Severe Thunderstorm Watch 12:00 AM

Bedford County, Virginia, United States

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23°C
Feels like 27°
Mostly Cloudy
▲ 29°  /  ▼ 19°
Wind
5 mph SW
Humidity
94%
Dew Point
22°
Pressure
28.75 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
75%
Sunrise
6:14 AM
Sunset
8:34 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Bedford County is currently mostly cloudy at 23°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 88% around 2 AM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1246 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:14AM · Sunset: 8:34PM.

Alerts

Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 12:00 AM
53 AQI · Moderate Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
23°
64%
1 AM
23°
70%
2 AM
23°
88%
3 AM
23°
87%
4 AM
23°
75%
5 AM
21°
57%
6 AM
21°
53%
7 AM
21°
50%
8 AM
23°
51%
9 AM
24°
49%
10 AM
24°
44%
11 AM
25°
58%
12 PM
26°
54%
1 PM
27°
59%
2 PM
28°
66%
3 PM
27°
63%
4 PM
27°
64%
5 PM
28°
55%
6 PM
27°
55%
7 PM
27°
55%
8 PM
26°
47%
9 PM
24°
38%
10 PM
24°
39%
11 PM
24°
39%
7-Day Forecast
Today
29° 19°
Mostly Cloudy with a 87% chance of rain.
Thu
26° 17°
Partly Cloudy with a 42% chance of rain.
Fri
27° 16°
Partly Cloudy with a 72% chance of rain.
Sat
25° 18°
Rain, 67% chance.
Sun
32° 18°
Rain, 82% chance.
Mon
34° 19°
Rain, 64% chance.
Tue
37° 19°
Rain, 63% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 23° Mostly Cloudy 64% 5 mph SW 94%
1 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 70% 6 mph NW 96%
2 AM 23° Rain 88% 5 mph WSW 95%
3 AM 23° Rain 87% 6 mph WSW 94%
4 AM 23° Rain 75% 7 mph SW 93%
5 AM 21° Rain 57% 7 mph SW 92%
6 AM 21° Rain 53% 6 mph SW 92%
7 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 50% 7 mph SW 92%
8 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 51% 7 mph SW 85%
9 AM 24° Mostly Cloudy 49% 7 mph WSW 77%
10 AM 24° Rain 44% 8 mph WSW 70%
11 AM 25° Mostly Cloudy 58% 8 mph WSW 66%
12 PM 26° Mostly Cloudy 54% 8 mph SW 63%
1 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 59% 9 mph SW 60%
2 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 66% 8 mph SW 60%
3 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 63% 8 mph SW 63%
4 PM 27° Rain 64% 8 mph SSW 65%
5 PM 28° Rain 55% 7 mph SW 70%
6 PM 27° Rain 55% 5 mph SW 74%
7 PM 27° Rain 55% 5 mph SW 78%
8 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 47% 4 mph SW 78%
9 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 38% 4 mph SW 78%
10 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 39% 4 mph SW 77%
11 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 39% 4 mph WSW 77%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/22
Mostly Cloudy
87%
19°
29°
Thu
7/23
Partly Cloudy
42%
17°
26°
Fri
7/24
Partly Cloudy
72%
16°
27°
Sat
7/25
Rain
67%
18°
25°
Sun
7/26
Rain
82%
18°
32°
Mon
7/27
Rain
64%
19°
34°
Tue
7/28
Rain
63%
19°
37°
Wed
7/29
Rain
69%
17°
33°
Thu
7/30
Rain
66%
17°
31°
Fri
7/31
Drizzle
51%
17°
31°
Sat
8/1
Drizzle
60%
17°
31°
Sun
8/2
Drizzle
60%
17°
29°
Mon
8/3
Drizzle
60%
18°
31°
Tue
8/4
Drizzle
60%
18°
32°
Wed
8/5
Drizzle
60%
19°
32°
53
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
53 AQI 10.2 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
36 AQI 40 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 53 Moderate 36 53
Thu 54 Moderate 41 54
Fri 42 Good 25 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 Wed Jul 22, 03:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE890 J/kg
MLCAPE958 J/kg
MUCAPE1023 J/kg
SBCIN-50 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-2.8
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear42 kt
0–1 km Shear29 kt
Eff. Shear43 kt
0–1 km SRH-48
0–3 km SRH-72
Eff. SRH-72
Storm Motion232° @ 39 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.3
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index36.6
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.20 in
0–3 km LR5.0 °C/km
700–500 LR5.5 °C/km
Total Totals47.2
LCL958 hPa
LFC810 hPa
EL196 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,360 ft