Severe Thunderstorm Watch 11:00 PM

Bedford County, Virginia, United States

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24°C
Feels like 28°
Mostly Cloudy
▲ 30°  /  ▼ 21°
Wind
3 mph SW
Humidity
94%
Dew Point
23°
Pressure
28.75 inHg
Visibility
6 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
83%
Sunrise
6:14 AM
Sunset
8:34 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Bedford County is currently mostly cloudy at 24°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 87% around 3 AM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1476 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:14AM · Sunset: 8:34PM.

53 AQI · Moderate Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
24°
69%
12 AM
24°
70%
1 AM
23°
70%
2 AM
23°
70%
3 AM
23°
87%
4 AM
23°
81%
5 AM
21°
55%
6 AM
21°
53%
7 AM
21°
50%
8 AM
22°
51%
9 AM
23°
36%
10 AM
24°
37%
11 AM
26°
46%
12 PM
26°
47%
1 PM
28°
48%
2 PM
28°
55%
3 PM
28°
64%
4 PM
28°
64%
5 PM
29°
55%
6 PM
28°
55%
7 PM
27°
56%
8 PM
27°
56%
9 PM
26°
38%
10 PM
25°
39%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
30° 21°
Mostly Cloudy with a 69% chance of rain.
Wed
29° 21°
Mostly Cloudy with a 70% chance of rain.
Thu
26° 17°
Partly Cloudy with a 25% chance of rain.
Fri
28° 16°
Partly Cloudy with a 73% chance of rain.
Sat
25° 18°
Drizzle, 67% chance.
Sun
32° 18°
Rain, 82% chance.
Mon
34° 19°
Rain, 64% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 24° Mostly Cloudy 69% 3 mph SW 94%
12 AM 24° Partly Cloudy 70% 5 mph WSW 96%
1 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 70% 6 mph WNW 96%
2 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 70% 6 mph WSW 95%
3 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 87% 5 mph WSW 94%
4 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 81% 7 mph SW 93%
5 AM 21° Rain 55% 8 mph SW 92%
6 AM 21° Partly Cloudy 53% 7 mph SW 92%
7 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 50% 7 mph SW 92%
8 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 51% 7 mph SW 87%
9 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 36% 7 mph WSW 80%
10 AM 24° Mostly Cloudy 37% 7 mph WSW 72%
11 AM 26° Mostly Cloudy 46% 7 mph WSW 67%
12 PM 26° Mostly Cloudy 47% 7 mph WSW 64%
1 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 48% 8 mph SW 61%
2 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 55% 8 mph SW 60%
3 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 64% 8 mph SW 62%
4 PM 28° Rain 64% 8 mph SSW 64%
5 PM 29° Rain 55% 8 mph SW 68%
6 PM 28° Rain 55% 6 mph SW 72%
7 PM 27° Rain 56% 5 mph SW 76%
8 PM 27° Rain 56% 5 mph SW 78%
9 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 38% 4 mph SW 78%
10 PM 25° Partly Cloudy 39% 4 mph SW 77%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/21
Mostly Cloudy
69%
21°
30°
Wed
7/22
Mostly Cloudy
70%
21°
29°
Thu
7/23
Partly Cloudy
25%
17°
26°
Fri
7/24
Partly Cloudy
73%
16°
28°
Sat
7/25
Drizzle
67%
18°
25°
Sun
7/26
Rain
82%
18°
32°
Mon
7/27
Rain
64%
19°
34°
Tue
7/28
Rain
63%
19°
37°
Wed
7/29
Drizzle
69%
18°
32°
Thu
7/30
Rain
66%
17°
31°
Fri
7/31
Drizzle
60%
17°
31°
Sat
8/1
Drizzle
60%
17°
31°
Sun
8/2
Drizzle
60%
18°
29°
Mon
8/3
Drizzle
60%
18°
31°
Tue
8/4
Drizzle
60%
19°
32°
53
Moderate
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: PM2.5
50 100 150 200

Air quality is acceptable. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
Dominant
53 AQI 10.2 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
36 AQI 40 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 53 Moderate 36 53
Thu 54 Moderate 41 54
Fri 42 Good 25 42
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, 02:00'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
SBCAPE1385 J/kg
MLCAPE1260 J/kg
MUCAPE1385 J/kg
SBCIN-17 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-3.3
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear44 kt
0–1 km Shear29 kt
Eff. Shear45 kt
0–1 km SRH-20
0–3 km SRH-39
Eff. SRH-39
Storm Motion231° @ 40 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.2
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index37.8
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.31 in
0–3 km LR5.0 °C/km
700–500 LR5.5 °C/km
Total Totals46.7
LCL961 hPa
LFC842 hPa
EL161 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,603 ft