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 — 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 Flash Flood Warning — Anson County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Stanly County, NC 7:30 PM Areal Flood Watch 7:00 AM

Richmond County, North Carolina, United States

Last updated: 5:22 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
26°C
Feels like 28°
Mostly Cloudy
▲ 30°  /  ▼ 19°
Wind
10 mph E
Humidity
88%
Dew Point
23°
Pressure
29.58 inHg
Visibility
5 mi
UV Index
2.5
Cloud Cover
83%
Sunrise
6:43 AM
Sunset
7:59 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Richmond County is currently mostly cloudy at 25°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 84% around 10 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1316 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:43AM · Sunset: 7:59PM.

41 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
26°
80%
7 PM
26°
83%
8 PM
25°
81%
9 PM
22°
80%
10 PM
22°
84%
11 PM
22°
75%
12 AM
22°
74%
1 AM
22°
41%
2 AM
22°
36%
3 AM
22°
41%
4 AM
21°
44%
5 AM
19°
44%
6 AM
19°
48%
7 AM
20°
46%
8 AM
21°
43%
9 AM
23°
32%
10 AM
24°
45%
11 AM
25°
54%
12 PM
26°
54%
1 PM
28°
48%
2 PM
29°
48%
3 PM
29°
49%
4 PM
29°
46%
5 PM
29°
37%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
30° 19°
Mostly Cloudy with a 80% chance of rain.
Sat
31° 19°
Rain, 74% chance.
Sun
33° 20°
Mostly Clear with a 25% chance of rain.
Mon
32° 19°
Clear with a 53% chance of rain.
Tue
31° 18°
Partly Cloudy with a 45% chance of rain.
Wed
31° 20°
Rain, 69% chance.
Thu
30° 21°
Heavy Rain, 83% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 26° Mostly Cloudy 80% 10 mph E 88%
7 PM 26° Thunderstorm 83% 6 mph ESE 90%
8 PM 25° Thunderstorm 81% 5 mph E 92%
9 PM 22° Heavy Rain 80% 5 mph ESE 93%
10 PM 22° Heavy Rain 84% 5 mph ESE 93%
11 PM 22° Overcast 75% 4 mph SE 94%
12 AM 22° Overcast 74% 3 mph SSE 95%
1 AM 22° Overcast 41% 3 mph SSE 96%
2 AM 22° Overcast 36% 3 mph ENE 96%
3 AM 22° Overcast 41% 3 mph NE 96%
4 AM 21° Overcast 44% 3 mph ESE 96%
5 AM 19° Rain 44% 3 mph ESE 96%
6 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 48% 3 mph SE 95%
7 AM 20° Mostly Cloudy 46% 3 mph SE 94%
8 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 43% 3 mph SE 92%
9 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 32% 2 mph SSW 88%
10 AM 24° Rain 45% 2 mph SW 84%
11 AM 25° Rain 54% 2 mph WSW 79%
12 PM 26° Rain 54% 3 mph WSW 76%
1 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 48% 3 mph W 73%
2 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 48% 4 mph W 71%
3 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 49% 4 mph W 68%
4 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 46% 4 mph W 66%
5 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 37% 4 mph W 65%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/21
Mostly Cloudy
80%
19°
30°
Sat
8/22
Rain
74%
19°
31°
Sun
8/23
Mostly Clear
25%
20°
33°
Mon
8/24
Clear
53%
19°
32°
Tue
8/25
Partly Cloudy
45%
18°
31°
Wed
8/26
Rain
69%
20°
31°
Thu
8/27
Heavy Rain
83%
21°
30°
Fri
8/28
Drizzle
57%
19°
33°
Sat
8/29
Rain
73%
21°
31°
Sun
8/30
Rain
72%
19°
33°
Mon
8/31
Drizzle
68%
19°
33°
Tue
9/1
Drizzle
60%
22°
34°
Wed
9/2
Drizzle
60%
22°
33°
Thu
9/3
Drizzle
60%
21°
33°
Fri
9/4
Drizzle
60%
21°
33°
41
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
41 AQI 7.3 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
41 AQI 44 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Sat 41 Good 41 41
Sun 44 Good 44 35
Mon 40 Good 40 34
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
SBCAPE1292 J/kg
MLCAPE1203 J/kg
MUCAPE3134 J/kg
SBCIN-22 J/kg
MLCIN-24 J/kg
Lifted Index-4.2
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear21 kt
0–1 km Shear19 kt
Eff. Shear25 kt
0–1 km SRH72
0–3 km SRH104
Eff. SRH104
Storm Motion290° @ 14 kt
0–1 km EHI0.6
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.4
Supercell4.1
K-Index33.9
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.14 in
0–3 km LR5.8 °C/km
700–500 LR5.5 °C/km
Total Totals43.6
LCL961 hPa
LFC866 hPa
EL179 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,505 ft