Severe Thunderstorm Watch 8:00 PM Severe Thunderstorm Watch 8:00 PM Areal Flood Advisory — Cabarrus County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Union County, NC 7:15 PM Areal Flood Advisory — Mecklenburg County, NC, Union County, NC 9:45 PM

Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States

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28°C
Feels like 30°
Overcast
▲ 30°  /  ▼ 19°
Wind
7 mph NE
Humidity
71%
Dew Point
22°
Pressure
29.21 inHg
Visibility
6 mi
UV Index
2.5
Cloud Cover
93%
Sunrise
6:47 AM
Sunset
8:04 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Mecklenburg County is currently overcast at 28°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 76% around 6 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1456 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:47AM · Sunset: 8:04PM.

Alerts

Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 8:00 PM
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 8:00 PM
Areal Flood Advisory
Cabarrus County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Union County, NC
Expires 7:15 PM
Areal Flood Advisory
Mecklenburg County, NC, Union County, NC
Expires 9:45 PM
49 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
28°
74%
6 PM
27°
75%
7 PM
26°
70%
8 PM
24°
66%
9 PM
24°
67%
10 PM
22°
66%
11 PM
22°
51%
12 AM
22°
56%
1 AM
22°
49%
2 AM
21°
27%
3 AM
21°
27%
4 AM
21°
16%
5 AM
21°
11%
6 AM
19°
11%
7 AM
19°
5%
8 AM
20°
5%
9 AM
21°
5%
10 AM
22°
5%
11 AM
23°
15%
12 PM
25°
15%
1 PM
26°
15%
2 PM
28°
15%
3 PM
28°
22%
4 PM
29°
26%
7-Day Forecast
Today
30° 19°
Overcast with a 74% chance of rain.
Sat
32° 19°
Mostly Cloudy with a 29% chance of rain.
Sun
33° 19°
Clear.
Mon
33° 18°
Mostly Clear with a 45% chance of rain.
Tue
32° 17°
Rain, 43% chance.
Wed
33° 19°
Heavy Rain, 82% chance.
Thu
31° 22°
Rain, 82% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 28° Overcast 74% 7 mph NE 71%
6 PM 27° Overcast 75% 6 mph ESE 77%
7 PM 26° Overcast 70% 6 mph E 85%
8 PM 24° Overcast 66% 6 mph E 91%
9 PM 24° Overcast 67% 5 mph E 94%
10 PM 22° Overcast 66% 6 mph ESE 95%
11 PM 22° Overcast 51% 6 mph SE 96%
12 AM 22° Overcast 56% 5 mph SE 96%
1 AM 22° Overcast 49% 3 mph S 96%
2 AM 21° Overcast 27% 3 mph WSW 96%
3 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 27% 3 mph WNW 96%
4 AM 21° Partly Cloudy 16% 3 mph WNW 96%
5 AM 21° Partly Cloudy 11% 3 mph NW 96%
6 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 11% 2 mph ENE 95%
7 AM 19° Overcast 5% 2 mph ESE 95%
8 AM 20° Overcast 5% 2 mph SE 93%
9 AM 21° Overcast 5% 2 mph SSE 88%
10 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 5% 2 mph S 83%
11 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 15% 2 mph S 79%
12 PM 25° Mostly Cloudy 15% 2 mph SSW 75%
1 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 15% 2 mph SSW 70%
2 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 15% 2 mph SSW 66%
3 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 22% 2 mph SSW 64%
4 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 26% 3 mph S 63%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/21
Overcast
74%
19°
30°
Sat
8/22
Mostly Cloudy
29%
19°
32°
Sun
8/23
Clear
7%
19°
33°
Mon
8/24
Mostly Clear
45%
18°
33°
Tue
8/25
Rain
43%
17°
32°
Wed
8/26
Heavy Rain
82%
19°
33°
Thu
8/27
Rain
82%
22°
31°
Fri
8/28
Drizzle
53%
18°
34°
Sat
8/29
Rain
68%
21°
32°
Sun
8/30
Rain
68%
19°
34°
Mon
8/31
Drizzle
60%
20°
33°
Tue
9/1
Drizzle
60%
22°
34°
Wed
9/2
Drizzle
60%
21°
33°
Thu
9/3
Drizzle
60%
21°
33°
Fri
9/4
Drizzle
60%
21°
33°
49
Good
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: O3
50 100 150 200

Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no health risk.

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
39 AQI 7.0 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
49 AQI 53 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Sat 49 Good 49 39
Sun 51 Moderate 51 32
Mon 38 Good 38 38
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 Fri Aug 21, 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
SBCAPE1617 J/kg
MLCAPE1362 J/kg
MUCAPE1617 J/kg
SBCIN-0 J/kg
MLCIN-6 J/kg
Lifted Index-5.1
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear27 kt
0–1 km Shear1 kt
Eff. Shear26 kt
0–1 km SRH1
0–3 km SRH109
Eff. SRH109
Storm Motion286° @ 20 kt
0–1 km EHI0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.4
Supercell2.3
K-Index41.2
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.38 in
0–3 km LR6.4 °C/km
700–500 LR5.8 °C/km
Total Totals50.0
LCL914 hPa
LFC875 hPa
EL171 hPa
Freezing Lvl13,609 ft