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 Watch 7:00 AM

Scotland County, North Carolina, United States

Last updated: 5:21 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
24°C
Feels like 27°
Overcast
▲ 32°  /  ▼ 20°
Wind
9 mph ENE
Humidity
92%
Dew Point
23°
Pressure
29.68 inHg
Visibility
9 mi
UV Index
1.2
Cloud Cover
99%
Sunrise
6:42 AM
Sunset
7:58 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Scotland County is currently overcast at 24°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 83% around 7 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1560 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:42AM · Sunset: 7:58PM.

46 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
24°
80%
7 PM
24°
83%
8 PM
24°
71%
9 PM
22°
70%
10 PM
22°
70%
11 PM
22°
62%
12 AM
22°
61%
1 AM
22°
44%
2 AM
21°
38%
3 AM
21°
34%
4 AM
21°
42%
5 AM
20°
41%
6 AM
20°
47%
7 AM
20°
51%
8 AM
21°
49%
9 AM
23°
40%
10 AM
24°
37%
11 AM
25°
52%
12 PM
26°
53%
1 PM
27°
48%
2 PM
28°
45%
3 PM
28°
46%
4 PM
28°
46%
5 PM
28°
37%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
32° 20°
Overcast with a 80% chance of rain.
Sat
30° 20°
Partly Cloudy with a 61% chance of rain.
Sun
32° 21°
Mostly Clear.
Mon
32° 20°
Clear with a 53% chance of rain.
Tue
29° 19°
Partly Cloudy with a 45% chance of rain.
Wed
30° 21°
Rain, 72% chance.
Thu
29° 21°
Rain, 90% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 24° Overcast 80% 9 mph ENE 92%
7 PM 24° Rain 83% 7 mph E 92%
8 PM 24° Thunderstorm 71% 9 mph S 92%
9 PM 22° Heavy Rain 70% 4 mph E 93%
10 PM 22° Heavy Rain 70% 4 mph ESE 94%
11 PM 22° Heavy Rain 62% 4 mph SE 95%
12 AM 22° Overcast 61% 3 mph S 95%
1 AM 22° Overcast 44% 3 mph S 95%
2 AM 21° Overcast 38% 3 mph SSE 96%
3 AM 21° Overcast 34% 2 mph S 96%
4 AM 21° Rain 42% 2 mph WNW 96%
5 AM 20° Rain 41% 2 mph NW 96%
6 AM 20° Mostly Cloudy 47% 2 mph NE 95%
7 AM 20° Mostly Cloudy 51% 3 mph ENE 95%
8 AM 21° Partly Cloudy 49% 3 mph ENE 93%
9 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 40% 2 mph ESE 89%
10 AM 24° Mostly Cloudy 37% 2 mph WSW 85%
11 AM 25° Overcast 52% 3 mph WSW 80%
12 PM 26° Mostly Cloudy 53% 3 mph SW 77%
1 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 48% 4 mph SW 73%
2 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 45% 4 mph SW 70%
3 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 46% 4 mph WSW 69%
4 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 46% 4 mph WSW 67%
5 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 37% 4 mph WSW 67%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/21
Overcast
80%
20°
32°
Sat
8/22
Partly Cloudy
61%
20°
30°
Sun
8/23
Mostly Clear
15%
21°
32°
Mon
8/24
Clear
53%
20°
32°
Tue
8/25
Partly Cloudy
45%
19°
29°
Wed
8/26
Rain
72%
21°
30°
Thu
8/27
Rain
90%
21°
29°
Fri
8/28
Drizzle
83%
20°
31°
Sat
8/29
Drizzle
54%
22°
30°
Sun
8/30
Rain
72%
20°
32°
Mon
8/31
Drizzle
68%
19°
32°
Tue
9/1
Drizzle
60%
23°
33°
Wed
9/2
Drizzle
60%
22°
32°
Thu
9/3
Drizzle
60%
22°
32°
Fri
9/4
Drizzle
60%
21°
32°
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 8.2 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
44 AQI 48 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Sat 46 Good 44 46
Sun 38 Good 38 31
Mon 40 Good 38 40
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
SBCAPE1080 J/kg
MLCAPE951 J/kg
MUCAPE2384 J/kg
SBCIN-39 J/kg
MLCIN-47 J/kg
Lifted Index-3.7
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear21 kt
0–1 km Shear22 kt
Eff. Shear23 kt
0–1 km SRH108
0–3 km SRH131
Eff. SRH131
Storm Motion285° @ 15 kt
0–1 km EHI0.7
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell3.8
K-Index35.6
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.19 in
0–3 km LR5.4 °C/km
700–500 LR5.4 °C/km
Total Totals45.5
LCL980 hPa
LFC813 hPa
EL192 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,590 ft