Buchanan County, Virginia, United States

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23°C
Feels like 26°
Rain
▲ 26°  /  ▼ 17°
Wind
4 mph SSW
Humidity
87%
Dew Point
21°
Pressure
28.05 inHg
Visibility
5 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
43%
Sunrise
7:36 AM
Sunset
6:51 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Buchanan County is currently rain at 23°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 75% around 7 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 882 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 7:36AM · Sunset: 6:51PM.

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45 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
23°
67%
9 PM
22°
49%
10 PM
21°
34%
11 PM
20°
24%
12 AM
20°
24%
1 AM
19°
22%
2 AM
19°
6%
3 AM
19°
4%
4 AM
18°
6%
5 AM
18°
6%
6 AM
17°
6%
7 AM
17°
4%
8 AM
17°
5%
9 AM
18°
13%
10 AM
19°
13%
11 AM
21°
32%
12 PM
21°
47%
1 PM
21°
53%
2 PM
24°
56%
3 PM
23°
59%
4 PM
21°
60%
5 PM
19°
56%
6 PM
17°
56%
7 PM
14°
74%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
26° 17°
Rain, 67% chance.
Fri
25° 8°
Mostly Clear with a 74% chance of rain.
Sat
16° 2°
Rain, 65% chance.
Sun
19° 0°
Clear.
Mon
21° 2°
Clear.
Tue
22° 3°
Clear.
Wed
23° 4°
Clear.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 23° Rain 67% 4 mph SSW 87%
9 PM 22° Mostly Clear 49% 4 mph SSE 89%
10 PM 21° Mostly Clear 34% 4 mph SSE 87%
11 PM 20° Mostly Clear 24% 4 mph SSE 87%
12 AM 20° Partly Cloudy 24% 4 mph S 85%
1 AM 19° Partly Cloudy 22% 5 mph S 84%
2 AM 19° Mostly Clear 6% 6 mph S 84%
3 AM 19° Clear 4% 6 mph S 86%
4 AM 18° Clear 6% 7 mph SSW 87%
5 AM 18° Clear 6% 7 mph SSW 88%
6 AM 17° Clear 6% 7 mph SSW 88%
7 AM 17° Clear 4% 7 mph SSW 88%
8 AM 17° Clear 5% 7 mph SSW 88%
9 AM 18° Clear 13% 7 mph SSW 82%
10 AM 19° Mostly Clear 13% 9 mph SW 76%
11 AM 21° Clear 32% 10 mph SW 69%
12 PM 21° Mostly Clear 47% 10 mph WSW 67%
1 PM 21° Partly Cloudy 53% 10 mph WSW 65%
2 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 56% 11 mph WSW 64%
3 PM 23° Partly Cloudy 59% 11 mph W 74%
4 PM 21° Mostly Cloudy 60% 10 mph W 82%
5 PM 19° Mostly Cloudy 56% 11 mph WNW 89%
6 PM 17° Mostly Cloudy 56% 10 mph WNW 89%
7 PM 14° Overcast 74% 10 mph WNW 89%
15-Day Forecast
Today
10/15
Rain
67%
17°
26°
Fri
10/16
Mostly Clear
74%
8°
25°
Sat
10/17
Rain
65%
2°
16°
Sun
10/18
Clear
13%
0°
19°
Mon
10/19
Clear
7%
2°
21°
Tue
10/20
Clear
3%
3°
22°
Wed
10/21
Clear
3%
4°
23°
Thu
10/22
Clear
3%
4°
24°
Fri
10/23
Clear
3%
3°
24°
Sat
10/24
Clear
31%
6°
24°
Sun
10/25
Mostly Clear
60%
5°
22°
Mon
10/26
Clear
25%
7°
21°
Tue
10/27
Drizzle
60%
7°
20°
Wed
10/28
Clear
60%
7°
20°
Thu
10/29
Drizzle
60%
7°
20°
45
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
45 AQI 8.2 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
35 AQI 38 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 45 Good 35 45
Sat 40 Good 30 40
Sun 26 Good 26 9
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 Thu Oct 15, 22:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE684 J/kg
MLCAPE356 J/kg
MUCAPE684 J/kg
SBCIN-48 J/kg
MLCIN-21 J/kg
Lifted Index-2.4
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear20 kt
0–1 km Shear14 kt
Eff. Shear20 kt
0–1 km SRH54
0–3 km SRH72
Eff. SRH72
Storm Motion284° @ 24 kt
0–1 km EHI0.2
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.5
K-Index37.5
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.88 in
0–3 km LR5.4 °C/km
700–500 LR5.4 °C/km
Total Totals45.0
LCL921 hPa
LFC837 hPa
EL215 hPa
Freezing Lvl13,694 ft