Small Craft Advisory — Chesapeake Bay from Smith Point to Windmill Point VA, AN, Chesapeake Bay from Windmill Point to New Point Comfort VA, AN, Chesapeake Bay from New Point Comfort to Little Creek VA, AN, Chesapeake Bay from Little Creek VA to Cape Henry VA including the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, AN 12:00 PM

Currituck Sound, Currituck County, North Carolina, United States

Last updated: 11:17 AM CDT  ·  Refresh
28°C
Feels like 32°
Partly Cloudy
▲ 32°  /  ▼ 26°
Wind
16 mph SSW
Humidity
75%
Dew Point
25°
Pressure
29.93 inHg
Visibility
9 mi
UV Index
8.7
Cloud Cover
51%
Sunrise
6:01 AM
Sunset
8:17 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Currituck Sound is currently partly cloudy at 28°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 86% around 12 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 2688 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:01AM · Sunset: 8:17PM.

Alerts

Small Craft Advisory
Chesapeake Bay from Smith Point to Windmill Point VA, AN, Chesapeake Bay from Windmill Point to New Point Comfort VA, AN, Chesapeake Bay from New Point Comfort to Little Creek VA, AN, Chesapeake Bay from Little Creek VA to Cape Henry VA including the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, AN
Expires 12:00 PM
51 AQI · Moderate Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
28°
18%
1 PM
30°
39%
2 PM
31°
25%
3 PM
31°
42%
4 PM
31°
42%
5 PM
30°
55%
6 PM
29°
59%
7 PM
29°
56%
8 PM
28°
52%
9 PM
27°
52%
10 PM
27°
41%
11 PM
27°
51%
12 AM
27°
42%
1 AM
27°
47%
2 AM
27°
50%
3 AM
27°
63%
4 AM
27°
67%
5 AM
27°
58%
6 AM
27°
58%
7 AM
27°
59%
8 AM
27°
62%
9 AM
28°
62%
10 AM
28°
67%
11 AM
29°
77%
7-Day Forecast
Today
32° 26°
Mostly Cloudy with a 59% chance of rain.
Wed
31° 26°
Mostly Cloudy with a 86% chance of rain.
Thu
29° 23°
Rain, 90% chance.
Fri
26° 23°
Heavy Rain, 90% chance.
Sat
26° 23°
Rain, 84% chance.
Sun
28° 23°
Drizzle, 51% chance.
Mon
30° 24°
Rain, 63% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 28° Partly Cloudy 18% 16 mph SSW 75%
1 PM 30° Overcast 39% 16 mph SSW 73%
2 PM 31° Overcast 25% 16 mph SSW 71%
3 PM 31° Overcast 42% 16 mph SSW 71%
4 PM 31° Mostly Cloudy 42% 16 mph SSW 71%
5 PM 30° Mostly Cloudy 55% 16 mph SSW 72%
6 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 59% 17 mph S 76%
7 PM 29° Rain 56% 18 mph S 80%
8 PM 28° Rain 52% 18 mph S 82%
9 PM 27° Rain 52% 20 mph SSW 83%
10 PM 27° Rain 41% 23 mph SSW 83%
11 PM 27° Overcast 51% 22 mph SSW 83%
12 AM 27° Overcast 42% 21 mph SSW 83%
1 AM 27° Overcast 47% 21 mph SSW 83%
2 AM 27° Overcast 50% 21 mph SSW 83%
3 AM 27° Rain 63% 20 mph SSW 85%
4 AM 27° Rain 67% 20 mph SSW 87%
5 AM 27° Rain 58% 20 mph SSW 89%
6 AM 27° Rain 58% 20 mph SSW 88%
7 AM 27° Rain 59% 20 mph SSW 88%
8 AM 27° Overcast 62% 20 mph SSW 86%
9 AM 28° Rain 62% 20 mph SSW 84%
10 AM 28° Rain 67% 20 mph SSW 82%
11 AM 29° Rain 77% 20 mph SW 79%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/21
Mostly Cloudy
59%
26°
32°
Wed
7/22
Mostly Cloudy
86%
26°
31°
Thu
7/23
Rain
90%
23°
29°
Fri
7/24
Heavy Rain
90%
23°
26°
Sat
7/25
Rain
84%
23°
26°
Sun
7/26
Drizzle
51%
23°
28°
Mon
7/27
Rain
63%
24°
30°
Tue
7/28
Rain
90%
24°
31°
Wed
7/29
Rain
68%
24°
30°
Thu
7/30
Drizzle
51%
24°
29°
Fri
7/31
Drizzle
60%
24°
29°
Sat
8/1
Drizzle
60%
24°
29°
Sun
8/2
Drizzle
60%
24°
29°
Mon
8/3
Drizzle
60%
24°
29°
Tue
8/4
Drizzle
60%
24°
29°
51
Moderate
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: PM2.5
50 100 150 200

Air quality is acceptable. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
Dominant
51 AQI 9.3 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
30 AQI 33 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Wed 51 Moderate 30 51
Thu 54 Moderate 34 54
Fri 39 Good 31 39
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 Tue Jul 21, 15:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 50 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE2642 J/kg
MLCAPE2172 J/kg
MUCAPE2671 J/kg
SBCIN-32 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-6.7
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear19 kt
0–1 km Shear11 kt
Eff. Shear18 kt
0–1 km SRH-15
0–3 km SRH-21
Eff. SRH-21
Storm Motion218° @ 36 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.3
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index33.8
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.12 in
0–3 km LR6.0 °C/km
700–500 LR5.9 °C/km
Total Totals47.3
LCL959 hPa
LFC858 hPa
EL150 hPa
Freezing Lvl15,394 ft