Severe Thunderstorm Watch 9:00 PM

Albemarle County, Virginia, United States

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23°C
Feels like 26°
Rain
▲ 36°  /  ▼ 19°
Wind
4 mph ENE
Humidity
80%
Dew Point
21°
Pressure
29.09 inHg
Visibility
8 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
84%
Sunrise
5:57 AM
Sunset
8:40 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Albemarle County is currently rain at 23°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 63% around 9 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1631 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 5:57AM · Sunset: 8:40PM.

52 AQI · Moderate Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
23°
63%
10 PM
23°
53%
11 PM
23°
27%
12 AM
23°
31%
1 AM
22°
37%
2 AM
22°
20%
3 AM
22°
20%
4 AM
21°
8%
5 AM
19°
6%
6 AM
20°
6%
7 AM
20°
3%
8 AM
22°
8%
9 AM
26°
16%
10 AM
27°
17%
11 AM
29°
19%
12 PM
31°
22%
1 PM
33°
29%
2 PM
34°
33%
3 PM
33°
37%
4 PM
33°
36%
5 PM
32°
46%
6 PM
31°
53%
7 PM
30°
43%
8 PM
29°
43%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
36° 19°
Rain, 63% chance.
Sun
35° 19°
Partly Cloudy with a 55% chance of rain.
Mon
31° 19°
Overcast with a 90% chance of rain.
Tue
30° 18°
Drizzle, 54% chance.
Wed
29° 18°
Rain, 37% chance.
Thu
32° 19°
Drizzle, 70% chance.
Fri
36° 21°
Rain, 52% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 23° Rain 63% 4 mph ENE 80%
10 PM 23° Overcast 53% 4 mph N 84%
11 PM 23° Overcast 27% 3 mph NNE 85%
12 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 31% 2 mph W 86%
1 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 37% 2 mph WSW 87%
2 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 20% 2 mph SW 88%
3 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 20% 2 mph S 89%
4 AM 21° Partly Cloudy 8% 3 mph S 89%
5 AM 19° Partly Cloudy 6% 2 mph S 89%
6 AM 20° Partly Cloudy 6% 2 mph S 87%
7 AM 20° Partly Cloudy 3% 2 mph SE 85%
8 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 8% 2 mph SE 81%
9 AM 26° Partly Cloudy 16% 2 mph SSE 74%
10 AM 27° Partly Cloudy 17% 2 mph SSE 66%
11 AM 29° Partly Cloudy 19% 3 mph SSE 59%
12 PM 31° Partly Cloudy 22% 4 mph SSE 54%
1 PM 33° Partly Cloudy 29% 5 mph SSE 49%
2 PM 34° Partly Cloudy 33% 5 mph SSE 48%
3 PM 33° Partly Cloudy 37% 5 mph S 50%
4 PM 33° Partly Cloudy 36% 6 mph S 52%
5 PM 32° Partly Cloudy 46% 6 mph S 56%
6 PM 31° Partly Cloudy 53% 5 mph SSW 61%
7 PM 30° Partly Cloudy 43% 5 mph SW 66%
8 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 43% 5 mph WSW 71%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/4
Rain
63%
19°
36°
Sun
7/5
Partly Cloudy
55%
19°
35°
Mon
7/6
Overcast
90%
19°
31°
Tue
7/7
Drizzle
54%
18°
30°
Wed
7/8
Rain
37%
18°
29°
Thu
7/9
Drizzle
70%
19°
32°
Fri
7/10
Rain
52%
21°
36°
Sat
7/11
Rain
82%
19°
31°
Sun
7/12
Rain
68%
17°
30°
Mon
7/13
Drizzle
44%
15°
31°
Tue
7/14
Drizzle
60%
18°
33°
Wed
7/15
Drizzle
60%
19°
34°
Thu
7/16
Drizzle
60%
19°
34°
Fri
7/17
Drizzle
60%
18°
33°
Sat
7/18
Drizzle
60%
19°
34°
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
44 AQI 47 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 52 Moderate 44 52
Mon 52 Moderate 37 52
Tue 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 Sat Jul 4, 23:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE334 J/kg
MLCAPE279 J/kg
MUCAPE701 J/kg
SBCIN-513 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-2.6
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear23 kt
0–1 km Shear16 kt
Eff. Shear14 kt
0–1 km SRH-88
0–3 km SRH-102
Eff. SRH-32
Storm Motion195° @ 27 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.2
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index34.2
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.70 in
0–3 km LR4.7 °C/km
700–500 LR6.5 °C/km
Total Totals49.6
LCL945 hPa
LFC680 hPa
EL344 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,049 ft