McDowell County, North Carolina, United States

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12°C
Feels like 9°
Clear
▲ 14°  /  ▼ 1°
Wind
4 mph NNE
Humidity
52%
Dew Point
1°
Pressure
28.77 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
0%
Sunrise
7:37 AM
Sunset
6:48 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: McDowell County is currently clear at 12°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Sunrise: 7:37AM · Sunset: 6:48PM.

Alerts

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29 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
12°
3%
8 PM
13°
3%
9 PM
12°
3%
10 PM
9°
3%
11 PM
8°
3%
12 AM
8°
3%
1 AM
7°
3%
2 AM
7°
3%
3 AM
6°
3%
4 AM
6°
3%
5 AM
6°
3%
6 AM
4°
3%
7 AM
4°
3%
8 AM
4°
3%
9 AM
7°
3%
10 AM
11°
3%
11 AM
13°
3%
12 PM
14°
3%
1 PM
16°
3%
2 PM
19°
3%
3 PM
19°
3%
4 PM
19°
3%
5 PM
19°
3%
6 PM
17°
3%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
14° 1°
Clear.
Mon
22° 4°
Clear.
Tue
25° 7°
Mostly Clear.
Wed
24° 8°
Clear.
Thu
26° 5°
Clear.
Fri
23° 7°
Clear.
Sat
19° 4°
Clear.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 12° Clear 3% 4 mph NNE 52%
8 PM 13° Clear 3% 4 mph NNE 54%
9 PM 12° Clear 3% 4 mph N 53%
10 PM 9° Clear 3% 4 mph N 54%
11 PM 8° Clear 3% 4 mph NNW 57%
12 AM 8° Clear 3% 4 mph NNW 59%
1 AM 7° Clear 3% 4 mph NNW 59%
2 AM 7° Clear 3% 4 mph NNW 59%
3 AM 6° Clear 3% 4 mph NNW 59%
4 AM 6° Clear 3% 4 mph NNW 58%
5 AM 6° Clear 3% 4 mph NNW 58%
6 AM 4° Clear 3% 4 mph NNW 55%
7 AM 4° Clear 3% 3 mph NNW 52%
8 AM 4° Clear 3% 3 mph NW 48%
9 AM 7° Clear 3% 3 mph NNW 43%
10 AM 11° Clear 3% 2 mph N 38%
11 AM 13° Clear 3% 3 mph NNE 34%
12 PM 14° Clear 3% 3 mph NE 34%
1 PM 16° Clear 3% 3 mph ENE 35%
2 PM 19° Clear 3% 3 mph ENE 36%
3 PM 19° Clear 3% 3 mph ENE 38%
4 PM 19° Clear 3% 2 mph ENE 40%
5 PM 19° Clear 3% 2 mph ENE 42%
6 PM 17° Clear 3% 2 mph NE 44%
15-Day Forecast
Today
10/18
Clear
3%
1°
14°
Mon
10/19
Clear
3%
4°
22°
Tue
10/20
Mostly Clear
3%
7°
25°
Wed
10/21
Clear
3%
8°
24°
Thu
10/22
Clear
3%
5°
26°
Fri
10/23
Clear
3%
7°
23°
Sat
10/24
Clear
3%
4°
19°
Sun
10/25
Mostly Clear
3%
4°
21°
Mon
10/26
Partly Cloudy
3%
6°
23°
Tue
10/27
Clear
19%
7°
23°
Wed
10/28
Clear
21%
7°
22°
Thu
10/29
Clear
60%
8°
21°
Fri
10/30
Drizzle
60%
8°
22°
Sat
10/31
Drizzle
60%
9°
21°
Sun
11/1
Drizzle
60%
10°
21°
29
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
6 AQI 1.1 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
29 AQI 31 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Mon 29 Good 29 6
Tue 32 Good 32 11
Wed 33 Good 33 14
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 LCL0°C Temperature (°C) Pressure (hPa)
Temp Dewpoint Parcel (SB) CAPE CIN Dry adiabat Moist adiabat Mixing ratio
RAP
Valid Sun Oct 18, 21:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE0 J/kg
MLCAPE10 J/kg
MUCAPE0 J/kg
SBCIN—
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index19.1
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear7 kt
0–1 km Shear11 kt
Eff. Shear—
0–1 km SRH-18
0–3 km SRH-17
Eff. SRH—
Storm Motion51° @ 25 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)—
Supercell—
K-Index-22.1
Thermo & Levels
PWAT0.27 in
0–3 km LR2.5 °C/km
700–500 LR5.9 °C/km
Total Totals16.3
LCL818 hPa
LFC—
EL—
Freezing Lvl12,907 ft