Watauga County, North Carolina, United States

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21°C
Feels like 22°
Mostly Cloudy
▲ 25°  /  ▼ 17°
Wind
6 mph WSW
Humidity
92%
Dew Point
19°
Pressure
26.56 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
82%
Sunrise
6:26 AM
Sunset
8:40 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Watauga County is currently mostly cloudy at 21°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 90% around 8 AM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1329 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:26AM · Sunset: 8:40PM.

Alerts

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34 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
21°
56%
4 AM
21°
57%
5 AM
21°
71%
6 AM
19°
72%
7 AM
19°
73%
8 AM
19°
90%
9 AM
20°
90%
10 AM
22°
75%
11 AM
22°
75%
12 PM
22°
85%
1 PM
22°
85%
2 PM
23°
77%
3 PM
24°
80%
4 PM
24°
73%
5 PM
23°
78%
6 PM
23°
58%
7 PM
22°
70%
8 PM
22°
70%
9 PM
22°
70%
10 PM
21°
67%
11 PM
20°
70%
12 AM
20°
70%
1 AM
19°
73%
2 AM
19°
68%
7-Day Forecast
Today
25° 17°
Mostly Cloudy with a 90% chance of rain.
Thu
24° 16°
Partly Cloudy with a 65% chance of rain.
Fri
22° 15°
Mostly Cloudy with a 60% chance of rain.
Sat
24° 16°
Overcast with a 83% chance of rain.
Sun
30° 17°
Rain, 70% chance.
Mon
31° 18°
Rain, 70% chance.
Tue
33° 18°
Drizzle, 63% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 21° Mostly Cloudy 56% 6 mph WSW 92%
4 AM 21° Partly Cloudy 57% 8 mph W 94%
5 AM 21° Partly Cloudy 71% 8 mph W 96%
6 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 72% 7 mph W 97%
7 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 73% 8 mph W 96%
8 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 90% 8 mph W 95%
9 AM 20° Mostly Cloudy 90% 8 mph WSW 94%
10 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 75% 8 mph WSW 92%
11 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 75% 8 mph WSW 90%
12 PM 22° Mostly Cloudy 85% 8 mph WSW 89%
1 PM 22° Mostly Cloudy 85% 8 mph WSW 88%
2 PM 23° Mostly Cloudy 77% 8 mph W 87%
3 PM 24° Rain 80% 9 mph W 85%
4 PM 24° Rain 73% 9 mph W 83%
5 PM 23° Rain 78% 9 mph W 83%
6 PM 23° Rain 58% 8 mph W 87%
7 PM 22° Rain 70% 7 mph W 90%
8 PM 22° Rain 70% 7 mph W 92%
9 PM 22° Rain 70% 6 mph WNW 93%
10 PM 21° Mostly Cloudy 67% 6 mph WNW 94%
11 PM 20° Mostly Cloudy 70% 6 mph WNW 95%
12 AM 20° Mostly Cloudy 70% 6 mph WNW 96%
1 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 73% 6 mph WNW 96%
2 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 68% 6 mph WNW 96%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/22
Mostly Cloudy
90%
17°
25°
Thu
7/23
Partly Cloudy
65%
16°
24°
Fri
7/24
Mostly Cloudy
60%
15°
22°
Sat
7/25
Overcast
83%
16°
24°
Sun
7/26
Rain
70%
17°
30°
Mon
7/27
Rain
70%
18°
31°
Tue
7/28
Drizzle
63%
18°
33°
Wed
7/29
Drizzle
43%
18°
32°
Thu
7/30
Rain
68%
17°
29°
Fri
7/31
Rain
64%
16°
27°
Sat
8/1
Drizzle
60%
17°
29°
Sun
8/2
Rain
90%
17°
29°
Mon
8/3
Drizzle
60%
17°
29°
Tue
8/4
Drizzle
60%
18°
30°
Wed
8/5
Drizzle
60%
18°
31°
34
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
34 AQI 6.3 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
34 AQI 37 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 34 Good 34 34
Thu 29 Good 26 29
Fri 27 Good 23 27
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 Wed Jul 22, 06:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 50 60 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE263 J/kg
MLCAPE269 J/kg
MUCAPE618 J/kg
SBCIN-25 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-2.0
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear34 kt
0–1 km Shear26 kt
Eff. Shear34 kt
0–1 km SRH-75
0–3 km SRH-83
Eff. SRH-83
Storm Motion238° @ 39 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.1
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index34.7
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.54 in
0–3 km LR5.2 °C/km
700–500 LR5.7 °C/km
Total Totals46.4
LCL877 hPa
LFC806 hPa
EL290 hPa
Freezing Lvl12,795 ft