Severe Thunderstorm Watch 8:00 PM

Macon County, North Carolina, United States

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27°C
Feels like 29°
Partly Cloudy
▲ 28°  /  ▼ 18°
Wind
3 mph SW
Humidity
75%
Dew Point
21°
Pressure
27.58 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
5.1
Cloud Cover
58%
Sunrise
6:23 AM
Sunset
8:51 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Macon County is currently partly cloudy at 27°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 73% around 5 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 2902 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:23AM · Sunset: 8:51PM.

44 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
27°
55%
7 PM
28°
48%
8 PM
26°
46%
9 PM
25°
42%
10 PM
23°
23%
11 PM
22°
4%
12 AM
22°
4%
1 AM
22°
15%
2 AM
21°
15%
3 AM
21°
15%
4 AM
21°
15%
5 AM
20°
17%
6 AM
18°
18%
7 AM
19°
5%
8 AM
21°
10%
9 AM
23°
23%
10 AM
26°
23%
11 AM
27°
50%
12 PM
28°
55%
1 PM
31°
56%
2 PM
32°
64%
3 PM
31°
68%
4 PM
29°
72%
5 PM
28°
72%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
28° 18°
Partly Cloudy with a 55% chance of rain.
Thu
33° 18°
Partly Cloudy with a 70% chance of rain.
Fri
33° 18°
Drizzle, 55% chance.
Sat
31° 19°
Partly Cloudy with a 64% chance of rain.
Sun
31° 18°
Rain, 90% chance.
Mon
29° 18°
Rain, 90% chance.
Tue
29° 18°
Rain, 90% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 27° Partly Cloudy 55% 3 mph SW 75%
7 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 48% 2 mph WSW 79%
8 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 46% 4 mph WSW 86%
9 PM 25° Partly Cloudy 42% 3 mph W 89%
10 PM 23° Partly Cloudy 23% 2 mph W 91%
11 PM 22° Partly Cloudy 4% 2 mph WNW 93%
12 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 4% 2 mph NNW 92%
1 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 15% 2 mph NNW 92%
2 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 15% 2 mph NNW 92%
3 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 15% 2 mph NNW 92%
4 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 15% 2 mph NNW 91%
5 AM 20° Partly Cloudy 17% 2 mph NNW 91%
6 AM 18° Fog 18% 2 mph NNW 90%
7 AM 19° Fog 5% 2 mph NNW 90%
8 AM 21° Fog 10% 2 mph NNW 87%
9 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 23% 2 mph N 79%
10 AM 26° Partly Cloudy 23% 2 mph NNE 72%
11 AM 27° Partly Cloudy 50% 2 mph NNE 64%
12 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 55% 2 mph ENE 59%
1 PM 31° Mostly Cloudy 56% 2 mph ESE 54%
2 PM 32° Mostly Cloudy 64% 3 mph SE 52%
3 PM 31° Mostly Cloudy 68% 2 mph SSE 59%
4 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 72% 2 mph SW 67%
5 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 72% 3 mph W 74%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/1
Partly Cloudy
55%
18°
28°
Thu
7/2
Partly Cloudy
70%
18°
33°
Fri
7/3
Drizzle
55%
18°
33°
Sat
7/4
Partly Cloudy
64%
19°
31°
Sun
7/5
Rain
90%
18°
31°
Mon
7/6
Rain
90%
18°
29°
Tue
7/7
Rain
90%
18°
29°
Wed
7/8
Drizzle
53%
18°
29°
Thu
7/9
Drizzle
44%
18°
29°
Fri
7/10
Rain
90%
18°
29°
Sat
7/11
Drizzle
64%
18°
29°
Sun
7/12
Drizzle
60%
18°
31°
Mon
7/13
Drizzle
60%
18°
30°
Tue
7/14
Drizzle
60%
18°
30°
Wed
7/15
Rain
90%
18°
29°
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
30 AQI 32 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Thu 44 Good 30 44
Fri 52 Moderate 25 52
Sat 53 Moderate 41 53
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 1, 20:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE2648 J/kg
MLCAPE3276 J/kg
MUCAPE4053 J/kg
SBCIN-107 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-7.9
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear20 kt
0–1 km Shear5 kt
Eff. Shear18 kt
0–1 km SRH-10
0–3 km SRH-23
Eff. SRH-23
Storm Motion33° @ 21 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.2
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index37.5
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.62 in
0–3 km LR6.0 °C/km
700–500 LR7.5 °C/km
Total Totals57.6
LCL853 hPa
LFC759 hPa
EL171 hPa
Freezing Lvl13,212 ft