%
3 AM 57° Fog 72% 7 mph E 100%
4 AM 57° Fog 72% 7 mph E 100%
5 AM 53° Fog 72% 6 mph ENE 99%
6 AM 53° Fog 71% 6 mph ENE 99%
7 AM 53° Fog 71% 7 mph ENE 99%
8 AM 52° Fog 71% 7 mph ENE 99%
9 AM 53° Overcast 71% 7 mph ENE 99%
10 AM 53° Overcast 70% 7 mph ENE 99%
11 AM 53° Overcast 69% 7 mph E 99%
12 PM 53° Overcast 65% 7 mph E 99%
1 PM 57° Haze 66% 7 mph E 98%
2 PM 57° Overcast 73% 6 mph E 97%
3 PM 57° Overcast 77% 6 mph E 96%
4 PM 59° Overcast 72% 7 mph E 96%
5 PM 57° Overcast 77% 7 mph E 96%
6 PM 57° Overcast 73% 6 mph E 96%
7 PM 56° Overcast 76% 6 mph E 96%
8 PM 56° Overcast 76% 6 mph E 96%
15-Day Forecast
Today
9/22
Rain
80%
52°
71°
Wed
9/23
Overcast
79%
52°
64°
Thu
9/24
Overcast
82%
48°
63°
Fri
9/25
Mostly Clear
7%
41°
72°
Sat
9/26
Clear
3%
45°
76°
Sun
9/27
Clear
3%
44°
76°
Mon
9/28
Clear
3%
49°
72°
Tue
9/29
Clear
17%
50°
77°
Wed
9/30
Rain
68%
52°
76°
Thu
10/1
Rain
68%
53°
75°
Fri
10/2
Drizzle
51%
52°
76°
Sat
10/3
Drizzle
60%
55°
76°
Sun
10/4
Drizzle
60%
54°
76°
Mon
10/5
Drizzle
60%
51°
73°
Tue
10/6
Drizzle
60%
50°
73°
32
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
22 AQI 3.9 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
32 AQI 35 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 32 Good 32 22
Thu 23 Good 23 9
Fri 25 Good 25 9
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 Sep 22, 23:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE62 J/kg
MLCAPE48 J/kg
MUCAPE245 J/kg
SBCIN-6 J/kg
MLCIN-1 J/kg
Lifted Index0.3
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear29 kt
0–1 km Shear4 kt
Eff. Shear19 kt
0–1 km SRH-14
0–3 km SRH22
Eff. SRH39
Storm Motion314° @ 14 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index33.6
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.33 in
0–3 km LR5.1 °C/km
700–500 LR5.2 °C/km
Total Totals43.7
LCL900 hPa
LFC743 hPa
EL344 hPa
Freezing Lvl10,725 ft