Small Craft Advisory — Currituck Sound, AN 5:00 AM

Currituck Sound, Currituck County, North Carolina, United States

Last updated: 5:56 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
26°C
Feels like 31°
Partly Cloudy
▲ 28°  /  ▼ 25°
Wind
6 mph SSE
Humidity
89%
Dew Point
25°
Pressure
29.90 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
1.1
Cloud Cover
58%
Sunrise
6:44 AM
Sunset
7:13 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Currituck Sound is currently partly cloudy at 26°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 58% around 6 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1960 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:44AM · Sunset: 7:13PM.

30 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
26°
58%
7 PM
26°
48%
8 PM
26°
36%
9 PM
26°
36%
10 PM
26°
21%
11 PM
26°
18%
12 AM
26°
18%
1 AM
26°
4%
2 AM
26°
5%
3 AM
26°
5%
4 AM
26°
5%
5 AM
26°
5%
6 AM
26°
7%
7 AM
26°
16%
8 AM
26°
15%
9 AM
28°
15%
10 AM
28°
15%
11 AM
28°
12%
12 PM
28°
12%
1 PM
27°
14%
2 PM
27°
14%
3 PM
27°
12%
4 PM
27°
11%
5 PM
26°
11%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
28° 25°
Partly Cloudy with a 58% chance of rain.
Mon
28° 23°
Mostly Clear.
Tue
27° 22°
Mostly Cloudy.
Wed
24° 22°
Partly Cloudy.
Thu
27° 22°
Partly Cloudy.
Fri
28° 23°
Clear with a 43% chance of rain.
Sat
29° 23°
Partly Cloudy with a 22% chance of rain.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 26° Partly Cloudy 58% 6 mph SSE 89%
7 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 48% 8 mph SSE 92%
8 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 36% 7 mph S 92%
9 PM 26° Mostly Clear 36% 6 mph SSW 93%
10 PM 26° Mostly Clear 21% 6 mph SSW 93%
11 PM 26° Mostly Clear 18% 7 mph SW 93%
12 AM 26° Partly Cloudy 18% 7 mph SW 93%
1 AM 26° Mostly Clear 4% 6 mph SW 92%
2 AM 26° Mostly Clear 5% 6 mph WSW 91%
3 AM 26° Mostly Clear 5% 6 mph WSW 91%
4 AM 26° Partly Cloudy 5% 5 mph WSW 90%
5 AM 26° Mostly Clear 5% 5 mph W 90%
6 AM 26° Mostly Clear 7% 5 mph WNW 90%
7 AM 26° Mostly Clear 16% 5 mph WNW 90%
8 AM 26° Mostly Clear 15% 7 mph NW 88%
9 AM 28° Clear 15% 9 mph NNW 86%
10 AM 28° Clear 15% 11 mph NNW 84%
11 AM 28° Clear 12% 13 mph NNW 82%
12 PM 28° Clear 12% 15 mph N 79%
1 PM 27° Clear 14% 16 mph N 78%
2 PM 27° Clear 14% 16 mph N 77%
3 PM 27° Clear 12% 16 mph N 77%
4 PM 27° Clear 11% 17 mph N 77%
5 PM 26° Clear 11% 17 mph N 75%
15-Day Forecast
Today
9/13
Partly Cloudy
58%
25°
28°
Mon
9/14
Mostly Clear
18%
23°
28°
Tue
9/15
Mostly Cloudy
3%
22°
27°
Wed
9/16
Partly Cloudy
3%
22°
24°
Thu
9/17
Partly Cloudy
8%
22°
27°
Fri
9/18
Clear
43%
23°
28°
Sat
9/19
Partly Cloudy
22%
23°
29°
Sun
9/20
Drizzle
60%
23°
28°
Mon
9/21
Drizzle
60%
23°
27°
Tue
9/22
Rain
66%
23°
27°
Wed
9/23
Drizzle
60%
22°
26°
Thu
9/24
Drizzle
60%
22°
24°
Fri
9/25
Drizzle
60%
21°
24°
Sat
9/26
Drizzle
60%
21°
24°
Sun
9/27
Drizzle
60%
21°
24°
30
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
15 AQI 2.7 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
30 AQI 33 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Mon 30 Good 30 15
Tue 39 Good 39 27
Wed 31 Good 31 17
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 Sun Sep 13, 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
SBCAPE2218 J/kg
MLCAPE1710 J/kg
MUCAPE2218 J/kg
SBCIN-26 J/kg
MLCIN-11 J/kg
Lifted Index-5.3
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear20 kt
0–1 km Shear14 kt
Eff. Shear26 kt
0–1 km SRH59
0–3 km SRH55
Eff. SRH55
Storm Motion315° @ 17 kt
0–1 km EHI0.8
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.3
Supercell1.6
K-Index35.7
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.23 in
0–3 km LR5.2 °C/km
700–500 LR5.7 °C/km
Total Totals44.2
LCL991 hPa
LFC920 hPa
EL153 hPa
Freezing Lvl15,600 ft