Severe Thunderstorm Watch 1:00 AM

Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States

Last updated: 12:02 AM CDT  ·  Refresh
26°C
Feels like 27°
Overcast
▲ 28°  /  ▼ 20°
Wind
7 mph SW
Humidity
76%
Dew Point
21°
Pressure
28.57 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
91%
Sunrise
6:23 AM
Sunset
8:37 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Wilkes County is currently overcast at 25°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 90% around 4 AM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1282 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:23AM · Sunset: 8:37PM.

Alerts

Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 1:00 AM
43 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
26°
51%
2 AM
25°
64%
3 AM
24°
70%
4 AM
24°
90%
5 AM
23°
73%
6 AM
21°
74%
7 AM
21°
70%
8 AM
22°
60%
9 AM
23°
71%
10 AM
23°
76%
11 AM
24°
76%
12 PM
24°
80%
1 PM
24°
90%
2 PM
24°
85%
3 PM
24°
85%
4 PM
25°
85%
5 PM
25°
72%
6 PM
26°
73%
7 PM
24°
86%
8 PM
24°
86%
9 PM
24°
86%
10 PM
23°
82%
11 PM
23°
76%
12 AM
22°
75%
7-Day Forecast
Today
28° 20°
Mostly Cloudy with a 90% chance of rain.
Thu
27° 18°
Partly Cloudy with a 75% chance of rain.
Fri
24° 17°
Mostly Cloudy with a 72% chance of rain.
Sat
25° 17°
Rain, 90% chance.
Sun
32° 18°
Rain, 64% chance.
Mon
34° 20°
Rain, 64% chance.
Tue
37° 20°
Drizzle, 60% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 26° Overcast 51% 7 mph SW 76%
2 AM 25° Overcast 64% 8 mph SW 76%
3 AM 24° Overcast 70% 6 mph WSW 81%
4 AM 24° Overcast 90% 6 mph WSW 86%
5 AM 23° Overcast 73% 6 mph WSW 91%
6 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 74% 5 mph WSW 91%
7 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 70% 5 mph SW 92%
8 AM 22° Overcast 60% 6 mph SW 92%
9 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 71% 6 mph SW 89%
10 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 76% 6 mph SW 85%
11 AM 24° Mostly Cloudy 76% 7 mph SW 82%
12 PM 24° Mostly Cloudy 80% 8 mph SW 84%
1 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 90% 8 mph SW 86%
2 PM 24° Mostly Cloudy 85% 8 mph SW 87%
3 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 85% 5 mph SW 86%
4 PM 25° Partly Cloudy 85% 5 mph WSW 83%
5 PM 25° Heavy Rain 72% 5 mph WSW 82%
6 PM 26° Heavy Rain 73% 5 mph WSW 84%
7 PM 24° Rain 86% 5 mph WSW 87%
8 PM 24° Rain 86% 5 mph WSW 90%
9 PM 24° Rain 86% 4 mph WSW 91%
10 PM 23° Overcast 82% 4 mph W 92%
11 PM 23° Overcast 76% 4 mph WNW 93%
12 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 75% 3 mph W 92%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/22
Mostly Cloudy
90%
20°
28°
Thu
7/23
Partly Cloudy
75%
18°
27°
Fri
7/24
Mostly Cloudy
72%
17°
24°
Sat
7/25
Rain
90%
17°
25°
Sun
7/26
Rain
64%
18°
32°
Mon
7/27
Rain
64%
20°
34°
Tue
7/28
Drizzle
60%
20°
37°
Wed
7/29
Drizzle
63%
18°
34°
Thu
7/30
Drizzle
44%
18°
31°
Fri
7/31
Drizzle
51%
17°
32°
Sat
8/1
Drizzle
60%
17°
31°
Sun
8/2
Drizzle
60%
18°
29°
Mon
8/3
Drizzle
60%
18°
31°
Tue
8/4
Drizzle
60%
19°
31°
Wed
8/5
Drizzle
60%
19°
31°
43
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
43 AQI 7.9 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
33 AQI 36 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 43 Good 33 43
Thu 38 Good 28 38
Fri 37 Good 23 37
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, 03:00'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
SBCAPE646 J/kg
MLCAPE881 J/kg
MUCAPE1049 J/kg
SBCIN-106 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-3.0
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear34 kt
0–1 km Shear26 kt
Eff. Shear33 kt
0–1 km SRH22
0–3 km SRH13
Eff. SRH13
Storm Motion235° @ 40 kt
0–1 km EHI0.1
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.1
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.2
K-Index34.2
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.01 in
0–3 km LR5.4 °C/km
700–500 LR6.0 °C/km
Total Totals48.1
LCL911 hPa
LFC708 hPa
EL218 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,895 ft