Buchanan County, Virginia, United States

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22°C
Feels like 25°
Partly Cloudy
▲ 26°  /  ▼ 17°
Wind
3 mph S
Humidity
86%
Dew Point
20°
Pressure
28.05 inHg
Visibility
8 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
40%
Sunrise
7:36 AM
Sunset
6:51 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Buchanan County is currently partly cloudy at 22°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 76% around 8 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 668 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 7:36AM · Sunset: 6:51PM.

Alerts

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45 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
22°
28%
10 PM
21°
29%
11 PM
21°
19%
12 AM
20°
19%
1 AM
20°
19%
2 AM
19°
3%
3 AM
19°
3%
4 AM
18°
4%
5 AM
18°
4%
6 AM
18°
5%
7 AM
17°
5%
8 AM
17°
5%
9 AM
18°
13%
10 AM
19°
14%
11 AM
21°
32%
12 PM
21°
49%
1 PM
21°
55%
2 PM
24°
59%
3 PM
22°
59%
4 PM
21°
59%
5 PM
19°
55%
6 PM
16°
56%
7 PM
16°
68%
8 PM
12°
76%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
26° 17°
Partly Cloudy with a 28% chance of rain.
Fri
25° 8°
Partly Cloudy with a 76% chance of rain.
Sat
16° 2°
Overcast with a 69% chance of rain.
Sun
19° -1°
Clear.
Mon
21° 2°
Clear.
Tue
22° 3°
Clear.
Wed
24° 3°
Clear.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 22° Partly Cloudy 28% 3 mph S 86%
10 PM 21° Mostly Clear 29% 4 mph SSE 88%
11 PM 21° Partly Cloudy 19% 4 mph SSE 87%
12 AM 20° Mostly Clear 19% 4 mph S 86%
1 AM 20° Mostly Clear 19% 4 mph S 85%
2 AM 19° Mostly Clear 3% 6 mph S 84%
3 AM 19° Clear 3% 6 mph S 85%
4 AM 18° Clear 4% 6 mph SSW 87%
5 AM 18° Clear 4% 7 mph SSW 88%
6 AM 18° Clear 5% 7 mph SSW 88%
7 AM 17° Clear 5% 7 mph SSW 88%
8 AM 17° Clear 5% 7 mph SSW 88%
9 AM 18° Clear 13% 7 mph SSW 83%
10 AM 19° Clear 14% 9 mph SW 76%
11 AM 21° Mostly Clear 32% 10 mph SW 69%
12 PM 21° Mostly Clear 49% 10 mph WSW 67%
1 PM 21° Partly Cloudy 55% 11 mph WSW 65%
2 PM 24° Mostly Cloudy 59% 12 mph WSW 64%
3 PM 22° Mostly Cloudy 59% 11 mph W 74%
4 PM 21° Mostly Cloudy 59% 11 mph W 85%
5 PM 19° Mostly Cloudy 55% 11 mph WNW 93%
6 PM 16° Mostly Cloudy 56% 11 mph WNW 93%
7 PM 16° Mostly Cloudy 68% 10 mph WNW 92%
8 PM 12° Overcast 76% 9 mph WNW 92%
15-Day Forecast
Today
10/15
Partly Cloudy
28%
17°
26°
Fri
10/16
Partly Cloudy
76%
8°
25°
Sat
10/17
Overcast
69%
2°
16°
Sun
10/18
Clear
14%
-1°
19°
Mon
10/19
Clear
7%
2°
21°
Tue
10/20
Clear
3%
3°
22°
Wed
10/21
Clear
3%
3°
24°
Thu
10/22
Clear
3%
4°
24°
Fri
10/23
Clear
3%
3°
24°
Sat
10/24
Clear
36%
7°
24°
Sun
10/25
Clear
60%
3°
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, 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
SBCAPE371 J/kg
MLCAPE210 J/kg
MUCAPE371 J/kg
SBCIN-67 J/kg
MLCIN-38 J/kg
Lifted Index-1.9
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear20 kt
0–1 km Shear15 kt
Eff. Shear20 kt
0–1 km SRH57
0–3 km SRH74
Eff. SRH74
Storm Motion288° @ 22 kt
0–1 km EHI0.1
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.3
K-Index37.3
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.84 in
0–3 km LR5.3 °C/km
700–500 LR5.4 °C/km
Total Totals45.0
LCL922 hPa
LFC803 hPa
EL263 hPa
Freezing Lvl13,419 ft