Severe Thunderstorm Watch 9:00 PM

Culpeper, Virginia

Last updated: 8:19 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
23°C
Feels like 26°
Thunderstorm
▲ 37°  /  ▼ 18°
Wind
5 mph SW
Humidity
83%
Dew Point
21°
Pressure
29.53 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
93%
Sunrise
5:53 AM
Sunset
8:39 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Culpeper is currently thunderstorm at 23°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 90% around 9 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1312 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 5:53AM · Sunset: 8:39PM.

58 AQI · Moderate Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
23°
70%
10 PM
23°
72%
11 PM
22°
48%
12 AM
22°
53%
1 AM
22°
40%
2 AM
21°
11%
3 AM
21°
8%
4 AM
21°
8%
5 AM
18°
8%
6 AM
18°
8%
7 AM
19°
3%
8 AM
21°
10%
9 AM
24°
18%
10 AM
26°
22%
11 AM
28°
23%
12 PM
29°
23%
1 PM
33°
23%
2 PM
33°
39%
3 PM
33°
46%
4 PM
34°
56%
5 PM
33°
75%
6 PM
31°
75%
7 PM
29°
76%
8 PM
28°
81%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
37° 18°
Thunderstorm, 70% chance.
Sun
35° 18°
Mostly Clear with a 90% chance of rain.
Mon
32° 19°
Overcast with a 90% chance of rain.
Tue
29° 18°
Mostly Cloudy with a 54% chance of rain.
Wed
29° 18°
Clear with a 37% chance of rain.
Thu
34° 19°
Drizzle, 70% chance.
Fri
37° 21°
Rain, 63% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 23° Thunderstorm 70% 5 mph SW 83%
10 PM 23° Rain 72% 4 mph NNE 89%
11 PM 22° Heavy Rain 48% 5 mph NNW 90%
12 AM 22° Overcast 53% 3 mph NW 91%
1 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 40% 3 mph WSW 91%
2 AM 21° Partly Cloudy 11% 3 mph SW 92%
3 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 8% 3 mph SW 93%
4 AM 21° Partly Cloudy 8% 3 mph SW 93%
5 AM 18° Partly Cloudy 8% 3 mph SW 93%
6 AM 18° Mostly Clear 8% 2 mph SW 90%
7 AM 19° Mostly Clear 3% 2 mph WSW 88%
8 AM 21° Mostly Clear 10% 2 mph SW 83%
9 AM 24° Mostly Clear 18% 2 mph SE 76%
10 AM 26° Mostly Clear 22% 2 mph SE 68%
11 AM 28° Mostly Clear 23% 2 mph SE 61%
12 PM 29° Mostly Clear 23% 3 mph SSE 56%
1 PM 33° Mostly Clear 23% 4 mph SSE 50%
2 PM 33° Mostly Clear 39% 4 mph SSE 47%
3 PM 33° Mostly Clear 46% 5 mph S 46%
4 PM 34° Mostly Clear 56% 7 mph SW 46%
5 PM 33° Partly Cloudy 75% 7 mph SW 49%
6 PM 31° Partly Cloudy 75% 5 mph SSW 58%
7 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 76% 4 mph S 67%
8 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 81% 5 mph SSE 74%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/4
Thunderstorm
70%
18°
37°
Sun
7/5
Mostly Clear
90%
18°
35°
Mon
7/6
Overcast
90%
19°
32°
Tue
7/7
Mostly Cloudy
54%
18°
29°
Wed
7/8
Clear
37%
18°
29°
Thu
7/9
Drizzle
70%
19°
34°
Fri
7/10
Rain
63%
21°
37°
Sat
7/11
Rain
82%
19°
31°
Sun
7/12
Rain
68%
17°
31°
Mon
7/13
Drizzle
44%
16°
32°
Tue
7/14
Drizzle
51%
18°
34°
Wed
7/15
Drizzle
60%
19°
34°
Thu
7/16
Drizzle
60%
19°
34°
Fri
7/17
Drizzle
60%
19°
34°
Sat
7/18
Drizzle
60%
19°
34°
58
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
58 AQI 12.9 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
38 AQI 42 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 58 Moderate 38 58
Mon 52 Moderate 33 52
Tue 44 Good 38 44
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
SBCAPE289 J/kg
MLCAPE571 J/kg
MUCAPE1412 J/kg
SBCIN-379 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-2.4
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear21 kt
0–1 km Shear14 kt
Eff. Shear11 kt
0–1 km SRH-100
0–3 km SRH-117
Eff. SRH-50
Storm Motion190° @ 26 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.2
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index37.8
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.07 in
0–3 km LR4.7 °C/km
700–500 LR6.2 °C/km
Total Totals50.0
LCL965 hPa
LFC694 hPa
EL370 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,334 ft