Albemarle County, Virginia, United States

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23°C
Feels like 24°
Mostly Cloudy
▲ 36°  /  ▼ 19°
Wind
5 mph NE
Humidity
82%
Dew Point
21°
Pressure
29.11 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
76%
Sunrise
5:57 AM
Sunset
8:40 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Albemarle County is currently mostly cloudy at 23°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 63% around 6 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1486 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 5:57AM · Sunset: 8:40PM.

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52 AQI · Moderate Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
23°
36%
11 PM
23°
30%
12 AM
23°
36%
1 AM
22°
36%
2 AM
22°
20%
3 AM
21°
20%
4 AM
21°
20%
5 AM
19°
6%
6 AM
19°
6%
7 AM
21°
3%
8 AM
22°
8%
9 AM
26°
16%
10 AM
28°
16%
11 AM
29°
27%
12 PM
31°
27%
1 PM
33°
30%
2 PM
33°
53%
3 PM
32°
46%
4 PM
32°
46%
5 PM
32°
56%
6 PM
31°
62%
7 PM
29°
59%
8 PM
29°
52%
9 PM
27°
58%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
36° 19°
Mostly Cloudy with a 36% chance of rain.
Sun
35° 19°
Partly Cloudy with a 55% chance of rain.
Mon
31° 19°
Mostly Cloudy with a 90% chance of rain.
Tue
30° 18°
Drizzle, 54% chance.
Wed
29° 18°
Rain, 31% chance.
Thu
32° 19°
Rain, 70% chance.
Fri
36° 21°
Rain, 52% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 23° Mostly Cloudy 36% 5 mph NE 82%
11 PM 23° Mostly Cloudy 30% 4 mph WSW 85%
12 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 36% 3 mph SW 85%
1 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 36% 2 mph WSW 86%
2 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 20% 2 mph SW 88%
3 AM 21° Partly Cloudy 20% 2 mph S 90%
4 AM 21° Partly Cloudy 20% 3 mph SSW 92%
5 AM 19° Partly Cloudy 6% 3 mph SSW 92%
6 AM 19° Partly Cloudy 6% 2 mph SSW 90%
7 AM 21° Partly Cloudy 3% 2 mph SSW 89%
8 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 8% 2 mph S 85%
9 AM 26° Partly Cloudy 16% 2 mph S 76%
10 AM 28° Mostly Clear 16% 2 mph S 66%
11 AM 29° Mostly Clear 27% 3 mph SSE 58%
12 PM 31° Mostly Clear 27% 4 mph SSE 53%
1 PM 33° Mostly Clear 30% 4 mph SSE 49%
2 PM 33° Partly Cloudy 53% 6 mph SSE 47%
3 PM 32° Partly Cloudy 46% 7 mph SSE 50%
4 PM 32° Partly Cloudy 46% 8 mph SSE 52%
5 PM 32° Partly Cloudy 56% 8 mph SSE 55%
6 PM 31° Partly Cloudy 62% 6 mph S 60%
7 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 59% 5 mph WSW 66%
8 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 52% 5 mph NW 70%
9 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 58% 4 mph NW 72%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/4
Mostly Cloudy
36%
19°
36°
Sun
7/5
Partly Cloudy
55%
19°
35°
Mon
7/6
Mostly Cloudy
90%
19°
31°
Tue
7/7
Drizzle
54%
18°
30°
Wed
7/8
Rain
31%
18°
29°
Thu
7/9
Rain
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 Sun Jul 5, 01:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE370 J/kg
MLCAPE334 J/kg
MUCAPE705 J/kg
SBCIN-481 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-3.5
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear24 kt
0–1 km Shear18 kt
Eff. Shear17 kt
0–1 km SRH-36
0–3 km SRH-47
Eff. SRH-24
Storm Motion202° @ 29 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.1
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index34.8
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.74 in
0–3 km LR4.4 °C/km
700–500 LR7.1 °C/km
Total Totals54.5
LCL954 hPa
LFC665 hPa
EL366 hPa
Freezing Lvl13,822 ft