Swain County, North Carolina, United States

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17°C
Feels like 17°
Overcast
▲ 17°  /  ▼ 12°
Wind
7 mph ENE
Humidity
96%
Dew Point
16°
Pressure
27.33 inHg
Visibility
7 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
86%
Sunrise
7:36 AM
Sunset
7:05 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Swain County is currently overcast at 17°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 88% around 1 AM. Sunrise: 7:36AM · Sunset: 7:05PM.

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35 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
17°
66%
12 AM
18°
82%
1 AM
18°
87%
2 AM
18°
87%
3 AM
18°
74%
4 AM
18°
68%
5 AM
16°
50%
6 AM
15°
49%
7 AM
14°
42%
8 AM
13°
32%
9 AM
12°
56%
10 AM
12°
46%
11 AM
12°
57%
12 PM
12°
54%
1 PM
16°
54%
2 PM
16°
52%
3 PM
15°
52%
4 PM
15°
56%
5 PM
16°
56%
6 PM
14°
60%
7 PM
14°
60%
8 PM
14°
60%
9 PM
14°
59%
10 PM
14°
57%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
17° 12°
Overcast with a 66% chance of rain.
Sun
18° 12°
Rain, 87% chance.
Mon
24° 13°
Partly Cloudy with a 26% chance of rain.
Tue
27° 12°
Clear.
Wed
29° 14°
Clear.
Thu
29° 15°
Clear.
Fri
26° 11°
Partly Cloudy with a 35% chance of rain.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 17° Overcast 66% 7 mph ENE 96%
12 AM 18° Rain 82% 6 mph ENE 96%
1 AM 18° Rain 87% 5 mph E 96%
2 AM 18° Rain 87% 4 mph E 97%
3 AM 18° Mostly Cloudy 74% 4 mph ESE 97%
4 AM 18° Mostly Cloudy 68% 4 mph SE 97%
5 AM 16° Mostly Cloudy 50% 5 mph SE 97%
6 AM 15° Mostly Cloudy 49% 5 mph SSE 96%
7 AM 14° Mostly Cloudy 42% 4 mph S 94%
8 AM 13° Mostly Cloudy 32% 5 mph S 94%
9 AM 12° Mostly Cloudy 56% 5 mph SSW 94%
10 AM 12° Overcast 46% 5 mph SSW 93%
11 AM 12° Rain 57% 5 mph SW 94%
12 PM 12° Overcast 54% 5 mph WSW 94%
1 PM 16° Overcast 54% 6 mph WSW 94%
2 PM 16° Overcast 52% 7 mph WSW 94%
3 PM 15° Overcast 52% 8 mph WSW 95%
4 PM 15° Overcast 56% 8 mph WSW 96%
5 PM 16° Overcast 56% 8 mph WSW 96%
6 PM 14° Overcast 60% 8 mph W 97%
7 PM 14° Overcast 60% 8 mph W 97%
8 PM 14° Overcast 60% 8 mph W 97%
9 PM 14° Overcast 59% 7 mph W 97%
10 PM 14° Overcast 57% 7 mph W 97%
15-Day Forecast
Today
10/10
Overcast
66%
12°
17°
Sun
10/11
Rain
87%
12°
18°
Mon
10/12
Partly Cloudy
26%
13°
24°
Tue
10/13
Clear
14%
12°
27°
Wed
10/14
Clear
7%
14°
29°
Thu
10/15
Clear
15%
15°
29°
Fri
10/16
Partly Cloudy
35%
11°
26°
Sat
10/17
Clear
31%
-1°
17°
Sun
10/18
Mostly Clear
35%
-2°
12°
Mon
10/19
Partly Cloudy
15%
0°
18°
Tue
10/20
Overcast
19%
3°
21°
Wed
10/21
Drizzle
60%
6°
22°
Thu
10/22
Clear
60%
7°
20°
Fri
10/23
Drizzle
60%
6°
19°
Sat
10/24
Drizzle
60%
6°
19°
35
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
14 AQI 2.7 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
35 AQI 39 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 35 Good 35 14
Mon 30 Good 30 9
Tue 42 Good 42 42
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 LCL0°C Temperature (°C) Pressure (hPa)
Temp Dewpoint Parcel (SB) CAPE CIN Dry adiabat Moist adiabat Mixing ratio
RAP
Valid Sun Oct 11, 02:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE0 J/kg
MLCAPE22 J/kg
MUCAPE266 J/kg
SBCIN—
MLCIN-111 J/kg
Lifted Index2.2
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear63 kt
0–1 km Shear35 kt
Eff. Shear25 kt
0–1 km SRH268
0–3 km SRH310
Eff. SRH87
Storm Motion196° @ 40 kt
0–1 km EHI0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.3
K-Index37.8
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.52 in
0–3 km LR4.2 °C/km
700–500 LR5.9 °C/km
Total Totals47.2
LCL913 hPa
LFC—
EL—
Freezing Lvl12,339 ft