Severe Thunderstorm Watch 8:00 PM Severe Thunderstorm Watch 8:00 PM

Saluda County, South Carolina, 29138, United States

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28°C
Feels like 29°
Overcast
▲ 32°  /  ▼ 19°
Wind
6 mph S
Humidity
62%
Dew Point
22°
Pressure
29.45 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
3.2
Cloud Cover
88%
Sunrise
6:53 AM
Sunset
8:06 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Saluda County is currently overcast at 28°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 62% around 6 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1563 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:53AM · Sunset: 8:06PM.

43 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
28°
49%
6 PM
28°
62%
7 PM
27°
53%
8 PM
26°
54%
9 PM
25°
55%
10 PM
23°
45%
11 PM
23°
38%
12 AM
23°
35%
1 AM
22°
24%
2 AM
23°
11%
3 AM
22°
19%
4 AM
22°
19%
5 AM
22°
27%
6 AM
19°
27%
7 AM
20°
32%
8 AM
21°
32%
9 AM
22°
37%
10 AM
23°
29%
11 AM
24°
38%
12 PM
27°
39%
1 PM
27°
33%
2 PM
30°
34%
3 PM
31°
35%
4 PM
31°
35%
7-Day Forecast
Today
32° 19°
Overcast with a 54% chance of rain.
Sat
33° 19°
Partly Cloudy with a 38% chance of rain.
Sun
34° 20°
Clear.
Mon
31° 18°
Clear with a 45% chance of rain.
Tue
32° 18°
Drizzle, 51% chance.
Wed
36° 19°
Heavy Rain, 82% chance.
Thu
32° 22°
Rain, 90% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 28° Overcast 49% 6 mph S 62%
6 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 62% 4 mph NNW 69%
7 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 53% 4 mph NW 75%
8 PM 26° Mostly Cloudy 54% 5 mph W 80%
9 PM 25° Mostly Cloudy 55% 4 mph ESE 83%
10 PM 23° Overcast 45% 4 mph ESE 86%
11 PM 23° Overcast 38% 5 mph ESE 89%
12 AM 23° Overcast 35% 5 mph SE 90%
1 AM 22° Overcast 24% 4 mph SE 93%
2 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 11% 3 mph SE 95%
3 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 19% 3 mph ESE 96%
4 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 19% 2 mph SSE 96%
5 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 27% 2 mph S 96%
6 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 27% 2 mph SE 95%
7 AM 20° Mostly Cloudy 32% 2 mph SE 94%
8 AM 21° Rain 32% 2 mph SSE 92%
9 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 37% 2 mph SSW 86%
10 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 29% 3 mph SSW 79%
11 AM 24° Partly Cloudy 38% 3 mph SSW 74%
12 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 39% 3 mph SW 69%
1 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 33% 3 mph WSW 65%
2 PM 30° Partly Cloudy 34% 4 mph WSW 61%
3 PM 31° Partly Cloudy 35% 4 mph WSW 59%
4 PM 31° Partly Cloudy 35% 4 mph WSW 56%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/21
Overcast
54%
19°
32°
Sat
8/22
Partly Cloudy
38%
19°
33°
Sun
8/23
Clear
7%
20°
34°
Mon
8/24
Clear
45%
18°
31°
Tue
8/25
Drizzle
51%
18°
32°
Wed
8/26
Heavy Rain
82%
19°
36°
Thu
8/27
Rain
90%
22°
32°
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%
18°
35°
Tue
9/1
Drizzle
60%
23°
36°
Wed
9/2
Drizzle
60%
23°
36°
Thu
9/3
Drizzle
60%
22°
36°
Fri
9/4
Drizzle
60%
22°
35°
43
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 7.4 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
43 AQI 47 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Sat 43 Good 43 41
Sun 42 Good 42 36
Mon 42 Good 41 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 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
SBCAPE1097 J/kg
MLCAPE1489 J/kg
MUCAPE1718 J/kg
SBCIN-101 J/kg
MLCIN-66 J/kg
Lifted Index-4.5
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear15 kt
0–1 km Shear7 kt
Eff. Shear14 kt
0–1 km SRH31
0–3 km SRH57
Eff. SRH57
Storm Motion297° @ 17 kt
0–1 km EHI0.2
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index39.1
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.27 in
0–3 km LR6.0 °C/km
700–500 LR6.2 °C/km
Total Totals51.2
LCL910 hPa
LFC753 hPa
EL194 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,236 ft