Severe Thunderstorm Watch 12:00 AM

Culpeper County, Virginia, United States

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21°C
Feels like 23°
Overcast
▲ 31°  /  ▼ 17°
Wind
7 mph SSW
Humidity
96%
Dew Point
21°
Pressure
29.31 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
91%
Sunrise
6:05 AM
Sunset
8:30 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Culpeper County is currently overcast at 21°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 75% around 12 AM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 872 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:05AM · Sunset: 8:30PM.

41 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
21°
74%
1 AM
22°
67%
2 AM
22°
35%
3 AM
22°
23%
4 AM
22°
22%
5 AM
21°
26%
6 AM
22°
32%
7 AM
23°
32%
8 AM
24°
33%
9 AM
26°
24%
10 AM
28°
24%
11 AM
29°
25%
12 PM
29°
35%
1 PM
31°
35%
2 PM
30°
36%
3 PM
30°
26%
4 PM
30°
24%
5 PM
30°
24%
6 PM
29°
20%
7 PM
27°
21%
8 PM
27°
11%
9 PM
26°
11%
10 PM
26°
12%
11 PM
25°
12%
7-Day Forecast
Today
31° 17°
Partly Cloudy with a 74% chance of rain.
Thu
27° 16°
Mostly Clear.
Fri
28° 15°
Partly Cloudy with a 32% chance of rain.
Sat
25° 17°
Mostly Cloudy with a 50% chance of rain.
Sun
32° 17°
Rain, 82% chance.
Mon
34° 18°
Rain, 64% chance.
Tue
38° 18°
Rain, 63% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 21° Overcast 74% 7 mph SSW 96%
1 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 67% 8 mph SSW 95%
2 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 35% 8 mph SSW 95%
3 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 23% 8 mph SSW 96%
4 AM 22° Mostly Clear 22% 6 mph SSW 96%
5 AM 21° Mostly Clear 26% 6 mph SSW 95%
6 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 32% 6 mph SSW 94%
7 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 32% 6 mph SW 91%
8 AM 24° Mostly Cloudy 33% 6 mph WSW 82%
9 AM 26° Mostly Cloudy 24% 6 mph WSW 71%
10 AM 28° Mostly Cloudy 24% 7 mph W 60%
11 AM 29° Partly Cloudy 25% 7 mph W 56%
12 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 35% 7 mph W 54%
1 PM 31° Rain 35% 6 mph W 52%
2 PM 30° Rain 36% 6 mph W 52%
3 PM 30° Partly Cloudy 26% 6 mph WNW 53%
4 PM 30° Partly Cloudy 24% 5 mph WNW 53%
5 PM 30° Partly Cloudy 24% 5 mph NW 55%
6 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 20% 5 mph NW 57%
7 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 21% 5 mph NNW 59%
8 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 11% 5 mph NNW 59%
9 PM 26° Mostly Cloudy 11% 6 mph NNW 58%
10 PM 26° Mostly Cloudy 12% 6 mph NNW 58%
11 PM 25° Mostly Cloudy 12% 7 mph NNW 58%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/22
Partly Cloudy
74%
17°
31°
Thu
7/23
Mostly Clear
10%
16°
27°
Fri
7/24
Partly Cloudy
32%
15°
28°
Sat
7/25
Mostly Cloudy
50%
17°
25°
Sun
7/26
Rain
82%
17°
32°
Mon
7/27
Rain
64%
18°
34°
Tue
7/28
Rain
63%
18°
38°
Wed
7/29
Rain
69%
17°
34°
Thu
7/30
Rain
66%
17°
31°
Fri
7/31
Drizzle
51%
17°
31°
Sat
8/1
Drizzle
60%
18°
31°
Sun
8/2
Drizzle
60%
18°
31°
Mon
8/3
Drizzle
60%
18°
33°
Tue
8/4
Drizzle
60%
19°
33°
Wed
8/5
Drizzle
60%
20°
33°
41
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
41 AQI 7.3 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
31 AQI 34 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 41 Good 31 41
Thu 32 Good 32 21
Fri 30 Good 30 22
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 Wed Jul 22, 03:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE134 J/kg
MLCAPE255 J/kg
MUCAPE336 J/kg
SBCIN-227 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-0.6
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear40 kt
0–1 km Shear29 kt
Eff. Shear32 kt
0–1 km SRH-7
0–3 km SRH19
Eff. SRH19
Storm Motion231° @ 34 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.1
K-Index32.0
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.95 in
0–3 km LR4.5 °C/km
700–500 LR5.6 °C/km
Total Totals45.2
LCL982 hPa
LFC696 hPa
EL471 hPa
Freezing Lvl13,688 ft