Severe Thunderstorm Watch 11:00 PM Areal Flood Watch 11:00 PM

Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States

Last updated: 10:31 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
25°C
Feels like 28°
Overcast
▲ 30°  /  ▼ 21°
Wind
6 mph SW
Humidity
80%
Dew Point
22°
Pressure
29.57 inHg
Visibility
3 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
95%
Sunrise
6:05 AM
Sunset
8:27 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Chesterfield County is currently overcast at 25°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 90% around 11 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1468 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:05AM · Sunset: 8:27PM.

52 AQI · Moderate Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
25°
90%
12 AM
24°
90%
1 AM
23°
90%
2 AM
23°
90%
3 AM
23°
90%
4 AM
23°
84%
5 AM
21°
63%
6 AM
22°
63%
7 AM
22°
61%
8 AM
23°
61%
9 AM
23°
65%
10 AM
24°
65%
11 AM
24°
65%
12 PM
26°
55%
1 PM
28°
55%
2 PM
28°
66%
3 PM
27°
56%
4 PM
27°
59%
5 PM
26°
67%
6 PM
26°
71%
7 PM
26°
72%
8 PM
26°
80%
9 PM
25°
80%
10 PM
24°
81%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
30° 21°
Overcast with a 90% chance of rain.
Wed
29° 21°
Mostly Cloudy with a 90% chance of rain.
Thu
27° 18°
Partly Cloudy with a 50% chance of rain.
Fri
28° 16°
Mostly Cloudy with a 73% chance of rain.
Sat
26° 19°
Drizzle, 54% chance.
Sun
31° 17°
Rain, 82% chance.
Mon
34° 18°
Rain, 63% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 25° Overcast 90% 6 mph SW 80%
12 AM 24° Overcast 90% 3 mph SSW 87%
1 AM 23° Overcast 90% 4 mph SSW 95%
2 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 90% 7 mph SW 98%
3 AM 23° Heavy Rain 90% 10 mph SW 96%
4 AM 23° Heavy Rain 84% 12 mph SSW 94%
5 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 63% 12 mph SSW 92%
6 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 63% 11 mph SSW 91%
7 AM 22° Rain 61% 11 mph SW 90%
8 AM 23° Rain 61% 11 mph SW 87%
9 AM 23° Rain 65% 11 mph SW 83%
10 AM 24° Mostly Cloudy 65% 11 mph SW 79%
11 AM 24° Rain 65% 10 mph SW 76%
12 PM 26° Rain 55% 10 mph SW 73%
1 PM 28° Rain 55% 10 mph SW 71%
2 PM 28° Rain 66% 10 mph SSW 71%
3 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 56% 10 mph SSW 73%
4 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 59% 11 mph SSW 76%
5 PM 26° Mostly Cloudy 67% 10 mph SSW 79%
6 PM 26° Mostly Cloudy 71% 9 mph SSW 79%
7 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 72% 8 mph SSW 80%
8 PM 26° Mostly Cloudy 80% 6 mph SSW 82%
9 PM 25° Mostly Cloudy 80% 5 mph SSW 87%
10 PM 24° Mostly Cloudy 81% 4 mph SSW 91%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/21
Overcast
90%
21°
30°
Wed
7/22
Mostly Cloudy
90%
21°
29°
Thu
7/23
Partly Cloudy
50%
18°
27°
Fri
7/24
Mostly Cloudy
73%
16°
28°
Sat
7/25
Drizzle
54%
19°
26°
Sun
7/26
Rain
82%
17°
31°
Mon
7/27
Rain
63%
18°
34°
Tue
7/28
Thunderstorm
63%
21°
36°
Wed
7/29
Rain
69%
20°
31°
Thu
7/30
Drizzle
44%
18°
29°
Fri
7/31
Drizzle
60%
18°
30°
Sat
8/1
Drizzle
60%
21°
29°
Sun
8/2
Drizzle
60%
21°
30°
Mon
8/3
Drizzle
60%
21°
32°
Tue
8/4
Drizzle
60%
22°
33°
52
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
52 AQI 9.9 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
37 AQI 40 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 52 Moderate 37 52
Thu 55 Moderate 34 55
Fri 28 Good 28 14
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 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE671 J/kg
MLCAPE1012 J/kg
MUCAPE1389 J/kg
SBCIN0 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-2.1
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear36 kt
0–1 km Shear27 kt
Eff. Shear37 kt
0–1 km SRH-87
0–3 km SRH-79
Eff. SRH-79
Storm Motion221° @ 39 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.4
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index36.9
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.50 in
0–3 km LR5.3 °C/km
700–500 LR5.3 °C/km
Total Totals47.5
LCL964 hPa
LFC1001 hPa
EL215 hPa
Freezing Lvl15,308 ft