Amherst County, Virginia, United States

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23°C
Feels like 26°
Partly Cloudy
▲ 31°  /  ▼ 19°
Wind
6 mph SW
Humidity
94%
Dew Point
21°
Pressure
28.65 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
47%
Sunrise
6:12 AM
Sunset
8:33 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Amherst County is currently partly cloudy at 23°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 69% around 2 AM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1040 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:12AM · Sunset: 8:33PM.

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44 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
23°
69%
3 AM
23°
64%
4 AM
23°
34%
5 AM
23°
21%
6 AM
21°
21%
7 AM
22°
22%
8 AM
22°
19%
9 AM
24°
23%
10 AM
26°
23%
11 AM
27°
47%
12 PM
28°
51%
1 PM
29°
38%
2 PM
30°
39%
3 PM
29°
54%
4 PM
29°
59%
5 PM
28°
58%
6 PM
28°
53%
7 PM
27°
57%
8 PM
27°
50%
9 PM
26°
50%
10 PM
25°
46%
11 PM
24°
41%
12 AM
24°
41%
1 AM
23°
35%
7-Day Forecast
Today
31° 19°
Partly Cloudy with a 69% chance of rain.
Thu
27° 17°
Partly Cloudy with a 24% chance of rain.
Fri
28° 16°
Mostly Cloudy with a 65% chance of rain.
Sat
26° 18°
Overcast with a 64% chance of rain.
Sun
32° 18°
Rain, 70% chance.
Mon
34° 20°
Rain, 70% chance.
Tue
36° 19°
Rain, 63% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 23° Partly Cloudy 69% 6 mph SW 94%
3 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 64% 7 mph SW 95%
4 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 34% 8 mph SW 95%
5 AM 23° Mostly Clear 21% 7 mph SW 95%
6 AM 21° Mostly Clear 21% 6 mph SW 94%
7 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 22% 6 mph SW 92%
8 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 19% 6 mph WSW 90%
9 AM 24° Partly Cloudy 23% 7 mph WSW 81%
10 AM 26° Mostly Cloudy 23% 7 mph WSW 73%
11 AM 27° Mostly Cloudy 47% 8 mph WSW 66%
12 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 51% 8 mph WSW 61%
1 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 38% 8 mph WSW 57%
2 PM 30° Overcast 39% 8 mph SW 53%
3 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 54% 8 mph SW 54%
4 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 59% 8 mph SW 56%
5 PM 28° Mostly Clear 58% 8 mph SW 62%
6 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 53% 7 mph SW 68%
7 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 57% 5 mph SW 73%
8 PM 27° Rain 50% 4 mph SW 76%
9 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 50% 4 mph SW 77%
10 PM 25° Mostly Cloudy 46% 4 mph SW 78%
11 PM 24° Mostly Cloudy 41% 4 mph WSW 78%
12 AM 24° Mostly Cloudy 41% 4 mph WSW 78%
1 AM 23° Overcast 35% 4 mph NE 78%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/22
Partly Cloudy
69%
19°
31°
Thu
7/23
Partly Cloudy
24%
17°
27°
Fri
7/24
Mostly Cloudy
65%
16°
28°
Sat
7/25
Overcast
64%
18°
26°
Sun
7/26
Rain
70%
18°
32°
Mon
7/27
Rain
70%
20°
34°
Tue
7/28
Rain
63%
19°
36°
Wed
7/29
Drizzle
43%
18°
36°
Thu
7/30
Rain
66%
17°
32°
Fri
7/31
Drizzle
51%
17°
31°
Sat
8/1
Drizzle
60%
17°
30°
Sun
8/2
Drizzle
60%
18°
31°
Mon
8/3
Drizzle
60%
18°
32°
Tue
8/4
Drizzle
60%
19°
33°
Wed
8/5
Drizzle
60%
19°
33°
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 8.0 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
34 AQI 37 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 44 Good 34 44
Thu 39 Good 39 36
Fri 36 Good 22 36
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
SBCAPE535 J/kg
MLCAPE809 J/kg
MUCAPE949 J/kg
SBCIN-79 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-2.5
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear43 kt
0–1 km Shear31 kt
Eff. Shear43 kt
0–1 km SRH-104
0–3 km SRH-131
Eff. SRH-131
Storm Motion232° @ 40 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.4
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index35.8
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.95 in
0–3 km LR5.0 °C/km
700–500 LR5.6 °C/km
Total Totals47.3
LCL947 hPa
LFC795 hPa
EL232 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,150 ft