Areal Flood Watch 7:00 AM

Buchanan County, Virginia, United States

Last updated: 6:13 AM CDT  ·  Refresh
22°C
Feels like 24°
Partly Cloudy
▲ 32°  /  ▼ 18°
Wind
3 mph SSW
Humidity
91%
Dew Point
20°
Pressure
28.11 inHg
Visibility
9 mi
UV Index
1.9
Cloud Cover
52%
Sunrise
6:41 AM
Sunset
8:24 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Buchanan County is currently partly cloudy at 21°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 79% around 9 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 2698 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:41AM · Sunset: 8:24PM.

38 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
22°
19%
8 AM
21°
35%
9 AM
22°
44%
10 AM
25°
36%
11 AM
26°
42%
12 PM
27°
42%
1 PM
28°
41%
2 PM
29°
50%
3 PM
30°
58%
4 PM
30°
52%
5 PM
30°
65%
6 PM
29°
73%
7 PM
27°
74%
8 PM
24°
74%
9 PM
24°
79%
10 PM
22°
75%
11 PM
21°
68%
12 AM
21°
67%
1 AM
21°
54%
2 AM
20°
54%
3 AM
20°
58%
4 AM
20°
55%
5 AM
20°
46%
6 AM
19°
49%
7-Day Forecast
Today
32° 18°
Mostly Cloudy with a 75% chance of rain.
Wed
33° 18°
Mostly Cloudy with a 73% chance of rain.
Thu
32° 17°
Mostly Cloudy with a 62% chance of rain.
Fri
31° 19°
Mostly Cloudy with a 80% chance of rain.
Sat
33° 18°
Overcast with a 33% chance of rain.
Sun
35° 20°
Rain, 62% chance.
Mon
32° 18°
Rain, 77% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 22° Partly Cloudy 19% 3 mph SSW 91%
8 AM 21° Partly Cloudy 35% 4 mph SSW 87%
9 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 44% 6 mph SW 80%
10 AM 25° Mostly Cloudy 36% 6 mph WSW 73%
11 AM 26° Partly Cloudy 42% 8 mph W 69%
12 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 42% 8 mph W 66%
1 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 41% 8 mph W 63%
2 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 50% 7 mph W 59%
3 PM 30° Mostly Cloudy 58% 8 mph W 56%
4 PM 30° Partly Cloudy 52% 8 mph WSW 54%
5 PM 30° Partly Cloudy 65% 9 mph WSW 56%
6 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 73% 7 mph W 65%
7 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 74% 6 mph WSW 77%
8 PM 24° Rain 74% 7 mph WSW 86%
9 PM 24° Rain 79% 5 mph W 90%
10 PM 22° Heavy Rain 75% 5 mph WNW 93%
11 PM 21° Heavy Rain 68% 8 mph WNW 94%
12 AM 21° Heavy Rain 67% 6 mph SW 93%
1 AM 21° Rain 54% 6 mph SSW 93%
2 AM 20° Mostly Cloudy 54% 7 mph SSW 93%
3 AM 20° Mostly Cloudy 58% 7 mph SSW 92%
4 AM 20° Mostly Cloudy 55% 6 mph SW 92%
5 AM 20° Mostly Cloudy 46% 6 mph SW 92%
6 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 49% 6 mph SW 93%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/11
Mostly Cloudy
75%
18°
32°
Wed
8/12
Mostly Cloudy
73%
18°
33°
Thu
8/13
Mostly Cloudy
62%
17°
32°
Fri
8/14
Mostly Cloudy
80%
19°
31°
Sat
8/15
Overcast
33%
18°
33°
Sun
8/16
Rain
62%
20°
35°
Mon
8/17
Rain
77%
18°
32°
Tue
8/18
Drizzle
54%
17°
32°
Wed
8/19
Drizzle
35%
17°
32°
Thu
8/20
Drizzle
45%
16°
29°
Fri
8/21
Drizzle
60%
16°
32°
Sat
8/22
Drizzle
60%
17°
32°
Sun
8/23
Drizzle
60%
18°
32°
Mon
8/24
Drizzle
60%
17°
31°
Tue
8/25
Drizzle
60%
17°
29°
38
Good
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: PM2.5
50 100 150 200

Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no health risk.

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
Dominant
38 AQI 6.8 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
31 AQI 35 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 38 Good 31 38
Wed 39 Good 31 39
Thu 33 Good 33 29
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 Tue Aug 11, 09:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE1050 J/kg
MLCAPE1175 J/kg
MUCAPE1625 J/kg
SBCIN-189 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-4.3
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear22 kt
0–1 km Shear20 kt
Eff. Shear19 kt
0–1 km SRH128
0–3 km SRH145
Eff. SRH145
Storm Motion319° @ 26 kt
0–1 km EHI0.8
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index25.8
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.29 in
0–3 km LR4.9 °C/km
700–500 LR6.7 °C/km
Total Totals47.2
LCL938 hPa
LFC703 hPa
EL213 hPa
Freezing Lvl12,894 ft