Areal Flood Watch 7:00 AM

Ritchie County, West Virginia, United States

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23°C
Feels like 27°
Partly Cloudy
▲ 28°  /  ▼ 21°
Wind
3 mph ESE
Humidity
89%
Dew Point
22°
Pressure
29.08 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
52%
Sunrise
6:37 AM
Sunset
8:19 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Ritchie County is currently partly cloudy at 23°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 87% around 1 AM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 2441 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:37AM · Sunset: 8:19PM.

56 AQI · Moderate Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
23°
46%
12 AM
23°
64%
1 AM
23°
87%
2 AM
23°
52%
3 AM
23°
72%
4 AM
22°
62%
5 AM
22°
65%
6 AM
22°
76%
7 AM
22°
57%
8 AM
22°
72%
9 AM
24°
76%
10 AM
24°
64%
11 AM
26°
55%
12 PM
27°
56%
1 PM
28°
56%
2 PM
29°
57%
3 PM
29°
57%
4 PM
29°
53%
5 PM
29°
58%
6 PM
29°
56%
7 PM
28°
56%
8 PM
27°
56%
9 PM
27°
57%
10 PM
25°
69%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
28° 21°
Partly Cloudy with a 46% chance of rain.
Sun
30° 22°
Mostly Cloudy with a 72% chance of rain.
Mon
29° 18°
Overcast with a 50% chance of rain.
Tue
29° 17°
Mostly Clear with a 48% chance of rain.
Wed
30° 16°
Drizzle, 69% chance.
Thu
27° 17°
Drizzle, 70% chance.
Fri
28° 16°
Rain, 64% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 23° Partly Cloudy 46% 3 mph ESE 89%
12 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 64% 2 mph SSE 92%
1 AM 23° Overcast 87% 3 mph S 95%
2 AM 23° Overcast 52% 4 mph SW 99%
3 AM 23° Overcast 72% 4 mph SSW 99%
4 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 62% 4 mph SSW 99%
5 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 65% 5 mph SSW 99%
6 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 76% 5 mph SSW 99%
7 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 57% 5 mph SSW 98%
8 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 72% 6 mph SSW 97%
9 AM 24° Mostly Cloudy 76% 6 mph SW 90%
10 AM 24° Partly Cloudy 64% 7 mph SW 85%
11 AM 26° Partly Cloudy 55% 7 mph SW 82%
12 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 56% 8 mph WSW 77%
1 PM 28° Rain 56% 8 mph WSW 72%
2 PM 29° Rain 57% 9 mph WSW 67%
3 PM 29° Rain 57% 9 mph WSW 67%
4 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 53% 8 mph WSW 66%
5 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 58% 8 mph WSW 68%
6 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 56% 7 mph WSW 71%
7 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 56% 6 mph WSW 75%
8 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 56% 6 mph W 79%
9 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 57% 5 mph WSW 82%
10 PM 25° Partly Cloudy 69% 4 mph WSW 86%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/15
Partly Cloudy
46%
21°
28°
Sun
8/16
Mostly Cloudy
72%
22°
30°
Mon
8/17
Overcast
50%
18°
29°
Tue
8/18
Mostly Clear
48%
17°
29°
Wed
8/19
Drizzle
69%
16°
30°
Thu
8/20
Drizzle
70%
17°
27°
Fri
8/21
Rain
64%
16°
28°
Sat
8/22
Rain
28%
17°
27°
Sun
8/23
Drizzle
69%
17°
28°
Mon
8/24
Clear
19%
17°
31°
Tue
8/25
Clear
60%
18°
32°
Wed
8/26
Drizzle
60%
18°
32°
Thu
8/27
Drizzle
60%
17°
30°
Fri
8/28
Drizzle
60%
16°
29°
Sat
8/29
Drizzle
60%
17°
29°
56
Moderate
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: PM2.5
50 100 150 200

Air quality is acceptable. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
Dominant
56 AQI 11.9 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
46 AQI 51 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 56 Moderate 46 56
Mon 51 Moderate 41 51
Tue 51 Moderate 43 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 Sun Aug 16, 01:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE169 J/kg
MLCAPE216 J/kg
MUCAPE321 J/kg
SBCIN-143 J/kg
MLCIN-80 J/kg
Lifted Index-0.8
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear27 kt
0–1 km Shear9 kt
Eff. Shear31 kt
0–1 km SRH61
0–3 km SRH65
Eff. SRH65
Storm Motion318° @ 22 kt
0–1 km EHI0.1
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.3
K-Index35.1
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.91 in
0–3 km LR5.0 °C/km
700–500 LR4.8 °C/km
Total Totals42.1
LCL963 hPa
LFC775 hPa
EL334 hPa
Freezing Lvl15,348 ft