Severe Thunderstorm Watch 9:00 PM

Botetourt County, Virginia, United States

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24°C
Feels like 27°
Mostly Cloudy
▲ 35°  /  ▼ 17°
Wind
2 mph WSW
Humidity
77%
Dew Point
19°
Pressure
28.57 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
66%
Sunrise
6:03 AM
Sunset
8:43 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Botetourt County is currently mostly cloudy at 24°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 64% around 2 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1235 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:03AM · Sunset: 8:43PM.

56 AQI · Moderate Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
24°
27%
10 PM
23°
43%
11 PM
22°
26%
12 AM
22°
26%
1 AM
21°
19%
2 AM
21°
4%
3 AM
20°
7%
4 AM
20°
7%
5 AM
17°
16%
6 AM
18°
5%
7 AM
19°
3%
8 AM
21°
10%
9 AM
24°
22%
10 AM
26°
22%
11 AM
28°
38%
12 PM
29°
46%
1 PM
32°
55%
2 PM
32°
64%
3 PM
31°
59%
4 PM
30°
50%
5 PM
29°
51%
6 PM
29°
51%
7 PM
28°
51%
8 PM
28°
35%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
35° 17°
Mostly Cloudy with a 27% chance of rain.
Sun
33° 17°
Partly Cloudy with a 59% chance of rain.
Mon
32° 19°
Mostly Cloudy with a 83% chance of rain.
Tue
29° 18°
Partly Cloudy with a 31% chance of rain.
Wed
29° 17°
Clear.
Thu
30° 17°
Drizzle, 51% chance.
Fri
33° 19°
Drizzle, 52% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 24° Mostly Cloudy 27% 2 mph WSW 77%
10 PM 23° Partly Cloudy 43% 2 mph WNW 81%
11 PM 22° Mostly Clear 26% 2 mph NNW 83%
12 AM 22° Mostly Clear 26% 2 mph NNW 84%
1 AM 21° Partly Cloudy 19% 2 mph NNW 84%
2 AM 21° Partly Cloudy 4% 2 mph NW 85%
3 AM 20° Partly Cloudy 7% 2 mph WNW 86%
4 AM 20° Mostly Clear 7% 2 mph W 88%
5 AM 17° Mostly Clear 16% 1 mph WNW 88%
6 AM 18° Partly Cloudy 5% 2 mph N 86%
7 AM 19° Partly Cloudy 3% 1 mph NW 84%
8 AM 21° Partly Cloudy 10% 1 mph WNW 80%
9 AM 24° Partly Cloudy 22% 1 mph W 73%
10 AM 26° Mostly Clear 22% 2 mph SW 66%
11 AM 28° Mostly Clear 38% 3 mph SW 59%
12 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 46% 4 mph SSW 54%
1 PM 32° Partly Cloudy 55% 4 mph SSW 49%
2 PM 32° Partly Cloudy 64% 4 mph SW 48%
3 PM 31° Partly Cloudy 59% 4 mph SW 55%
4 PM 30° Mostly Cloudy 50% 4 mph WSW 63%
5 PM 29° Drizzle 51% 4 mph WSW 68%
6 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 51% 4 mph WSW 71%
7 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 51% 3 mph W 74%
8 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 35% 3 mph W 77%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/4
Mostly Cloudy
27%
17°
35°
Sun
7/5
Partly Cloudy
59%
17°
33°
Mon
7/6
Mostly Cloudy
83%
19°
32°
Tue
7/7
Partly Cloudy
31%
18°
29°
Wed
7/8
Clear
19%
17°
29°
Thu
7/9
Drizzle
51%
17°
30°
Fri
7/10
Drizzle
52%
19°
33°
Sat
7/11
Drizzle
53%
18°
29°
Sun
7/12
Rain
68%
16°
29°
Mon
7/13
Drizzle
44%
14°
29°
Tue
7/14
Drizzle
60%
17°
33°
Wed
7/15
Drizzle
60%
17°
33°
Thu
7/16
Drizzle
60%
18°
31°
Fri
7/17
Drizzle
60%
17°
30°
Sat
7/18
Drizzle
60%
18°
31°
56
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
56 AQI 11.9 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
39 AQI 42 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 56 Moderate 39 56
Mon 48 Good 32 48
Tue 42 Good 34 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 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
SBCAPE222 J/kg
MLCAPE217 J/kg
MUCAPE459 J/kg
SBCIN-384 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-2.0
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear18 kt
0–1 km Shear10 kt
Eff. Shear9 kt
0–1 km SRH-34
0–3 km SRH-40
Eff. SRH-9
Storm Motion188° @ 25 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.1
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index38.1
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.69 in
0–3 km LR5.4 °C/km
700–500 LR6.2 °C/km
Total Totals51.2
LCL903 hPa
LFC678 hPa
EL375 hPa
Freezing Lvl13,776 ft