Severe Thunderstorm Watch 12:00 AM Severe Thunderstorm Watch 1:00 AM Areal Flood Advisory — Essex County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, King William County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Richmond County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA 1:45 AM Flash Flood Warning — Essex County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, King William County, VA, Lancaster County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Richmond County, VA 2:15 AM

Essex County, Virginia, United States

Last updated: 11:59 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
23°C
Feels like 26°
Rain
▲ 30°  /  ▼ 19°
Wind
5 mph SSW
Humidity
97%
Dew Point
22°
Pressure
29.66 inHg
Visibility
9 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
98%
Sunrise
6:02 AM
Sunset
8:25 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Essex County is currently rain at 23°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 90% around 12 AM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1591 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:02AM · Sunset: 8:25PM.

Alerts

Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 12:00 AM
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 1:00 AM
Areal Flood Advisory
Essex County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, King William County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Richmond County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA
Expires 1:45 AM
Flash Flood Warning
Essex County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, King William County, VA, Lancaster County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Richmond County, VA
Expires 2:15 AM
38 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
23°
90%
1 AM
23°
84%
2 AM
23°
84%
3 AM
23°
75%
4 AM
23°
55%
5 AM
22°
56%
6 AM
23°
40%
7 AM
23°
31%
8 AM
24°
52%
9 AM
26°
61%
10 AM
27°
51%
11 AM
28°
44%
12 PM
28°
56%
1 PM
29°
56%
2 PM
28°
61%
3 PM
28°
65%
4 PM
27°
65%
5 PM
27°
74%
6 PM
26°
75%
7 PM
24°
68%
8 PM
24°
69%
9 PM
24°
66%
10 PM
24°
67%
11 PM
23°
67%
7-Day Forecast
Today
30° 19°
Partly Cloudy with a 90% chance of rain.
Thu
27° 18°
Partly Cloudy with a 65% chance of rain.
Fri
27° 17°
Partly Cloudy with a 36% chance of rain.
Sat
25° 18°
Mostly Cloudy with a 45% chance of rain.
Sun
30° 18°
Rain, 77% chance.
Mon
33° 18°
Rain, 64% chance.
Tue
35° 20°
Rain, 71% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 23° Rain 90% 5 mph SSW 97%
1 AM 23° Thunderstorm 84% 6 mph S 98%
2 AM 23° Overcast 84% 7 mph SSW 97%
3 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 75% 8 mph SSW 96%
4 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 55% 9 mph SSW 95%
5 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 56% 9 mph SW 93%
6 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 40% 10 mph SW 91%
7 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 31% 10 mph SW 90%
8 AM 24° Partly Cloudy 52% 10 mph SW 84%
9 AM 26° Partly Cloudy 61% 11 mph SW 79%
10 AM 27° Partly Cloudy 51% 11 mph SW 73%
11 AM 28° Mostly Cloudy 44% 10 mph SW 68%
12 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 56% 10 mph SW 63%
1 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 56% 10 mph SW 59%
2 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 61% 9 mph SW 63%
3 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 65% 9 mph SSW 67%
4 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 65% 8 mph SSW 71%
5 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 74% 7 mph SSW 77%
6 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 75% 6 mph SSW 82%
7 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 68% 6 mph SW 87%
8 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 69% 5 mph SW 89%
9 PM 24° Mostly Cloudy 66% 5 mph SW 92%
10 PM 24° Rain 67% 5 mph SSW 94%
11 PM 23° Rain 67% 6 mph SW 94%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/22
Partly Cloudy
90%
19°
30°
Thu
7/23
Partly Cloudy
65%
18°
27°
Fri
7/24
Partly Cloudy
36%
17°
27°
Sat
7/25
Mostly Cloudy
45%
18°
25°
Sun
7/26
Rain
77%
18°
30°
Mon
7/27
Rain
64%
18°
33°
Tue
7/28
Rain
71%
20°
35°
Wed
7/29
Rain
69%
19°
30°
Thu
7/30
Drizzle
44%
18°
29°
Fri
7/31
Drizzle
51%
17°
29°
Sat
8/1
Drizzle
60%
19°
29°
Sun
8/2
Drizzle
60%
19°
29°
Mon
8/3
Drizzle
60%
19°
31°
Tue
8/4
Drizzle
60%
21°
32°
Wed
8/5
Drizzle
60%
21°
32°
38
Good
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: O3
50 100 150 200

Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no health risk.

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
31 AQI 5.7 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
38 AQI 41 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 38 Good 38 31
Thu 39 Good 39 33
Fri 32 Good 32 27
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 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE324 J/kg
MLCAPE700 J/kg
MUCAPE1012 J/kg
SBCIN-84 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-1.3
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear43 kt
0–1 km Shear25 kt
Eff. Shear43 kt
0–1 km SRH-77
0–3 km SRH-113
Eff. SRH-113
Storm Motion222° @ 39 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.2
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index38.7
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.45 in
0–3 km LR4.8 °C/km
700–500 LR5.1 °C/km
Total Totals46.9
LCL996 hPa
LFC766 hPa
EL295 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,964 ft