Areal Flood Watch 7:00 AM

Buchanan County, Virginia, United States

Last updated: 7:04 AM CDT  ·  Refresh
22°C
Feels like 25°
Partly Cloudy
▲ 32°  /  ▼ 18°
Wind
3 mph SSW
Humidity
90%
Dew Point
21°
Pressure
28.12 inHg
Visibility
9 mi
UV Index
3.8
Cloud Cover
43%
Sunrise
6:41 AM
Sunset
8:24 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Buchanan County is currently partly cloudy at 22°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 75% around 10 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 2679 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%
9 AM
22°
39%
10 AM
24°
36%
11 AM
26°
43%
12 PM
27°
42%
1 PM
28°
42%
2 PM
29°
44%
3 PM
30°
57%
4 PM
30°
47%
5 PM
30°
64%
6 PM
29°
73%
7 PM
27°
73%
8 PM
24°
74%
9 PM
24°
74%
10 PM
22°
75%
11 PM
21°
68%
12 AM
21°
66%
1 AM
21°
54%
2 AM
20°
53%
3 AM
20°
57%
4 AM
20°
54%
5 AM
20°
46%
6 AM
19°
49%
7 AM
18°
51%
7-Day Forecast
Today
32° 18°
Rain, 74% chance.
Wed
33° 18°
Mostly Cloudy with a 73% chance of rain.
Thu
32° 18°
Mostly Cloudy with a 75% chance of rain.
Fri
31° 19°
Mostly Cloudy with a 80% chance of rain.
Sat
33° 18°
Mostly Cloudy 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 90%
9 AM 22° Mostly Clear 39% 6 mph SW 80%
10 AM 24° Mostly Cloudy 36% 6 mph WSW 74%
11 AM 26° Partly Cloudy 43% 8 mph W 69%
12 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 42% 8 mph WSW 66%
1 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 42% 8 mph W 63%
2 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 44% 8 mph W 60%
3 PM 30° Mostly Cloudy 57% 7 mph W 57%
4 PM 30° Partly Cloudy 47% 8 mph WSW 54%
5 PM 30° Partly Cloudy 64% 9 mph WSW 54%
6 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 73% 7 mph WSW 64%
7 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 73% 6 mph W 75%
8 PM 24° Rain 74% 7 mph WSW 86%
9 PM 24° Rain 74% 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 66% 7 mph WSW 93%
1 AM 21° Rain 54% 6 mph SW 93%
2 AM 20° Mostly Cloudy 53% 8 mph SSW 93%
3 AM 20° Mostly Cloudy 57% 7 mph SSW 92%
4 AM 20° Mostly Cloudy 54% 7 mph SW 92%
5 AM 20° Mostly Cloudy 46% 6 mph SW 92%
6 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 49% 6 mph SW 93%
7 AM 18° Overcast 51% 6 mph SSW 94%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/11
Rain
74%
18°
32°
Wed
8/12
Mostly Cloudy
73%
18°
33°
Thu
8/13
Mostly Cloudy
75%
18°
32°
Fri
8/14
Mostly Cloudy
80%
19°
31°
Sat
8/15
Mostly Cloudy
33%
18°
33°
Sun
8/16
Rain
62%
20°
35°
Mon
8/17
Rain
77%
18°
32°
Tue
8/18
Drizzle
46%
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, 10:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE1405 J/kg
MLCAPE1114 J/kg
MUCAPE1538 J/kg
SBCIN-170 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-5.4
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear24 kt
0–1 km Shear16 kt
Eff. Shear23 kt
0–1 km SRH101
0–3 km SRH126
Eff. SRH126
Storm Motion320° @ 23 kt
0–1 km EHI0.9
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell2.3
K-Index23.3
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.23 in
0–3 km LR5.0 °C/km
700–500 LR7.0 °C/km
Total Totals46.6
LCL934 hPa
LFC713 hPa
EL186 hPa
Freezing Lvl12,841 ft