Ritchie County, West Virginia, United States

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27°C
Feels like 28°
Mostly Clear
▲ 28°  /  ▼ 14°
Wind
7 mph N
Humidity
54%
Dew Point
17°
Pressure
29.08 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
6.4
Cloud Cover
22%
Sunrise
6:49 AM
Sunset
8:00 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Ritchie County is currently mostly clear at 27°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 751 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:49AM · Sunset: 8:00PM.

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39 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
27°
3%
6 PM
28°
3%
7 PM
27°
3%
8 PM
24°
3%
9 PM
23°
3%
10 PM
20°
3%
11 PM
19°
3%
12 AM
18°
3%
1 AM
18°
3%
2 AM
18°
3%
3 AM
17°
3%
4 AM
17°
3%
5 AM
16°
3%
6 AM
14°
3%
7 AM
14°
3%
8 AM
16°
3%
9 AM
18°
3%
10 AM
21°
3%
11 AM
23°
3%
12 PM
26°
3%
1 PM
26°
3%
2 PM
28°
3%
3 PM
28°
3%
4 PM
31°
3%
7-Day Forecast
Today
28° 14°
Mostly Clear.
Sat
31° 14°
Clear.
Sun
33° 19°
Mostly Cloudy.
Mon
31° 22°
Overcast with a 20% chance of rain.
Tue
35° 21°
Clear.
Wed
37° 21°
Clear with a 35% chance of rain.
Thu
37° 21°
Clear with a 35% chance of rain.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 27° Mostly Clear 3% 7 mph N 54%
6 PM 28° Mostly Clear 3% 6 mph N 57%
7 PM 27° Clear 3% 5 mph N 66%
8 PM 24° Clear 3% 4 mph N 74%
9 PM 23° Clear 3% 4 mph N 79%
10 PM 20° Clear 3% 4 mph NNE 83%
11 PM 19° Clear 3% 4 mph NNE 85%
12 AM 18° Clear 3% 4 mph NE 85%
1 AM 18° Clear 3% 4 mph NE 86%
2 AM 18° Clear 3% 4 mph NE 86%
3 AM 17° Clear 3% 4 mph NE 87%
4 AM 17° Clear 3% 4 mph NE 87%
5 AM 16° Clear 3% 4 mph NE 88%
6 AM 14° Clear 3% 4 mph NE 88%
7 AM 14° Clear 3% 4 mph NE 88%
8 AM 16° Clear 3% 3 mph NE 87%
9 AM 18° Clear 3% 3 mph NE 79%
10 AM 21° Clear 3% 3 mph ENE 72%
11 AM 23° Clear 3% 3 mph ENE 65%
12 PM 26° Clear 3% 2 mph E 61%
1 PM 26° Mostly Clear 3% 2 mph SSE 59%
2 PM 28° Mostly Clear 3% 3 mph SW 56%
3 PM 28° Mostly Clear 3% 2 mph SSW 56%
4 PM 31° Mostly Clear 3% 2 mph S 56%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/28
Mostly Clear
3%
14°
28°
Sat
8/29
Clear
3%
14°
31°
Sun
8/30
Mostly Cloudy
18%
19°
33°
Mon
8/31
Overcast
20%
22°
31°
Tue
9/1
Clear
19%
21°
35°
Wed
9/2
Clear
35%
21°
37°
Thu
9/3
Clear
35%
21°
37°
Fri
9/4
Clear
60%
19°
36°
Sat
9/5
Drizzle
60%
18°
31°
Sun
9/6
Drizzle
60%
17°
33°
Mon
9/7
Drizzle
60%
18°
31°
Tue
9/8
Clear
60%
17°
32°
Wed
9/9
Drizzle
60%
16°
31°
Thu
9/10
Drizzle
60%
16°
31°
Fri
9/11
Drizzle
60%
16°
30°
39
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
38 AQI 6.8 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
39 AQI 42 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Sat 39 Good 39 38
Sun 46 Good 46 38
Mon 51 Moderate 45 51
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 28, 19:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE1165 J/kg
MLCAPE351 J/kg
MUCAPE1165 J/kg
SBCIN-1 J/kg
MLCIN-19 J/kg
Lifted Index-3.6
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear25 kt
0–1 km Shear4 kt
Eff. Shear20 kt
0–1 km SRH-8
0–3 km SRH37
Eff. SRH37
Storm Motion325° @ 22 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.1
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.4
K-Index19.2
Thermo & Levels
PWAT0.95 in
0–3 km LR7.6 °C/km
700–500 LR5.9 °C/km
Total Totals45.5
LCL849 hPa
LFC843 hPa
EL247 hPa
Freezing Lvl12,621 ft