Severe Thunderstorm Warning — Anson County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Scotland County, NC 4:30 PM Severe Thunderstorm Watch 8:00 PM Severe Thunderstorm Watch 8:00 PM Areal Flood Watch 7:00 AM

Richmond County, North Carolina, United States

Last updated: 4:16 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
28°C
Feels like 32°
Rain
▲ 29°  /  ▼ 20°
Wind
10 mph ENE
Humidity
82%
Dew Point
23°
Pressure
29.59 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
4.5
Cloud Cover
73%
Sunrise
6:43 AM
Sunset
7:59 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Richmond County is currently rain at 28°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 90% around 5 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1688 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:43AM · Sunset: 7:59PM.

Alerts

Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Anson County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Scotland County, NC
Expires 4:30 PM
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 8:00 PM
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 8:00 PM
Areal Flood Watch
Expires 7:00 AM
41 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
28°
90%
6 PM
27°
90%
7 PM
25°
84%
8 PM
24°
84%
9 PM
24°
84%
10 PM
22°
90%
11 PM
22°
82%
12 AM
22°
67%
1 AM
22°
46%
2 AM
22°
49%
3 AM
21°
50%
4 AM
21°
54%
5 AM
21°
45%
6 AM
20°
45%
7 AM
20°
37%
8 AM
21°
32%
9 AM
21°
37%
10 AM
24°
47%
11 AM
24°
56%
12 PM
26°
57%
1 PM
27°
48%
2 PM
29°
48%
3 PM
29°
49%
4 PM
29°
49%
7-Day Forecast
Today
29° 20°
Rain, 90% chance.
Sat
32° 20°
Partly Cloudy with a 56% chance of rain.
Sun
33° 20°
Clear.
Mon
33° 19°
Mostly Clear with a 60% chance of rain.
Tue
32° 18°
Clear with a 51% chance of rain.
Wed
32° 20°
Rain, 70% chance.
Thu
31° 21°
Heavy Rain, 82% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 28° Rain 90% 10 mph ENE 82%
6 PM 27° Thunderstorm 90% 7 mph E 87%
7 PM 25° Thunderstorm 84% 9 mph ENE 89%
8 PM 24° Heavy Rain 84% 6 mph E 91%
9 PM 24° Rain 84% 6 mph E 92%
10 PM 22° Rain 90% 5 mph E 94%
11 PM 22° Overcast 82% 4 mph SE 96%
12 AM 22° Overcast 67% 4 mph SE 96%
1 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 46% 4 mph SE 96%
2 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 49% 4 mph ESE 96%
3 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 50% 3 mph ESE 97%
4 AM 21° Rain 54% 2 mph E 97%
5 AM 21° Overcast 45% 2 mph E 97%
6 AM 20° Mostly Cloudy 45% 2 mph ESE 96%
7 AM 20° Rain 37% 2 mph ESE 95%
8 AM 21° Rain 32% 2 mph ESE 94%
9 AM 21° Rain 37% 2 mph S 89%
10 AM 24° Mostly Cloudy 47% 2 mph SW 85%
11 AM 24° Mostly Cloudy 56% 3 mph SW 81%
12 PM 26° Mostly Cloudy 57% 3 mph WSW 77%
1 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 48% 4 mph WSW 74%
2 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 48% 4 mph WSW 70%
3 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 49% 4 mph WSW 69%
4 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 49% 4 mph WSW 68%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/21
Rain
90%
20°
29°
Sat
8/22
Partly Cloudy
56%
20°
32°
Sun
8/23
Clear
12%
20°
33°
Mon
8/24
Mostly Clear
60%
19°
33°
Tue
8/25
Clear
51%
18°
32°
Wed
8/26
Rain
70%
20°
32°
Thu
8/27
Heavy Rain
82%
21°
31°
Fri
8/28
Drizzle
53%
19°
34°
Sat
8/29
Rain
68%
22°
32°
Sun
8/30
Rain
68%
19°
34°
Mon
8/31
Drizzle
60%
23°
34°
Tue
9/1
Drizzle
60%
22°
35°
Wed
9/2
Drizzle
60%
22°
34°
Thu
9/3
Drizzle
60%
21°
33°
Fri
9/4
Drizzle
60%
21°
33°
41
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
41 AQI 7.3 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
41 AQI 44 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Sat 41 Good 41 41
Sun 44 Good 44 35
Mon 40 Good 40 34
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
SBCAPE1841 J/kg
MLCAPE2453 J/kg
MUCAPE2865 J/kg
SBCIN-13 J/kg
MLCIN-1 J/kg
Lifted Index-5.9
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear28 kt
0–1 km Shear1 kt
Eff. Shear28 kt
0–1 km SRH1
0–3 km SRH88
Eff. SRH88
Storm Motion295° @ 13 kt
0–1 km EHI0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.7
Supercell3.7
K-Index40.4
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.44 in
0–3 km LR6.2 °C/km
700–500 LR6.0 °C/km
Total Totals51.5
LCL933 hPa
LFC851 hPa
EL164 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,596 ft