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Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States

Last updated: 8:06 AM CDT  ·  Refresh
26°C
Feels like 31°
Mostly Clear
▲ 36°  /  ▼ 23°
Wind
2 mph NE
Humidity
81%
Dew Point
23°
Pressure
29.35 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
6.0
Cloud Cover
16%
Sunrise
6:43 AM
Sunset
8:10 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Mecklenburg County is currently mostly clear at 26°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 2163 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:43AM · Sunset: 8:10PM.

46 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
26°
13%
10 AM
28°
16%
11 AM
30°
24%
12 PM
31°
28%
1 PM
33°
26%
2 PM
34°
19%
3 PM
34°
22%
4 PM
33°
29%
5 PM
32°
29%
6 PM
32°
18%
7 PM
31°
13%
8 PM
29°
13%
9 PM
28°
13%
10 PM
27°
14%
11 PM
27°
5%
12 AM
26°
5%
1 AM
26°
5%
2 AM
26°
5%
3 AM
26°
5%
4 AM
24°
5%
5 AM
24°
3%
6 AM
23°
3%
7 AM
24°
3%
8 AM
24°
3%
7-Day Forecast
Today
36° 23°
Mostly Clear with a 28% chance of rain.
Mon
39° 23°
Mostly Clear with a 49% chance of rain.
Tue
38° 22°
Mostly Clear with a 28% chance of rain.
Wed
35° 21°
Mostly Clear.
Thu
37° 23°
Drizzle, 71% chance.
Fri
32° 21°
Rain, 90% chance.
Sat
32° 19°
Rain, 90% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 26° Mostly Clear 13% 2 mph NE 81%
10 AM 28° Clear 16% 1 mph SSE 70%
11 AM 30° Clear 24% 2 mph SSW 62%
12 PM 31° Mostly Clear 28% 2 mph SW 58%
1 PM 33° Mostly Clear 26% 3 mph WSW 54%
2 PM 34° Mostly Clear 19% 4 mph W 50%
3 PM 34° Mostly Clear 22% 4 mph W 52%
4 PM 33° Mostly Clear 29% 5 mph WNW 55%
5 PM 32° Mostly Clear 29% 5 mph WNW 57%
6 PM 32° Partly Cloudy 18% 5 mph SW 58%
7 PM 31° Partly Cloudy 13% 4 mph SSW 60%
8 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 13% 5 mph S 64%
9 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 13% 5 mph S 70%
10 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 14% 5 mph S 74%
11 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 5% 6 mph S 79%
12 AM 26° Mostly Clear 5% 5 mph SSW 81%
1 AM 26° Mostly Clear 5% 4 mph SSW 82%
2 AM 26° Mostly Clear 5% 4 mph SW 84%
3 AM 26° Clear 5% 4 mph SW 85%
4 AM 24° Clear 5% 4 mph SW 86%
5 AM 24° Clear 3% 5 mph SW 87%
6 AM 23° Clear 3% 5 mph SW 86%
7 AM 24° Clear 3% 4 mph SW 85%
8 AM 24° Clear 3% 4 mph WSW 83%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/16
Mostly Clear
28%
23°
36°
Mon
8/17
Mostly Clear
49%
23°
39°
Tue
8/18
Mostly Clear
28%
22°
38°
Wed
8/19
Mostly Clear
7%
21°
35°
Thu
8/20
Drizzle
71%
23°
37°
Fri
8/21
Rain
90%
21°
32°
Sat
8/22
Rain
90%
19°
32°
Sun
8/23
Rain
69%
19°
31°
Mon
8/24
Drizzle
68%
19°
32°
Tue
8/25
Drizzle
63%
21°
34°
Wed
8/26
Drizzle
60%
21°
33°
Thu
8/27
Drizzle
60%
21°
32°
Fri
8/28
Drizzle
60%
20°
30°
Sat
8/29
Drizzle
60%
19°
30°
Sun
8/30
Drizzle
60%
19°
31°
46
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
46 AQI 8.3 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
43 AQI 46 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Mon 46 Good 43 46
Tue 52 Moderate 40 52
Wed 64 Moderate 64 48
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 Sun Aug 16, 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
SBCAPE1384 J/kg
MLCAPE588 J/kg
MUCAPE1384 J/kg
SBCIN-47 J/kg
MLCIN-68 J/kg
Lifted Index-3.6
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear12 kt
0–1 km Shear3 kt
Eff. Shear9 kt
0–1 km SRH17
0–3 km SRH29
Eff. SRH29
Storm Motion347° @ 17 kt
0–1 km EHI0.2
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index36.7
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.07 in
0–3 km LR5.4 °C/km
700–500 LR5.4 °C/km
Total Totals45.4
LCL954 hPa
LFC818 hPa
EL151 hPa
Freezing Lvl15,545 ft