Flood Advisory — Ashe County, NC, Watauga County, NC 11:15 PM

Watauga County, North Carolina, United States

Last updated: 10:09 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
16°C
Feels like 17°
Rain
▲ 22°  /  ▼ 12°
Wind
6 mph ESE
Humidity
99%
Dew Point
16°
Pressure
26.75 inHg
Visibility
0 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
92%
Sunrise
7:14 AM
Sunset
7:23 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Watauga County is currently rain at 16°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 85% around 11 PM. Sunrise: 7:14AM · Sunset: 7:23PM.

Alerts

Flood Advisory
Ashe County, NC, Watauga County, NC
Expires 11:15 PM
32 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
16°
80%
12 AM
16°
81%
1 AM
16°
73%
2 AM
14°
63%
3 AM
14°
75%
4 AM
14°
74%
5 AM
14°
72%
6 AM
12°
72%
7 AM
12°
58%
8 AM
12°
48%
9 AM
12°
48%
10 AM
12°
51%
11 AM
12°
65%
12 PM
12°
65%
1 PM
12°
66%
2 PM
14°
66%
3 PM
14°
73%
4 PM
14°
77%
5 PM
14°
77%
6 PM
14°
77%
7 PM
13°
76%
8 PM
13°
76%
9 PM
13°
80%
10 PM
12°
79%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
22° 12°
Rain, 80% chance.
Wed
17° 12°
Overcast with a 84% chance of rain.
Thu
18° 9°
Overcast with a 66% chance of rain.
Fri
22° 5°
Mostly Clear.
Sat
24° 7°
Clear.
Sun
24° 7°
Clear.
Mon
22° 9°
Clear.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 16° Rain 80% 6 mph ESE 99%
12 AM 16° Fog 81% 8 mph E 100%
1 AM 16° Fog 73% 8 mph E 100%
2 AM 14° Fog 63% 8 mph E 100%
3 AM 14° Fog 75% 7 mph E 100%
4 AM 14° Fog 74% 7 mph E 100%
5 AM 14° Fog 72% 6 mph ENE 99%
6 AM 12° Fog 72% 6 mph E 99%
7 AM 12° Fog 58% 6 mph E 99%
8 AM 12° Fog 48% 6 mph E 99%
9 AM 12° Fog 48% 6 mph E 98%
10 AM 12° Fog 51% 7 mph E 98%
11 AM 12° Fog 65% 7 mph E 97%
12 PM 12° Fog 65% 7 mph E 98%
1 PM 12° Fog 66% 7 mph E 98%
2 PM 14° Overcast 66% 7 mph E 97%
3 PM 14° Overcast 73% 7 mph E 96%
4 PM 14° Overcast 77% 7 mph E 96%
5 PM 14° Overcast 77% 7 mph E 96%
6 PM 14° Overcast 77% 7 mph E 96%
7 PM 13° Overcast 76% 7 mph E 96%
8 PM 13° Overcast 76% 7 mph ENE 96%
9 PM 13° Overcast 80% 7 mph E 96%
10 PM 12° Overcast 79% 6 mph E 96%
15-Day Forecast
Today
9/22
Rain
80%
12°
22°
Wed
9/23
Overcast
84%
12°
17°
Thu
9/24
Overcast
66%
9°
18°
Fri
9/25
Mostly Clear
7%
5°
22°
Sat
9/26
Clear
3%
7°
24°
Sun
9/27
Clear
3%
7°
24°
Mon
9/28
Clear
3%
9°
22°
Tue
9/29
Clear
17%
10°
25°
Wed
9/30
Rain
69%
11°
24°
Thu
10/1
Rain
68%
12°
24°
Fri
10/2
Drizzle
51%
11°
24°
Sat
10/3
Drizzle
60%
13°
24°
Sun
10/4
Drizzle
60%
12°
24°
Mon
10/5
Drizzle
60%
11°
23°
Tue
10/6
Drizzle
60%
10°
23°
32
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
22 AQI 3.9 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
32 AQI 35 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 32 Good 32 22
Thu 23 Good 23 9
Fri 25 Good 25 9
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 Sep 23, 01:00'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
SBCAPE32 J/kg
MLCAPE146 J/kg
MUCAPE362 J/kg
SBCIN-34 J/kg
MLCIN-2 J/kg
Lifted Index0.5
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear31 kt
0–1 km Shear3 kt
Eff. Shear15 kt
0–1 km SRH-15
0–3 km SRH15
Eff. SRH28
Storm Motion327° @ 15 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index34.8
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.34 in
0–3 km LR5.0 °C/km
700–500 LR5.3 °C/km
Total Totals45.4
LCL904 hPa
LFC708 hPa
EL533 hPa
Freezing Lvl10,587 ft