Amherst County, Virginia, United States

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23°C

Feels like 26°

Mostly Cloudy

▲ 29° / ▼ 21°

Wind

7 mph SW

Humidity

96%

Dew Point

22°

Pressure

28.65 inHg

Visibility

6 mi

UV Index

0.0

Cloud Cover

81%

Sunrise

6:11 AM

Sunset

8:33 PM

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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Amherst County is currently mostly cloudy at 23°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 73% around 2 AM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1096 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:11AM · Sunset: 8:33PM.

44 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality

Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours

Now

23°

69%

12 AM

24°

71%

1 AM

23°

67%

2 AM

23°

72%

3 AM

23°

39%

4 AM

23°

34%

5 AM

21°

23%

6 AM

22°

37%

7 AM

22°

23%

8 AM

23°

24%

9 AM

25°

24%

10 AM

27°

25%

11 AM

28°

34%

12 PM

28°

40%

1 PM

30°

40%

2 PM

31°

41%

3 PM

31°

48%

4 PM

30°

53%

5 PM

30°

47%

6 PM

28°

47%

7 PM

27°

47%

8 PM

27°

47%

9 PM

26°

43%

10 PM

26°

43%

7-Day Forecast

Tonight

29° 21°

Mostly Cloudy with a 69% chance of rain.

Wed

31° 21°

Partly Cloudy with a 72% chance of rain.

Thu

26° 17°

Mostly Cloudy with a 20% chance of rain.

Fri

27° 15°

Partly Cloudy with a 58% chance of rain.

Sat

26° 17°

Overcast with a 67% chance of rain.

Sun

32° 17°

Rain, 82% chance.

Mon

34° 19°

Rain, 64% chance.

+ Feels like

TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity

Now 23° Mostly Cloudy 69% 7 mph SW 96%

12 AM 24° Partly Cloudy 71% 9 mph SW 96%

1 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 67% 8 mph SW 95%

2 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 72% 8 mph SW 95%

3 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 39% 7 mph SW 95%

4 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 34% 7 mph SW 94%

5 AM 21° Partly Cloudy 23% 6 mph SW 94%

6 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 37% 6 mph SW 92%

7 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 23% 6 mph SW 91%

8 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 24% 7 mph WSW 86%

9 AM 25° Partly Cloudy 24% 7 mph WSW 78%

10 AM 27° Mostly Cloudy 25% 8 mph WSW 70%

11 AM 28° Mostly Cloudy 34% 8 mph WSW 64%

12 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 40% 8 mph WSW 59%

1 PM 30° Mostly Cloudy 40% 8 mph WSW 55%

2 PM 31° Mostly Cloudy 41% 8 mph WSW 53%

3 PM 31° Partly Cloudy 48% 8 mph WSW 54%

4 PM 30° Mostly Clear 53% 8 mph WSW 56%

5 PM 30° Mostly Clear 47% 8 mph WSW 62%

6 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 47% 6 mph WSW 68%

7 PM 27° Rain 47% 5 mph WSW 73%

8 PM 27° Rain 47% 4 mph W 76%

9 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 43% 4 mph W 76%

10 PM 26° Mostly Cloudy 43% 4 mph WNW 77%

15-Day Forecast

Today

7/21

Mostly Cloudy

69%

21°

29°

Wed

7/22

Partly Cloudy

72%

21°

31°

Thu

7/23

Mostly Cloudy

20%

17°

26°

Fri

7/24

Partly Cloudy

58%

15°

27°

Sat

7/25

Overcast

67%

17°

26°

Sun

7/26

Rain

82%

17°

32°

Mon

7/27

Rain

64%

19°

34°

Tue

7/28

Rain

63%

18°

37°

Wed

7/29

Drizzle

69%

17°

33°

Thu

7/30

Rain

66%

17°

31°

Fri

7/31

Drizzle

60%

17°

32°

Sat

8/1

Drizzle

60%

17°

31°

Sun

8/2

Drizzle

60%

18°

31°

Mon

8/3

Drizzle

60%

18°

32°

Tue

8/4

Drizzle

60%

19°

33°

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

PM_2.5

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. PM_2.5 (fine particles) is reported in µg/m³ and ozone (O₃) in ppb. Forecast source: NWS NAQFC.

Temp Dewpoint Parcel (SB) CAPE CIN Dry adiabat Moist adiabat Mixing ratio

RAP

Valid Wed Jul 22, 02:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)

Hodograph · kt

0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km

Instability

SBCAPE762 J/kg

MLCAPE1268 J/kg

MUCAPE1442 J/kg

SBCIN-38 J/kg

MLCIN0 J/kg

Lifted Index-2.3

Kinematics

0–6 km Shear44 kt

0–1 km Shear24 kt

Eff. Shear44 kt

0–1 km SRH-36

0–3 km SRH-64

Eff. SRH-64

Storm Motion231° @ 41 kt

0–1 km EHI-0.2

Composite Parameters

Sig. Tornado0.0

STP (eff)0.0

Supercell0.0

K-Index37.8

Thermo & Levels

PWAT2.26 in

0–3 km LR5.0 °C/km

700–500 LR5.4 °C/km

Total Totals46.8

LCL953 hPa

LFC820 hPa

EL192 hPa

Freezing Lvl14,219 ft

Amherst County, Virginia, United States

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