Gastonia, North Carolina

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24°C
Feels like 26°
Mostly Clear
▲ 34°  /  ▼ 22°
Wind
6 mph NNE
Humidity
67%
Dew Point
20°
Pressure
29.16 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
5.5
Cloud Cover
17%
Sunrise
6:47 AM
Sunset
8:08 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Gastonia is currently mostly clear at 24°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Sunrise: 6:47AM · Sunset: 8:08PM.

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44 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
24°
11%
9 AM
26°
27%
10 AM
27°
20%
11 AM
29°
20%
12 PM
31°
20%
1 PM
33°
14%
2 PM
33°
3%
3 PM
34°
3%
4 PM
34°
3%
5 PM
33°
3%
6 PM
32°
3%
7 PM
30°
3%
8 PM
29°
3%
9 PM
27°
5%
10 PM
26°
5%
11 PM
25°
5%
12 AM
24°
5%
1 AM
24°
8%
2 AM
24°
8%
3 AM
23°
8%
4 AM
23°
8%
5 AM
22°
9%
6 AM
22°
9%
7 AM
22°
9%
7-Day Forecast
Today
34° 22°
Partly Cloudy with a 20% chance of rain.
Thu
38° 22°
Partly Cloudy with a 39% chance of rain.
Fri
35° 21°
Mostly Clear with a 79% chance of rain.
Sat
34° 19°
Mostly Cloudy with a 58% chance of rain.
Sun
36° 18°
Mostly Clear with a 33% chance of rain.
Mon
34° 19°
Mostly Clear with a 38% chance of rain.
Tue
34° 18°
Partly Cloudy with a 28% chance of rain.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 24° Mostly Clear 11% 6 mph NNE 67%
9 AM 26° Mostly Clear 27% 6 mph NNE 61%
10 AM 27° Partly Cloudy 20% 5 mph NE 54%
11 AM 29° Partly Cloudy 20% 4 mph NNE 50%
12 PM 31° Partly Cloudy 20% 2 mph N 45%
1 PM 33° Partly Cloudy 14% 3 mph NW 41%
2 PM 33° Partly Cloudy 3% 4 mph NW 39%
3 PM 34° Partly Cloudy 3% 4 mph NW 36%
4 PM 34° Partly Cloudy 3% 6 mph NNW 35%
5 PM 33° Partly Cloudy 3% 4 mph NW 42%
6 PM 32° Partly Cloudy 3% 3 mph NW 45%
7 PM 30° Mostly Clear 3% 2 mph NNW 49%
8 PM 29° Mostly Clear 3% 2 mph NE 52%
9 PM 27° Mostly Clear 5% 3 mph ESE 55%
10 PM 26° Clear 5% 3 mph SE 57%
11 PM 25° Clear 5% 2 mph SSE 60%
12 AM 24° Clear 5% 3 mph S 63%
1 AM 24° Clear 8% 3 mph S 66%
2 AM 24° Clear 8% 2 mph SSW 69%
3 AM 23° Mostly Clear 8% 2 mph SSW 71%
4 AM 23° Mostly Clear 8% 2 mph SW 72%
5 AM 22° Mostly Clear 9% 2 mph SW 72%
6 AM 22° Mostly Clear 9% 2 mph SSW 71%
7 AM 22° Mostly Clear 9% 2 mph S 71%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/19
Partly Cloudy
20%
22°
34°
Thu
8/20
Partly Cloudy
39%
22°
38°
Fri
8/21
Mostly Clear
79%
21°
35°
Sat
8/22
Mostly Cloudy
58%
19°
34°
Sun
8/23
Mostly Clear
33%
18°
36°
Mon
8/24
Mostly Clear
38%
19°
34°
Tue
8/25
Partly Cloudy
28%
18°
34°
Wed
8/26
Rain
73%
21°
35°
Thu
8/27
Rain
66%
20°
33°
Fri
8/28
Drizzle
52%
20°
30°
Sat
8/29
Clear
60%
16°
31°
Sun
8/30
Drizzle
60%
18°
31°
Mon
8/31
Drizzle
60%
19°
31°
Tue
9/1
Drizzle
60%
19°
31°
Wed
9/2
Drizzle
60%
19°
31°
44
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
33 AQI 6.1 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
44 AQI 49 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Thu 44 Good 44 33
Fri 41 Good 41 41
Sat 44 Good 44 38
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 Aug 19, 11:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE1 J/kg
MLCAPE20 J/kg
MUCAPE1 J/kg
SBCIN0 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index1.2
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear12 kt
0–1 km Shear5 kt
Eff. Shear—
0–1 km SRH30
0–3 km SRH69
Eff. SRH—
Storm Motion312° @ 20 kt
0–1 km EHI0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)—
Supercell—
K-Index17.0
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.32 in
0–3 km LR4.8 °C/km
700–500 LR5.6 °C/km
Total Totals41.4
LCL919 hPa
LFC987 hPa
EL971 hPa
Freezing Lvl15,571 ft