Tornado Warning — Chatham County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Randolph County, NC 5:30 PM Severe Thunderstorm Warning — Anson County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Lee County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Stanly County, NC 5:30 PM Severe Thunderstorm Watch 8:00 PM Severe Thunderstorm Watch 8:00 PM Areal Flood Advisory — Montgomery County, NC, Stanly County, NC 7:00 PM Areal Flood Advisory — Anson County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Richmond County, NC 7:15 PM Flash Flood Warning — Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Stanly County, NC 7:30 PM Areal Flood Watch 7:00 AM

Montgomery County, North Carolina, United States

Last updated: 5:21 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
24°C
Feels like 27°
Heavy Rain
▲ 30°  /  ▼ 19°
Wind
5 mph NE
Humidity
88%
Dew Point
23°
Pressure
29.43 inHg
Visibility
1 mi
UV Index
1.2
Cloud Cover
100%
Sunrise
6:43 AM
Sunset
8:01 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Montgomery County is currently heavy rain at 24°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 82% around 7 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1229 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:43AM · Sunset: 8:01PM.

42 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
24°
74%
7 PM
25°
82%
8 PM
24°
80%
9 PM
23°
78%
10 PM
22°
82%
11 PM
21°
80%
12 AM
21°
64%
1 AM
21°
54%
2 AM
21°
36%
3 AM
21°
36%
4 AM
21°
49%
5 AM
21°
52%
6 AM
19°
57%
7 AM
19°
51%
8 AM
20°
35%
9 AM
21°
35%
10 AM
23°
38%
11 AM
24°
30%
12 PM
25°
30%
1 PM
26°
22%
2 PM
28°
22%
3 PM
29°
28%
4 PM
29°
29%
5 PM
29°
29%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
30° 19°
Heavy Rain, 78% chance.
Sat
31° 19°
Partly Cloudy with a 64% chance of rain.
Sun
32° 19°
Clear with a 25% chance of rain.
Mon
32° 18°
Mostly Clear with a 53% chance of rain.
Tue
31° 17°
Drizzle, 45% chance.
Wed
31° 19°
Rain, 72% chance.
Thu
29° 20°
Rain, 80% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 24° Heavy Rain 74% 5 mph NE 88%
7 PM 25° Thunderstorm 82% 6 mph ENE 92%
8 PM 24° Heavy Rain 80% 6 mph E 94%
9 PM 23° Heavy Rain 78% 4 mph ESE 95%
10 PM 22° Heavy Rain 82% 5 mph SE 96%
11 PM 21° Overcast 80% 4 mph SE 96%
12 AM 21° Overcast 64% 3 mph SSE 96%
1 AM 21° Overcast 54% 3 mph SSW 97%
2 AM 21° Overcast 36% 3 mph SW 97%
3 AM 21° Overcast 36% 2 mph S 96%
4 AM 21° Overcast 49% 2 mph ESE 96%
5 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 52% 2 mph ESE 96%
6 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 57% 2 mph SE 96%
7 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 51% 2 mph SE 95%
8 AM 20° Mostly Cloudy 35% 2 mph SE 93%
9 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 35% 2 mph S 89%
10 AM 23° Overcast 38% 2 mph SW 86%
11 AM 24° Overcast 30% 2 mph WSW 82%
12 PM 25° Mostly Cloudy 30% 2 mph WSW 78%
1 PM 26° Mostly Cloudy 22% 2 mph WSW 73%
2 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 22% 3 mph WSW 70%
3 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 28% 3 mph WSW 68%
4 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 29% 4 mph SW 66%
5 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 29% 4 mph SW 65%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/21
Heavy Rain
78%
19°
30°
Sat
8/22
Partly Cloudy
64%
19°
31°
Sun
8/23
Clear
25%
19°
32°
Mon
8/24
Mostly Clear
53%
18°
32°
Tue
8/25
Drizzle
45%
17°
31°
Wed
8/26
Rain
72%
19°
31°
Thu
8/27
Rain
80%
20°
29°
Fri
8/28
Drizzle
56%
19°
33°
Sat
8/29
Rain
73%
21°
31°
Sun
8/30
Rain
72%
19°
33°
Mon
8/31
Drizzle
68%
18°
33°
Tue
9/1
Drizzle
60%
21°
34°
Wed
9/2
Drizzle
60%
21°
33°
Thu
9/3
Drizzle
60%
20°
33°
Fri
9/4
Drizzle
60%
20°
33°
42
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
42 AQI 7.5 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
40 AQI 43 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Sat 42 Good 40 42
Sun 44 Good 44 31
Mon 37 Good 37 33
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 Fri Aug 21, 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
SBCAPE1145 J/kg
MLCAPE1421 J/kg
MUCAPE2956 J/kg
SBCIN-19 J/kg
MLCIN-12 J/kg
Lifted Index-3.9
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear18 kt
0–1 km Shear14 kt
Eff. Shear20 kt
0–1 km SRH57
0–3 km SRH102
Eff. SRH102
Storm Motion283° @ 16 kt
0–1 km EHI0.4
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell3.1
K-Index33.4
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.12 in
0–3 km LR5.6 °C/km
700–500 LR5.4 °C/km
Total Totals43.1
LCL972 hPa
LFC823 hPa
EL185 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,327 ft