Severe Thunderstorm Watch 8:00 PM

Macon County, North Carolina, United States

Last updated: 6:27 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
26°C
Feels like 31°
Partly Cloudy
▲ 28°  /  ▼ 19°
Wind
3 mph SSW
Humidity
82%
Dew Point
21°
Pressure
27.57 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
3.6
Cloud Cover
36%
Sunrise
6:23 AM
Sunset
8:51 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Macon County is currently partly cloudy at 26°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 74% around 4 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 2900 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:23AM · Sunset: 8:51PM.

44 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
26°
37%
8 PM
26°
66%
9 PM
25°
62%
10 PM
23°
47%
11 PM
23°
23%
12 AM
22°
23%
1 AM
22°
27%
2 AM
21°
15%
3 AM
21°
15%
4 AM
21°
15%
5 AM
21°
17%
6 AM
19°
17%
7 AM
19°
5%
8 AM
21°
19%
9 AM
24°
23%
10 AM
27°
31%
11 AM
28°
54%
12 PM
29°
54%
1 PM
30°
55%
2 PM
33°
69%
3 PM
31°
69%
4 PM
29°
73%
5 PM
28°
64%
6 PM
28°
55%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
28° 19°
Partly Cloudy with a 47% chance of rain.
Thu
33° 19°
Partly Cloudy with a 56% chance of rain.
Fri
34° 19°
Rain, 64% chance.
Sat
31° 19°
Mostly Cloudy with a 64% chance of rain.
Sun
31° 18°
Rain, 90% chance.
Mon
29° 18°
Rain, 90% chance.
Tue
30° 18°
Rain, 90% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 26° Partly Cloudy 37% 3 mph SSW 82%
8 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 66% 3 mph SW 87%
9 PM 25° Partly Cloudy 62% 3 mph WSW 89%
10 PM 23° Partly Cloudy 47% 2 mph W 90%
11 PM 23° Partly Cloudy 23% 2 mph W 91%
12 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 23% 2 mph WNW 91%
1 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 27% 1 mph NNW 91%
2 AM 21° Partly Cloudy 15% 2 mph NNW 91%
3 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 15% 2 mph NNW 91%
4 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 15% 2 mph NNW 91%
5 AM 21° Partly Cloudy 17% 2 mph NNW 91%
6 AM 19° Partly Cloudy 17% 2 mph NNW 90%
7 AM 19° Fog 5% 2 mph NNW 89%
8 AM 21° Haze 19% 2 mph NNW 86%
9 AM 24° Partly Cloudy 23% 2 mph N 78%
10 AM 27° Partly Cloudy 31% 2 mph N 70%
11 AM 28° Partly Cloudy 54% 2 mph NNE 64%
12 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 54% 2 mph ENE 58%
1 PM 30° Mostly Cloudy 55% 2 mph E 52%
2 PM 33° Mostly Cloudy 69% 2 mph ESE 52%
3 PM 31° Mostly Cloudy 69% 2 mph SE 59%
4 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 73% 2 mph SW 66%
5 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 64% 3 mph WNW 72%
6 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 55% 2 mph NNW 78%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/1
Partly Cloudy
47%
19°
28°
Thu
7/2
Partly Cloudy
56%
19°
33°
Fri
7/3
Rain
64%
19°
34°
Sat
7/4
Mostly Cloudy
64%
19°
31°
Sun
7/5
Rain
90%
18°
31°
Mon
7/6
Rain
90%
18°
29°
Tue
7/7
Rain
90%
18°
30°
Wed
7/8
Rain
63%
18°
28°
Thu
7/9
Rain
90%
18°
29°
Fri
7/10
Rain
66%
17°
30°
Sat
7/11
Drizzle
51%
18°
34°
Sun
7/12
Drizzle
60%
18°
33°
Mon
7/13
Drizzle
60%
18°
30°
Tue
7/14
Drizzle
60%
18°
30°
Wed
7/15
Rain
90%
18°
29°
44
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
44 AQI 7.9 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
30 AQI 32 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Thu 44 Good 30 44
Fri 52 Moderate 25 52
Sat 53 Moderate 41 53
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 1, 22:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE2872 J/kg
MLCAPE3284 J/kg
MUCAPE4124 J/kg
SBCIN-100 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-8.4
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear17 kt
0–1 km Shear6 kt
Eff. Shear12 kt
0–1 km SRH5
0–3 km SRH-23
Eff. SRH-23
Storm Motion35° @ 22 kt
0–1 km EHI0.1
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index36.7
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.68 in
0–3 km LR5.6 °C/km
700–500 LR7.7 °C/km
Total Totals57.1
LCL870 hPa
LFC772 hPa
EL162 hPa
Freezing Lvl13,412 ft