Severe Thunderstorm Watch 11:00 PM

Lynchburg, Virginia

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24°C
Feels like 27°
Overcast
▲ 31°  /  ▼ 21°
Wind
7 mph SW
Humidity
93%
Dew Point
23°
Pressure
28.90 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
90%
Sunrise
6:12 AM
Sunset
8:33 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Lynchburg is currently overcast at 24°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 88% around 1 AM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1665 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:12AM · Sunset: 8:33PM.

46 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
24°
69%
12 AM
24°
82%
1 AM
23°
88%
2 AM
23°
87%
3 AM
23°
87%
4 AM
23°
81%
5 AM
21°
59%
6 AM
21°
49%
7 AM
21°
45%
8 AM
22°
65%
9 AM
24°
49%
10 AM
25°
37%
11 AM
26°
52%
12 PM
27°
47%
1 PM
29°
48%
2 PM
29°
55%
3 PM
29°
66%
4 PM
29°
67%
5 PM
29°
67%
6 PM
28°
52%
7 PM
27°
53%
8 PM
27°
53%
9 PM
26°
48%
10 PM
25°
48%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
31° 21°
Overcast with a 69% chance of rain.
Wed
30° 21°
Partly Cloudy with a 87% chance of rain.
Thu
26° 17°
Partly Cloudy with a 25% chance of rain.
Fri
27° 15°
Partly Cloudy with a 65% chance of rain.
Sat
25° 18°
Overcast with a 60% chance of rain.
Sun
32° 17°
Rain, 82% chance.
Mon
34° 20°
Rain, 64% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 24° Overcast 69% 7 mph SW 93%
12 AM 24° Mostly Cloudy 82% 7 mph WSW 95%
1 AM 23° Heavy Rain 88% 7 mph WSW 95%
2 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 87% 7 mph WSW 94%
3 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 87% 7 mph SW 94%
4 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 81% 8 mph SW 95%
5 AM 21° Partly Cloudy 59% 7 mph SW 94%
6 AM 21° Rain 49% 7 mph SW 93%
7 AM 21° Drizzle 45% 7 mph SW 92%
8 AM 22° Rain 65% 7 mph SW 87%
9 AM 24° Mostly Cloudy 49% 8 mph SW 80%
10 AM 25° Mostly Cloudy 37% 8 mph WSW 73%
11 AM 26° Mostly Cloudy 52% 8 mph WSW 68%
12 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 47% 8 mph SW 66%
1 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 48% 8 mph SW 63%
2 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 55% 8 mph SW 62%
3 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 66% 8 mph SSW 63%
4 PM 29° Rain 67% 8 mph SSW 65%
5 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 67% 8 mph SSW 69%
6 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 52% 6 mph SSW 74%
7 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 53% 5 mph SW 79%
8 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 53% 4 mph SW 82%
9 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 48% 4 mph SW 82%
10 PM 25° Partly Cloudy 48% 4 mph SW 83%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/21
Overcast
69%
21°
31°
Wed
7/22
Partly Cloudy
87%
21°
30°
Thu
7/23
Partly Cloudy
25%
17°
26°
Fri
7/24
Partly Cloudy
65%
15°
27°
Sat
7/25
Overcast
60%
18°
25°
Sun
7/26
Rain
82%
17°
32°
Mon
7/27
Rain
64%
20°
34°
Tue
7/28
Rain
63%
19°
37°
Wed
7/29
Drizzle
44%
18°
32°
Thu
7/30
Rain
66%
17°
30°
Fri
7/31
Drizzle
60%
18°
32°
Sat
8/1
Drizzle
60%
18°
31°
Sun
8/2
Drizzle
60%
18°
30°
Mon
8/3
Drizzle
60%
18°
32°
Tue
8/4
Drizzle
60%
19°
33°
46
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
46 AQI 8.3 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
36 AQI 39 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 46 Good 36 46
Thu 50 Good 37 50
Fri 37 Good 23 37
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
SBCAPE1215 J/kg
MLCAPE1299 J/kg
MUCAPE1555 J/kg
SBCIN-24 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-3.0
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear43 kt
0–1 km Shear26 kt
Eff. Shear44 kt
0–1 km SRH-20
0–3 km SRH-44
Eff. SRH-44
Storm Motion231° @ 40 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.2
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index37.7
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.34 in
0–3 km LR5.1 °C/km
700–500 LR5.4 °C/km
Total Totals46.6
LCL963 hPa
LFC839 hPa
EL167 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,662 ft