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Essex, Massachusetts

Last updated: 2:10 AM CDT  ·  Refresh
23°C
Feels like 27°
Mostly Clear
▲ 32°  /  ▼ 21°
Wind
5 mph SW
Humidity
95%
Dew Point
22°
Pressure
29.98 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
21%
Sunrise
5:41 AM
Sunset
7:55 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Essex is currently mostly clear at 23°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 61% around 3 AM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1416 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 5:41AM · Sunset: 7:55PM.

44 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
23°
16%
4 AM
23°
3%
5 AM
23°
4%
6 AM
23°
5%
7 AM
24°
3%
8 AM
25°
3%
9 AM
27°
9%
10 AM
28°
13%
11 AM
30°
28%
12 PM
31°
33%
1 PM
32°
42%
2 PM
32°
43%
3 PM
32°
43%
4 PM
31°
35%
5 PM
31°
27%
6 PM
29°
27%
7 PM
28°
24%
8 PM
27°
24%
9 PM
25°
34%
10 PM
24°
34%
11 PM
24°
47%
12 AM
24°
53%
1 AM
24°
53%
2 AM
22°
60%
7-Day Forecast
Today
32° 21°
Mostly Clear with a 43% chance of rain.
Sat
31° 21°
Partly Cloudy with a 65% chance of rain.
Sun
33° 21°
Mostly Clear.
Mon
30° 20°
Clear with a 45% chance of rain.
Tue
32° 21°
Drizzle, 51% chance.
Wed
30° 19°
Rain, 70% chance.
Thu
27° 18°
Rain, 63% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 23° Mostly Clear 16% 5 mph SW 95%
4 AM 23° Clear 3% 5 mph WSW 95%
5 AM 23° Mostly Clear 4% 5 mph WSW 95%
6 AM 23° Mostly Clear 5% 5 mph WSW 93%
7 AM 24° Mostly Clear 3% 5 mph W 91%
8 AM 25° Mostly Clear 3% 6 mph W 88%
9 AM 27° Mostly Clear 9% 6 mph W 81%
10 AM 28° Mostly Clear 13% 5 mph WNW 73%
11 AM 30° Mostly Clear 28% 5 mph W 66%
12 PM 31° Mostly Clear 33% 5 mph W 63%
1 PM 32° Mostly Clear 42% 5 mph W 59%
2 PM 32° Clear 43% 5 mph WSW 57%
3 PM 32° Clear 43% 4 mph SW 59%
4 PM 31° Mostly Clear 35% 5 mph S 62%
5 PM 31° Mostly Clear 27% 5 mph SSE 66%
6 PM 29° Mostly Clear 27% 5 mph SSE 72%
7 PM 28° Mostly Clear 24% 5 mph SSE 78%
8 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 24% 5 mph S 83%
9 PM 25° Partly Cloudy 34% 5 mph S 84%
10 PM 24° Haze 34% 4 mph SSW 83%
11 PM 24° Fog 47% 5 mph SSW 83%
12 AM 24° Fog 53% 4 mph SSW 86%
1 AM 24° Fog 53% 4 mph SW 88%
2 AM 22° Haze 60% 4 mph WSW 90%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/7
Mostly Clear
43%
21°
32°
Sat
8/8
Partly Cloudy
65%
21°
31°
Sun
8/9
Mostly Clear
18%
21°
33°
Mon
8/10
Clear
45%
20°
30°
Tue
8/11
Drizzle
51%
21°
32°
Wed
8/12
Rain
70%
19°
30°
Thu
8/13
Rain
63%
18°
27°
Fri
8/14
Rain
72%
17°
26°
Sat
8/15
Drizzle
44%
17°
26°
Sun
8/16
Drizzle
51%
18°
26°
Mon
8/17
Drizzle
60%
18°
27°
Tue
8/18
Drizzle
60%
18°
27°
Wed
8/19
Drizzle
60%
17°
27°
Thu
8/20
Drizzle
60%
17°
27°
Fri
8/21
Drizzle
60%
18°
28°
44
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
24 AQI 4.4 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
44 AQI 48 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 44 Good 44 24
Sat 64 Moderate 64 39
Sun 54 Moderate 54 48
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 Fri Aug 7, 05:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE269 J/kg
MLCAPE834 J/kg
MUCAPE1177 J/kg
SBCIN-301 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-0.1
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear26 kt
0–1 km Shear10 kt
Eff. Shear21 kt
0–1 km SRH-45
0–3 km SRH-51
Eff. SRH-14
Storm Motion208° @ 24 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.1
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index33.7
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.04 in
0–3 km LR4.4 °C/km
700–500 LR5.5 °C/km
Total Totals43.3
LCL993 hPa
LFC513 hPa
EL253 hPa
Freezing Lvl16,394 ft